Editors:
- Provides a global perspective on the ecology of sedimentary shores and insights necessary for effective coastal management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 151)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Suspension Feeders in Coastal Mud and Sand
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Biogenic Stabilization and Disturbances in Coastal Sediments
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Seagrasses and Benthic Fauna of Sediment Shores
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Structural Dynamics and Trophic Supplies to Sedimentary Shores
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About this book
This volume analyzes and compares ecological structures and processes at sandy beaches, tidal mudflats and in shallow coastal waters all around the world. Analyses of local processes are paired with comparisons between distant shores, across latitudinal gradients or between separate biogeographic provinces. Emphasis is given to suspension feeders in coastal mud and sand, to biogenic stabilizations and disturbances in coastal sediments, to seagrass beds and faunal assemblages across latitudes and oceans, to recovery dynamics in benthic communities, shorebird predation, and to experimental approaches to the biota of sedimentary shores.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book provides an invaluable and ready source of information from which both students and academics will benefit. ... Will it get dusty on the bookshelf? I doubt it." (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2002)
Editors and Affiliations
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Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, List, Germany
Karsten Reise
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Comparisons of Sedimentary Shores
Editors: Karsten Reise
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56557-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41254-0Published: 22 May 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62517-6Published: 21 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-56557-1Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 387
Topics: Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Environmental Management, Oceanography