McIntyre Life in the World's Oceans

Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4809-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Abundance andDistribution is a true landmark publication.
Comprising the synthesis and analysis of the results of theCensus of Marine Life this most important book brings together thework of around 2000 scientists from 80 nations around theglobe.
The book is broadly divided into four sections, covering oceanspast, oceans present, oceans future and a final section coveringthe utilisation of the data which has been gathered, and thecoordination and communication of the results.
Edited by Professor Alasdair Mcintyre, Marine Life is a bookwhich should find a place on the shelves of all marine scientists,ecologists, conservation biologists, oceanographers, fisheriesscientists and environmental biologists. All universities andresearch establishments where biological, earth and fisheriesscience are studied and taught should have copies of this essentialbook on their shelves.
* A true landmark publication
* One of the most important marine science books everpublished
* Contributions from many world leading researchers
* Synthesis of a huge amount of important data
* Represents the culmination of 10 years' research by 2000scientists from 80 countries

Autoren/Hrsg.

McIntyre, Alasdair

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
Contributors.
The Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of MarineLife.
PART I Oceans Past.
1 Marine Animal Populations: A New Look Back in Time.
PART II Oceans Present - Geographic Realms.
2 Surveying Nearshore Biodiversity.
3 Biodiversity Knowledge and its Application in the Gulf ofMaine Area.
4 Coral Reef Biodiversity.
5 New Perceptions of Continental Margin Biodiversity.
6 Biodiversity Patterns and Processes on the Mid- AtlanticRidge.
7 Life on Seamounts.
8 Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life.
9 Biogeography, Ecology, and Vulnerability of ChemosyntheticEcosystems in the Deep Sea.
10 Marine Life in the Arctic.
11 Marine Life in the Antarctic.
PART III Oceans Present - Global Distributions.
12 A Global Census of Marine Microbes.
13 A Census of Zooplankton of the Global Ocean.
PART IV Oceans Present - Animal Movements.
14 Tracking Fish Movements and Survival on the Northeast PacificShelf.
15 A View of the Ocean from Pacific Predators.
PART V Oceans Future.
16 The Future of Marine Animal Populations.
PART VI Using the Data.
17 Data Integration: The Ocean Biogeographic InformationSystem.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Alasdair McIntyre is based at the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK