[Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation] Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation Volume 4 || Effects of habitat alteration caused by petrochemical activities and oil spills on the habitat use and interspecific relationships among four species of Afrotropical freshwater turtles

✍ Scribed by Hawksworth, David L.; Bull, Alan T.

• Book ID: 120216432
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 167 KB
• Edition: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1402057334
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5734-2_25

✦ Synopsis

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and a dramatic change-induced decrease in the plankton that cod larvae feed on. Meanwhile, coral reefs remain especially vulnerable to rapid sea-level changes exacerbated by the effects of tourism and disease.

This book gathers together a wide range of papers reporting on key research into the biodiversity conservation of these critical and increasingly threatened habitats. Collectively these papers provide a snap-shot of the types of problems they are experiencing, and offer a wealth of topical examples which render this volume especially valuable to teachers of courses in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, biological conservation and ecological restoration.