Ecology of Marine Sediments
From Science to Management
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 22 January 2009
- ISBN 9780198569022
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 246x189x13 mm
- Weight 557 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 115 line, 25 black and white halftone illustrations, and 15 colour illustrations 0
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Short description:
Marine sediments are the second largest habitat on earth and yet are poorly understood. This book gives a broad coverage of the central topics in the ecology of soft sediments.
MoreLong description:
Marine sediments provide the largest habitat on planet earth, yet knowledge of the structure and function of their flora and fauna continues to be poorly described in current textbooks. This concise, readable introduction to benthic ecology builds upon the strengths of the previous edition but has been thoroughly revised throughout to incorporate the new technologies and methods that have allowed a rapid and ongoing development of the field. It explores the relationship between community structure and function, and the selection of global examples ensures an international appeal and relevance. The economic value of marine sediments increases daily, reflected in the text with a new emphasis on pollution, climate change, conservation, and management.
This volume will be a useful and quick introduction for graduate students and advanced undergraduates of the analysis of benthic sampling for use in monitoring programs and integrative studies that seek to extract general features of communities from large sampling schemes.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Sampling sediments
The sediment and related environmental factors
Describing assemblages of sediment-living organisms
Diversity
Functional diversity of benthic assemblages
Spatial variations in sediment systems
Temporal variations in benthic assemblages
Human impacts on soft sediment systems - trawling and fisheries
Human impacts on soft sediment systems - pollution
The soft-sediment benthos in the ecosystem
The benthos in the management of marine sediments
Concluding remarks
