Under ground :: how creatures of mud and dirt shape our world /

Annotation The soils of the Earth, whether underneath our feet or pressurised beneath tons of ocean water, hold life in abundance. A handful of garden dirt may harbour more species than the entire aboveground Amazon. A growing array of scientists is exploring life in soils and sediments, uncovering...

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1. Verfasser: Baskin, Yvonne
Körperschaft: International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2005.
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Zusammenfassung:Annotation The soils of the Earth, whether underneath our feet or pressurised beneath tons of ocean water, hold life in abundance. A handful of garden dirt may harbour more species than the entire aboveground Amazon. A growing array of scientists is exploring life in soils and sediments, uncovering a living world literally alien to our own senses--and yet one whose integrity turns out to be crucial to life above ground.
Beschreibung:"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment."
Beschreibung:1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-226) and index.
ISBN:9781429495332
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