Marine Ecology : Processes, Systems, and Impacts
ISBN: 9780199227020 | 0199227020
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 9/25/2011
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The oceans cover the majority of the Earth's surface; they influence our climate and provide a valuable source of food to billions of people. Yet despite its fundamental impact on our lives, many aspects of the marine environment remain a mystery to us.Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a carefully balanced and stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the 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 pro... MORE
| Preface | |
| Patterns in the Marine Environment | |
| Processes | |
| Primary Production Processes | |
| Microbial Production | |
| Secondary Production | |
| Systems | |
| Estuarine Ecology | |
| Rocky and sandy shores | |
| Pelagic ecosystems | |
| Continental shelf seabed | |
| The deep sea | |
| Mangrove forests and sea grass meadows | |
| Coral reefs | |
| Polar regions | |
| Impacts | |
| Fisheries | |
| Aquaculture | |
| Disturbance, pollution and climate change | |
| Conservation | |
| Weblinks | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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