Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts

Name: Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts
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Author: Michel J Kaiser; Martin J Attrill; Simon Jennings
ISBN: 9780192522856

Höfundar: Michel J Kaiser; Martin J Attrill; Simon Jennings (Útgáfa: 3)

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Striking full colour illustrations and photographs bring this integrated and stimulating survey of marine ecology to life. Through its unique structure, Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a systems-orientated approach from a truly modern and global perspective. The text introduces key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed and the issues and challenges which surround its future.

Opening with an overview of the processes and interactions which are central to an understanding of marine ecology, the book goes on to explore the diverse systems from which the marine environment is composed, from estuaries to seabeds, the deep sea to polar regions. Detailed case studies form the basis of the pedagogy, highlighting issues from a diverse range of marine systems in a digestible way.

In this third edition, more of an emphasis is placed on climate change and looking towards future challenges, since the importance of understanding and conserving the marine environment has never been more apparent. There is also a new chapter on the value of the ocean to society which discusses key topics such as natural capital and food security. Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts is a carefully balanced, positive and considered text, containing measures that can be taken to mitigate adverse effects on this complex, fragile environment.

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Útgefandi: Oxford University Press Academic UK

ISBN: 9780192522856

Print ISBN: 9780198717850

Format: ePub

Útgáfa: 3

Höfundar: Michel J Kaiser; Martin J Attrill; Simon Jennings

Tungumál: English

Útgefið: 2020-08-25

Prent takmörkun á líftíma: 100

Prent takmörkun: 2

Afritunar takmörkun: 2

Flokkar: Umhverfisfræði

Efnisflokkar: Vísindi › Vistfræði

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Cover
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Outline Contents
Detailed Contents
1 Patterns in the Marine Environment
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biogeography
1.3 Biodiversity
1.4 Abundance and Size
Further Reading
Part One: Processes
2 Primary Production Processes
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Photosynthesis
2.3 Light in Water
2.4 Light and Photosynthesis
2.5 Supply of Inorganic Nutrients
2.6 The Main Limiting Nutrients for Growth
2.7 Algal Growth
2.8 Seasonal Trends in Primary Production
2.9 Global Trends in Primary Production
2.10 Primary Production in Seaweeds
2.11 Measurement of Primary Production
2.12 Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (1930s to present)
2.13 Hawaii Ocean Time Series, HOT (1988 to present)
Further Reading
3 Marine Microbial Secondary Production
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Organic Matter in the Ocean
3.3 Key Marine Microbial Secondary Producers
3.4 Prokaryotic Primary Producers
3.5 Major Metabolic Strategies in Marine Prokaryotes
3.6 Sources and Processing of Organic Carbon
3.7 Marine Microbes and the Oceanic Nitrogen Cycle
3.8 The Importance of Small Organisms in Oceanic Food Webs and Organic-matter Cycling
3.9 The Dynamics of Bacterial Growth and its Measurement
3.10 Growth Yield and Trophic Yield
3.11 Marine Microbial Food Webs
3.12 Marine Bacterial Populations
3.13 Viruses
3.14 Protozoa
3.15 Metazoan Zooplankton
3.16 Food Web Dynamics and Growth Control in Oceanic Microbial Food Webs
3.17 The Seasonal Cycle of Production and Consumption
3.18 Oceanic Microbes in Global Carbon and Nutrient Cycles
Further Reading
4 Secondary Production: The Macrobiota
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Measuring Secondary Production
4.3 Drivers of Secondary Production
4.4 Size Structuring in Marine Food-Webs
4.5 Human Impacts on Secondary Production
Further Reading
Part Two: Systems
5 Estuaries
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Estuarine Organisms
5.3 Productivity and Food Webs
5.4 Diversity Patterns in Estuaries
