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Author : H. A. Lessios
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ISBN 13 : 9780935868883
Total Pages : 2119 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (688 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, June 24-29,1996 written by H. A. Lessios and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harilaos A. Lessios
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, June 24-29,1996: Opening remarks written by Harilaos A. Lessios and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Wolanski
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420041673
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs written by Eric Wolanski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-12-20 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating the relevance and need of science in planning the future of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide, Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef emphasizes multi-disciplinary processes - physical and biological links - that have emerged as the dominant forces shaping and con
Author : Rachel Wood
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ISBN 13 : 9780198577843
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (778 download)
Download or read book Reef Evolution written by Rachel Wood and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If one does not understand the biology of the coral reef, one does not understand the reef at all. So, using more than 250 illustrations and specially drawn ecological reconstructions of reef communities, Rachel Wood provides a unique evolutionary approach to the understanding of ancient coral reef ecosystems. Marine organisms have aggregated to form reefs for over 3.5 billion years--creating the largest biologically constructed feature on earth, some visible from space. However, their study has been largely descriptive. Reef Evolution, documents the fundamental biological processes and innovations which have molded the evolution of reef ecosystems and given rise to the highly complex communities found today. The appearance of clonality, the acquisition of photosymbiosis, and the radiation of predator groups are all discussed in depth. Data from the fossil record documents the evolutionary development of reef ecosystems. Although reefs only occupy a small percentage of the oceans, their importance to the marine environment is many-faceted and global. They create harbors and allow the development of shallow basins with associated mangrove or seagrass communities; they protect coastlines from erosion; are involved in the regulation of atmospheric carbon, which in turn contributes to climate control. can provide extensive oil and gas reservoirs. From a biological standpoint, however, the great significance of reefs lies in their ability to generate and maintain a substantial proportion of tropical marine biodiversity. This unique interdisciplinary approach provides students and researchers in evolution, marine biology, ecology, paleontology, biodiversity, and geology with a text that will allow them to truly understand the biological innovations which have molded the evolution of coral reefs and given rise to the highly complex communities found today.
Author : Nicholas V. C. Polunin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316175731
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Aquatic Ecosystems written by Nicholas V. C. Polunin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern about future supplies of fresh water to society, to meet the full range of human needs, now comes very high on the priority list of global societal issues. An overarching issue, which this book addresses, is whether global climate change is a dominant driver of change in the structure and function of all natural water-based ecosystems, or whether direct human population growth and accelerated consumption are playing an equal or greater role. This book divides the whole aquatic realm into 21 ecosystems, from those on land (both saline and fresh water) to those of the open and deep oceans. It draws on the understanding of leading ecologists to summarize the state and likely condition by the year 2025 of each of the ecosystems. Written for academic researchers and environmental professionals, the aim is to put the climate change debate into a broader context as a basis for conservation science and planning.
Author : Daniel D. Hoggarth
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251055038
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Stock Assessment for Fishery Management written by Daniel D. Hoggarth and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains guidelines for fish stock assessment and fishery management using the software tools and other outputs developed by the UK Department for International Development's Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) from 1992 to 2004. It includes a CD-ROM with the installation files for each of the four FMSP software tools: LFDA (Length Frequency Data Analysis), CEDA (Catch Effort Data Analysis), YIELD and ParFish (Participatory Fisheries Stock Assessment).
Author : Trevor J. Ward
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Role of Marine Reserves as Fisheries Management Tools written by Trevor J. Ward and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edmund Peter Green
Publisher : Unesco
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Remote Sensing Handbook for Tropical Coastal Management written by Edmund Peter Green and published by Unesco. This book was released on 2000 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook provides a detailed evaluation of what can realistically be achieved by remote sensing in an operational coastal management context. It takes the user through the planning and implementation of remote sensing projects from the setting of realistic objectives, deciding which imagery will be most appropriate to achieve those objectives, the acquisition, geometric and radiometric correction of imagery, the field survey methods needed to ground-truth the imagery and guide image classification, the image processing techniques required to optimise outputs, through the image interpretation and evaluation of the accuracy of outputs. Linked to the Handbook is a computer-based remote sensing distance-learning module: Applications of satellite and airborne image data to coastal management available free of charge via www.unesco.bilko.org
Author : Jan Sapp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190632445
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Coexistence written by Jan Sapp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about tropical biology in action- how biologists grapple with the ecology and evolution of the great species diversity in tropical rainforests and coral reefs. Tropical rainforests are home to 50% of all the plant and animal species on earth, though they cover only about 2% of the planet. Coral reefs hold 25% of the world's marine diversity, though they represent only 0.1 % of the world's surface. The increase in species richness from the poles to the tropics has remained enigmatic to naturalists for more than 200 years. How have so many species evolved in the tropics? How can so many species coexist there? At a time when rainforests and coral reefs are shrinking, when the earth is facing what has been called the sixth mass extinction, understanding the evolutionary ecology of the tropics is everyone's business. Despite the fundamental importance of the tropics to all of life on earth, tropical biology has evolved relatively slowly and with difficulties - economic, political, and environmental. This book is also about tropical science in context, situated in the complex socio-political history, and the rich rainforests and coral reefs of Panama. There are no other books on the history of tropical ecology and evolution or on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Thus situated in historical context, Jan Sapp's aim is to understand how naturalists have studied and conceptualized the great biological diversity and entangled ecology of tropics. This book has potential to be used in tropical biology classes, ecology courses, evolutionary ecology and it could also be useful in classes on the history of biology.
