Marine Hard Bottom Communities : Patterns, Dynamics, Diversity, and Change - neues Buch

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783540927044
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3540927042
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Herausgeber: Springer-Verlag
445 Seiten
Sprache: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9783540927044

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Autor des Buches: wahl, marti, leo hahn
Titel des Buches: diversity, communities communities, mari, dynamics marine

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Autor/in: Martin Wahl
Titel: Ecological Studies; Marine Hard Bottom Communities - Analysis and Synthesis; Patterns, Dynamics, Diversity, and Change
Verlag: Springer; Springer Berlin
446 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009-06-22
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Sprache: Englisch
255,73 € (DE)
262,90 € (AT)
295,00 CHF (CH)
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XXIV, 446 p. 36 illus., 1 illus. in color.

EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Biologie/Botanik; Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften; Verstehen; Biodiversity; Ecology; Species richness; ecosystem; ecosystem processes; environment; evolution; reefs; seasonal dynamics; marine and freshwater sciences; B; Plant Science; Life Sciences; Freshwater and Marine Ecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Water; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biowissenschaften, allgemein; Ökologie, Biosphäre; Biodiversität (Artenvielfalt); Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre; BB

Habitat, Substrata and Communities.- Habitat Characteristics and Typical Functional Groups.- The Role of Mineral, Living and Artificial Substrata in the Development of Subtidal Assemblages.- Communities on Deep-Sea Hard Bottoms.- Epibiosis.- Diversity Patterns and Their Causes.- Latitudinal Patterns of Species Richness in Hard-Bottom Communities.- Regional-Scale Patterns.- Patterns Along Environmental Gradients.- Evolutionary Patterns of Diversity and Their Causes.- Environmental Variability.- Community Dynamics.- Fertilization Strategies.- Larval Supply and Dispersal.- Settlement and Recruitment.- Seasonal Dynamics.- Disruption, Succession and Stochasticity.- Changes in Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning During Succession.- Simple and Complex Interactions.- Changing Biodiversity.- Anthropogenic Changes in Patterns of Diversity on Hard Substrata: an Overview.- Shifts in Abiotic Variables and Consequences for Diversity.- The Loss of Natural Habitats and the Addition of Artificial Substrata.- Multiple Stressors and Disturbances.- Mass Mortalities and Extinctions.- Biological Invasions.- Habitat Distribution and Heterogeneity in Marine Invasion Dynamics: the Importance of Hard Substrate and Artificial Structure.- Rehabilitation of Habitat and the Value of Artificial Reefs.- Protection of Biota and the Value of Marine Protected Areas.- Role of Diversity.- The Role of Biodiversity for the Functioning of Rocky Reef Communities.- Functional and Taxonomic Perspectives of Marine Biodiversity.- Mechanisms Underpinning Diversity-Stability Relationships in Hard Bottom Assemblages.- The Aesthetic Value of Littoral Hard Substrata and Consideration of Ethical Frameworks for Their Investigation and Conservation.- Appropriate Research Methods.- Field and Research Methods in Marine Ecology.
Elucidates the role and functioning of marine hard bottom communities, as well as the causes and consequences of the changes they currently undergo Presents also measures to preserve or restore these precious habitats Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras