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... surface resembles their traditional habitats . The free swimming larvae settle on the wood pilings just as they would on rocks . Some such as barnacles are called fouling organisms because they cling to and " foul " the underside of ...
... surface resembles their traditional habitats . The free swimming larvae settle on the wood pilings just as they would on rocks . Some such as barnacles are called fouling organisms because they cling to and " foul " the underside of ...
Page 87
... surface . Perhaps the most interesting of all body movements is breaching . Traveling at great speeds just beneath the surface , whales are able to lunge upward , hurling their great bulk out of the water . From the smallest porpoises ...
... surface . Perhaps the most interesting of all body movements is breaching . Traveling at great speeds just beneath the surface , whales are able to lunge upward , hurling their great bulk out of the water . From the smallest porpoises ...
Page 91
... surface is covered by water at least 13,000 feet deep . Visible light pene- trates only to a depth of 2,000 feet so the benthos or life of the abyss must exist in a world of darkness . Tremendous pressure from the ocean of water above ...
... surface is covered by water at least 13,000 feet deep . Visible light pene- trates only to a depth of 2,000 feet so the benthos or life of the abyss must exist in a world of darkness . Tremendous pressure from the ocean of water above ...
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