Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : frameworks, methodologies, and integration

✍ Scribed by Martin Solan, Rebecca J. Aspden, David M. Paterson

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 257
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation in terrestrial plant and soil systems. This book provides a framework for examining the mechanistic processes transferable to marine systems.

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning is the first book to address the latest advances in biodiversity-function science using marine examples. It brings together contributions from the leading scientists in the field to provide an in-depth evaluation of the science, before offering a perspective on future research directions for some of the most pressing environmental issues facing society today and in the future.

✦ Subjects

Marine biodiversity -- Effect of human beings on.;Marine ecology -- Effect of human beings on.

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