Life in Extreme Environments
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
30.11.2010
Abbildungen
VIII, 450 p.
Herausgeber
Ricardo Amils Pibernat + weitereVerlag
Springer NetherlandSeitenzahl
450
Maße (L/B/H)
28/21/2.5 cm
Gewicht
1116 g
Auflage
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st edition 2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-90-481-7596-3
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 species. How is life limited by and adapted to extreme external biotic and abiotic factors? This key question summarises the deliberations raised by this exciting and fascinating research area. Addressing the challenge of answering this question would help to reveal new insights and refine theories concerning the origin and evolution of life on our planet, as well as life beyond Earth. Investigating life processes under extreme conditions can also bring clues for understanding and predicting ecosystems' responses to global changes. Furthermore, this area of research has a wide application potential in the fields of (bio)technology, chemical industry, pharmaceutics, biomedicine or cosmetics.
(Investigating Life in Extreme Environments - A European perspective, European Science Foundation, May 2007)
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