5.5 Other ‘Brackish-water’ Systems
Further Reading
6 Rocky and Sandy Shores
6.1 Introduction
6.2 What is the Shore?
6.3 Environmental Gradients and the Shore
6.4 Causes of Zonation
6.5 The Organization of Shore Communities
6.6 The Shore Network
6.7 The Future of Rocky and Sandy Shores
Further Reading
7 Pelagic Ecosystems
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Definitions and Environmental Features
7.3 Pelagic Inhabitants: Consequences of Size
7.4 Diel Vertical Migration
7.5 Size-structured Pelagic Food-webs
7.6 Longevity in the Plankton
7.7 Temporal and Spatial Variability in Pelagic Ecosystems
7.8 Sampling the Open Ocean
7.9 Pelagic Fisheries
7.10 Regime Shifts in Pelagic Marine Ecosystems
7.11 The Future for Pelagic Marine Ecosystems
Further Reading
8 Continental Shelf Seabed
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Definitions and Environmental Features
8.3 The Seabed Habitat and Biota
8.4 Functional Roles of the Biota
8.5 Food Webs in Shelf Systems
8.6 Characterization of Seabed Communities
8.7 Specific Habitats
Further Reading
9 The Deep Sea
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Definitions and Environmental Features
9.3 Food Supply to the Deep Sea
9.4 The Organisms of the Deep Sea
9.5 Habitats of the Deep Sea
9.6 Chemosynthetic Habitats—Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps
Further Reading
10 Mangrove Forests and Seagrass Meadows
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Mangrove Forests
10.3 Seagrass Meadows
Further Reading
11 Coral Reefs
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Reef Development and Distribution
11.3 Reef Growth and Bioerosion
11.4 Corals’ Biology and Reproduction
11.5 Constraints on Coral Growth and Distribution
11.6 Coral Reef Productivity and Food Chains
11.7 Diversity Patterns on Coral Reefs
11.8 Dynamics of Reef Animals
11.9 Threats to Coral Reefs
11.10 Reefs and Human Society
Further Reading
12 Polar Regions
12.1 Introduction
12.2 What is Pack Ice?
12.3 Arctic vs Antarctic Pack Ice
12.4 Life in a Block of Ice
12.5 Sea-Ice Edges
12.6 Polar Benthos
12.7 Polar Bentho-Pelagic Coupling
12.8 Endemism in Polar Benthos
12.9 Gigantism in Polar Waters
12.10 Birds and Mammals
Further Reading
Part Three: Impacts
13 Fisheries
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Global Fisheries
13.3 Fish Production
13.4 Fished Species and their Fisheries
13.5 Fish Population Biology
13.6 Fishing Methods
13.7 Fish Stock Assessment
13.8 The Management Process
13.9 Environmental Impacts of Fishing
13.10 Ecosystem-based Fishery Management
13.11 The Future of Fisheries
Further Reading
14 Aquaculture
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Aquaculture Past and Present
14.3 How do we Produce Food from the Sea?
14.4 What is Cultivated and Where?
14.5 Food Requirements and Constraints
14.6 The Role of Biotechnology
14.7 Negative Effects of Biotechnology
14.8 Cultivation Systems
14.9 Cultivation of Fish in Cages
14.10 Cage Cultivation: A Lousy System?
14.11 Breaking Away from the Coastal Margin
14.12 Shrimp Cultivation: The Gold Rush
14.13 Shrimp Farming and Mangroves
14.14 Cultivation of Molluscs
14.15 Ranching at Sea
14.16 A Conservation Role for Aquaculture?
Further Reading
15 Pollution, Disturbance, and Environmental Monitoring
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Ecological Role of Disturbance
15.3 Measuring the Effects of Human Activities
15.4 Agents of Change
15.5 Interaction of Multiple Factors
Further Reading
16 Conservation
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Why Conserve?
16.3 What to Conserve
16.4 Implementing Conservation Policy
16.5 Conservation in Action
16.6 The Role of Science
16.7 The Future
Further Reading
17 Climate Change
17.1 Introduction
17.2 The Mechanisms of Climate Change
17.3 Temperature Change in the Oceans
17.4 Polar Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise
17.5 Ocean Circulation, Weather, and Land Run-off
17.6 Ocean Acidification
Further Reading
18 Sea and Society
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Ecosystem Goods and Services
18.3 An Economic Perspective
18.4 Integrating Ecosystem Value into Spatial Planning
18.5 Life-cycle Analysis
18.6 Innovating to Reduce Carbon and Environmental Footprint
18.7 Citizen Science
18.8 Use of Social Media
Further Reading
References
Weblinks
Index