(eBook PDF) Marine Community Ecology and Conservation

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product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1605352284
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605352282
• Author:  Mark Bertness (Author), John Bruno (Author), Brian Silliman (Author), Jay Stachowicz (Author)

Marine Community Ecology and Conservation was written to give advanced undergraduate and graduate students a current overview of what is known about the structure, organization, and conservation of organism assemblages that live on the sea floor. It largely focuses on advancements over the past decade since the publication of Marine Community Ecology (2001). Each chapter is written by leading researchers to give students an up-to-date look at these communities, and what remains to be learned about them.

table of contents:

1. Introduction: Why Marine Conservation is Necessary  – Significance, Threats, and Management of the Oceans and Biodiversity

2. The Marine Environment: Physico-chemical Characteristics  – Structures and Processes, Enduring and Recurrent factors

3. The Marine Environment: Ecology and Biology Pelagic and Benthic Realms and Coastal Fringing Communities

4. Approaches to Marine Conservation Traditional Strategies and Ecological Frameworks

5. Representative Areas: Global to Ecoregional – Marine Conservation at the Ecosystem / Habitat Level

6. Habitats and Communities: Ecoregional to Local – Reality, Variability and Scales of Relationships

7. Distinctive Areas: Species and Ecosystem Processes Ecosystem Processes – Ergoclines and Hotspots

8. Patterns of Biodiversity: Species Diversity – Theories and Relationships: Global, Regional, Local

9. Species and Focal Species – Keystones, Umbrellas, Flagships, Indicators and Others

10. Genetic Diversity Significance of Genetics: From Genes to Ecosystems

11. Coastal zones Components, Complexities and Classifications

12. High Seas and Deep Seas Pelagic and Benthic, Hydrography and Biogeography

13. Linking Fisheries Management with Marine Conservation Objectives through Ecosystem Approaches – Compatibility of Exploitation and Preservation

14. Size and Boundaries of Protected Areas – Rationale for Function, Location, Dimensions

15. Evaluation of Protected Areas – The Concept of ‘Value’ as Applied to Marine Biodiversity

16. Sets of Protected Areas – Integrating Distinctive and Representative Protected Areas

17. Networks of Protected Areas – Patterns of Connectivity in the Oceans

18. Approaches to the Establishment of Marine Monitoring Programs – Stabilizing the Baselines

19. Remaining Problems in Marine Conservation – Present Problems, Future Solutions.

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