Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem

鲸落：发现海洋的生态

英文原版科普绘本

知识百科图书

产品信息

ISBN: 9780593380604

ISBN-10: 0593380606

格式： 精装

语言： 英语

页数： 40

出版日期： 2023 年 3 月 14 日

尺寸（厘米）： 28 x 22 x 2

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这本引人入胜的非虚构图画书充满了令人惊叹的插图，详细介绍了鲸鱼生命的终结，也称为鲸鱼坠落，当时它的身体沉入海底，成为生活在深海生物的富含能量的食物来源。

当鲸鱼死亡时，它巨大的身体会静静地沉下去，穿过漆黑的黑暗，停在淤泥质的海底。 对于鲸鱼来说，这是70年寿命的结束。 但对于一个鲜为人知的深海居民社区来说，这是一个新的开始。 首先出现的是饥饿的盲鳗，它能在几英里外闻到鲸鱼的味道。 然后，睡鲨开始潜行，以鱼皮和鲸脂为食。 大约六个月后，肉就消失了。 年复一年，十年又十年，鲸鱼滋养着各种生物，从僵尸蠕虫到蹲龙虾再到深海微生物。

非小说类大师梅丽莎·斯图尔特和名插画家罗布·邓拉维将这种完全令人着迷的现实生活现象变得生动而诗意。

This fascinating nonfiction picture book filled with stunning illustrations details the end of life for a whale, also known as a whale fall, when its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea.

When a whale dies, its massive body silently sinks down, down, through the inky darkness, finally coming to rest on the silty seafloor. For the whale, it's the end of a 70-year-long life. But for a little-known community of deep-sea dwellers, it's a new beginning. First come the hungry hagfish, which can smell the whale from miles around. Then the sleeper sharks begin their prowl, feasting on skin and blubber. After about six months, the meat is gone. Year after year, decade after decade, the whale nourishes all kinds of organisms from zombie worms to squat lobsters to deep-sea microbes.

This completely fascinating real-life phenomenon is brought to vivid and poetic life by nonfiction master Melissa Stewart and acclaimed illustrator Rob Dunlavey.

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