Marine Hard Bottom Communities Patterns, Dynamics, Diversity, and Change /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Colección: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/b76710 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Habitat, Substrata and Communities
- Habitat Characteristics and Typical Functional Groups
- The Role of Mineral, Living and Artificial Substrata in the Development of Subtidal Assemblages
- Communities on Deep-Sea Hard Bottoms
- Epibiosis
- Diversity Patterns and Their Causes
- Latitudinal Patterns of Species Richness in Hard-Bottom Communities
- Regional-Scale Patterns
- Patterns Along Environmental Gradients
- Evolutionary Patterns of Diversity and Their Causes
- Environmental Variability
- Community Dynamics
- Fertilization Strategies
- Larval Supply and Dispersal
- Settlement and Recruitment
- Seasonal Dynamics
- Disruption, Succession and Stochasticity
- Changes in Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning During Succession
- Simple and Complex Interactions
- Changing Biodiversity
- Anthropogenic Changes in Patterns of Diversity on Hard Substrata: an Overview
- Shifts in Abiotic Variables and Consequences for Diversity
- The Loss of Natural Habitats and the Addition of Artificial Substrata
- Multiple Stressors and Disturbances
- Mass Mortalities and Extinctions
- Biological Invasions
- Habitat Distribution and Heterogeneity in Marine Invasion Dynamics: the Importance of Hard Substrate and Artificial Structure
- Rehabilitation of Habitat and the Value of Artificial Reefs
- Protection of Biota and the Value of Marine Protected Areas
- Role of Diversity
- The Role of Biodiversity for the Functioning of Rocky Reef Communities
- Functional and Taxonomic Perspectives of Marine Biodiversity
- Mechanisms Underpinning Diversity-Stability Relationships in Hard Bottom Assemblages
- The Aesthetic Value of Littoral Hard Substrata and Consideration of Ethical Frameworks for Their Investigation and Conservation
- Appropriate Research Methods
- Field and Research Methods in Marine Ecology.