Author : J. P. Beumer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
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Download or read book Aquatic Protected Areas - What Works Best and How Do We Know? written by J. P. Beumer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings of the inaugural World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas are structured around the following 5 themes: Who and what are the beneficiaries of aquatic protected areas?; the design and selection of aquatic protected areas; success factors in the implementation and management of aquatic protected areas; measuring performance of aquatic protected areas; and, the role of aquatic protected areas in the aquatic ecosystem.
Author : F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Sea Turtle Symposium, 3-7 March 1998, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico written by F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123877911
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Advances in Sponge Science: Phylogeny, Systematics, Ecology written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On of two special issues of Advances in Marine Biology focusing on sponge science it features comprehensive reviews of the latest studies that are advancing our understanding of the fascinating marine phylum Porifera. The selected contributors are internationally renowned researchers in their respective fields and provide a thorough overview of the state-of-the-art of sponge science This volume will become a reference to marine biologists with interest in benthic ecology and biotic interactions, including symbiosis chemical and molecular ecology systematics, phylogeny, and evolution sponge culture and tissue engineering
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book University of the South Pacific, Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas G. Capone
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123725224
Total Pages : 1757 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)
Download or read book Nitrogen in the Marine Environment written by Douglas G. Capone and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 1757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first edition of Nitrogen in the Marine Environment was published in 1983, it has been recognized as the standard in the field. In the time since the book first appeared, there has been tremendous growth in the field with unprecedented discoveries over the past decade that have fundamentally changed the view of the marine nitrogen cycle. As a result, this Second Edition contains twice the amount of information that the first edition contained. This updated edition is now available online, offering searchability and instant, multi-user access to this important information. *The classic text, fully updated to reflect the rapid pace of discovery *Provides researchers and students in oceanography, chemistry, and marine ecology an understanding of the marine nitrogen cycle *Available online with easy access and search - the information you need, when you need it
Author : Manuel Maldonado
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9400746881
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Ancient Animals, New Challenges written by Manuel Maldonado and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the latest advances in sponge science through a concise selection of studies presented at the VIII World Sponge Conference. The collection of articles reflects hot, ongoing debates in molecular research, such as the monophyletic versus paraphyletic nature of the sponge group, or the new awareness on pros and cons of standard barcodes and other markers in sponge taxonomy and phylogeny. It also features articles showing how the new sequencing technologies reveal the functional and phylogenetic complexity of the "microbial universe" associated to sponge tissues. The ecological interactions of sponges, the effects of nutrients and pollutants, the variability in reproductive patterns, and the processes generating genotypic and phenotypic variability in sponge populations are covered in several contributions. Zoogeography, population structure and dynamics are also approached with both traditional and molecular tools. The effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the natural environment finds its place in this volume with papers dealing with metal accumulation and the potential role of sponges as biomonitors. Biodiversity data from unexplored tropical and deep sea areas are presented. We hope readers will enjoy the selection of papers, which we believe represent collectively a significant contribution to our current understanding of sponges. Previously published in Hydrobiologia, vol. 687, 2012
Author : Murray Hiebert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442279850
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book In the Wake of Arbitration written by Murray Hiebert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted its sixth annual South China Sea conference in July 2016. The conference provided four panels of highly respected experts from 10 countries with a first opportunity to assess the results of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea tribunal ruling and begin to measure its impact. This report contains papers by 10 of the panelists, providing a wide array of perspectives on the political, legal, military, and environmental outlook for the South China Sea in 2016.
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Download or read book Journal of Environmental Micropaleontology, Microbiology and Meiobenthology written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
