Life in Extreme Environments

by Ricardo Amils

From the deepest seafloor to the highest mountain, from the hottest region to the cold Antarctic plateau, environments labeled as extreme are numerous on Earth and they present a wide variety of features and characteristics. The life processes occurring within these environments are equally diverse, not only depending on stress factors (e.g. temperature, pressure, pH and chemicals) but also on the type of life forms, ranging from microbes to higher...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402062842
• ISBN13: 9781402062841
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.3"