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Life at the Limits
Organisms in extreme environments
We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms
can live. There are frogs that can freeze solid, worms that dry out and
bacteria that survive temperatures over 100 °C. These organisms have an
extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology,
ecology and evolution. In this captivating account, the reader is taken on a
tour of extreme environments, and shown the remarkable abilities of
organisms to survive a range of extreme conditions, such as high and low
temperatures and desiccation. This book considers how organisms
survive major stresses, and what extreme organisms can tell us about the
origin of life and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life.
DAVID WHARTON is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Zoology at
the University of Otago, New Zealand, where his research has centred
on the extraordinary survival abilities of animals. His interest in extreme
environments has been stimulated by visits to the Antarctic, and by a year
spent at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, as a Royal Society
Guest Research Fellow. In 1997, his contribution to science was
recognised by the award of Doctor of Science, by the University of Bristol.
He is also an expert in the use of light and electron microscopy in
natural history filmmaking, and was a principal instigator of the Diploma
in Natural History Filmmaking and Communication at the University of
Otago, in partnership with Natural History New Zealand.
Life at the Limits
Organisms in extreme environments
DAVID A.WHARTON
Department of Zoology
University of Otago
New Zealand
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ISBN 0 521 78212 0 hardback
This book is dedicated to my children Rebecca and Simon. May the
Earth they inherit not be made more extreme by the actions of
humanity.

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