Ecology of a Hot Spring: Life at High Temperatures

Series: Biology Series Unit 1 - Ecology

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: With teacher's guide Producer, Bert Van Bork; collaborator, Thomas Brock Describes the characteristics of hot springs as exemplified by the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park. Shows the organisms that are able to survive the hot-spring environment. Discusses environmental pollution and biological adaptation, Describes the characteristics of the hot springs environment and examines forms of life that can exist at high temperatures. Shows the ways in which animals and insects depend upon thermal effects of hot springs. From the EBF Biology series. Thomas Brock.

Complete Record: With teacher's guide Producer, Bert Van Bork; collaborator, Thomas Brock Describes the characteristics of hot springs as exemplified by the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park. Shows the organisms that are able to survive the hot-spring environment. Discusses environmental pollution and biological adaptation, Describes the characteristics of the hot springs environment and examines forms of life that can exist at high temperatures. Shows the ways in which animals and insects depend upon thermal effects of hot springs. From the EBF Biology series. Thomas Brock.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.