Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Frameworks, methodologies, and integration
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 July 2012
- ISBN 9780199642250
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages254 pages
- Size 247x197x16 mm
- Weight 635 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Numerous illustrations, plus a 4 page colour plate section 0
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Short description:
This edited volume is the first to address the latest advances in biodiversity-function science using marine examples. It provides an in-depth evaluation of the science before offering a perspective on future research directions for some of the most pressing environmental issues facing society today and in the future.
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The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation in terrestrial plant and soil systems. This book provides a framework for extending these concepts to a variety of marine systems.
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning is the first book to address the latest advances in biodiversity-function science using marine examples. It brings together contributions from the leading scientists in the field to provide an in-depth evaluation of the science, before offering a perspective on future research directions for some of the most pressing environmental issues facing society today and in the future.
Table of Contents:
Marine biodiversity: its history, present status and future threats
Biodiversity in the context of ecosystem function
Ecosystem function and co-evolution of terminology in marine science and management
Ecological consequences of declining biodiversity: A biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) framework for marine systems
Lessons from the fossil record: the Ediacaran radiation, the Cambrian radiation, and the end-Permian mass extinction
The analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem function experiments: partitioning richness and density-dependent effects
The importance of body size, abundance, and food web structure for ecosystem functioning
Effects of biodiversity-environment conditions on the interpretation of biodiversity-function relations
Extending the approaches of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the deep ocean
Incorporating extinction risk and realistic biodiversity futures: Implementation of trait based extinction scenarios
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: an ecosystem-level approach
Multitrophic biodiversity and the responses of marine ecosystems to global change
Reality check: issues of scale and abstraction in biodiversity research, and potential solutions
Why bother going outside: the role of observational studies in understanding biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships
Implementing an ecosystem approach: predicting and safeguarding marine biodiversity futures
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