Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds

Finlay, Bland J., Fenchel, Tom

ISBN 10: 0198548370 / ISBN 13: 9780198548379

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1995

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Synopsis:

This is a book about the natural history of oxygen-free environments and their microbial inhabitants. Life originated in the pre-oxic world, and anoxic conditions still persist in many places on Earth such as lake sediments, the guts of ruminants, and the deep waters of some marine basins. The authors draw on evidence from geology, biochemistry, ecology, and evolutionary systematics to describe the forces which shape the structure, function, heterogeneity, and evolution of anaerobic communities, and also to discuss the nature of early life on Earth.

Review: Fenchel and Finlay have filled a gap in the literature, providing the reader with a dense package of information on metabolism types and ecology of anaerobe organisms and the new evolutionary perspectives provided by recent phylogenetic research work. (TREE, Vol. 11, No. 1 January 1995)

Comprehensive, clear, thought-provoking and occasionally witty, this book is a rewarding update for advanced students and researchers. (John Postgate, University of Sussex, Nature, Vol. 377, 1995)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 0th Edition.