Marine community ecology and conservation /

Marine community ecology and conservation /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Sunderland, Massachusetts, U.S.A. : Sinauer Associates, Inc., [2014]
Description:	xvi, 566 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Marine ecology. Benthos. Benthos. Marine ecology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10121985

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ISBN:	9781605352282 (hardcover) 1605352284 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This textbook is organized into three parts. The first explores processes that generate pattern in benthic communities. The middle examines the ecology of specific marine benthic community types, ranging from rocky shores and soft substrate habitats to kelp forests and coral reefs. The close examines conservation and management issues, emphasizing how profoundly marine communities are impacted by humans"--

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Processes That Generate Pattern in Marine Communities
A short history of marine community ecology
The physical context of marine communities
Foundation species in marine ecosystems
Marine dispersal, ecology, and conservation
The role of infectious diseases in marine communities
Biodiversity and ecosystem function: Does pattern influence process?
The biogeography of marine communities
Marine historical ecology: Informing the future by learning from the past.
pt. 2. Community Types
Intertidal rocky shores
Soft-sediment communities
Salt marsh communities
Ecology of seagrass communities
Coral reef ecosystems: A decade of discoveries
Kelp forests: Dynamic patterns, processes, and feedbacks
Pelagic communities
Phytoplankton communities
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities.
pt. 3. Conservation
Services of marine ecosystems: A quantitative perspective
Climate change and marine communities
Threats to marine ecosystems: Overfishing and habitat degradation
Ecosystem-based approaches to marine conservation and management
Marine restoration ecology
The future of marine conservation and management
Index.