Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds

by Tom Fenchel and Bland J. Finlay

Book Overview

Anoxic conditions--the environments in which life began--still persist in many places on Earth, such as in lake sediments, the guts of ruminants, and the deep waters of some marine basins. Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds offers a current and unified natural history of oxygen-free environments and their microbial inhabitants. Drawing on evidence from a variety of scientific disciplines, the authors--two leading researchers in the field--describe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198548370
• ISBN13: 9780198548379
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"