Ecology of marine bivalves : an ecosystem approach /

Ecology of marine bivalves : an ecosystem approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dame, Richard F.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Marine science series CRC series in marine science.
Subject:	Bivalves -- Ecology. Marine invertebrates -- Ecology. Biotic communities. Ecosystem Biotic communities. Bivalves -- Ecology. Marine invertebrates -- Ecology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13416926

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ISBN:	9781439839126 1439839123 9781439839096 1439839093
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	"A CRC title." Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Exploring the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health, this book describes live and computer simulated experiments, mesocosm studies, and field manipulation experiments. This second edition discusses major new developments, including phase shifts in many coastal and estuarine ecosystems dominated by suspension-feeding bivalves, the invasion or introduction of alien bivalve species, the rapid growth of environmental restoration focused on bivalves, and the examination of geological history with regard to global climate change and its impact on bivalve-dominated systems.
Other form:	Print version: Dame, Richard F. Ecology of marine bivalves. 2nd ed. Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2012

Table of Contents:

Historical ecology of bivalves
Physical environmental interactions
Organismic scale processes
Population processes
Ecosystem grazing
Ecosystem metabolism and nutrient cycling
Ecosystem experiments
Ecosystem health, restoration, and services.