The Biology of Soft Shores and Estuaries - Rilegato

Little, Colin

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198504276 ISBN 13: 9780198504276

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 2000

Riassunto

This book focuses on marine and estuarine soft sediments as complex and essential habitats for an astonishing variety of animals and plants whose lifestyles are intimately bound up with sediment structure. It discusses sediments as habitats first, then takes in turn the ecosystems found on sandy shores, mudflats and seagrass beds, salt marshes and mangrove swamps, and life below the tidemarks. Adaptations of the organisms are fully described, and each chapter ends with a section on techniques. Later chapters discuss estuarine and lagoonal habitats, both of which contain primarily soft sediments, but add further comlicating characteristics to those found in the sea. A discussion of estuarine food webs emphasizes the ways in which organisms interact. The book ends with a discussion of the ways in which marine and estuarine soft sediments have been abused by man, and some of the opportunities that have been taken to counteract these abuses.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dr Colin Little is a series editor of the Biology of Habitats series and author of the first volume in the 4eries, The biology of rocky shores

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0198504276
• ISBN 13: 9780198504276
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 262