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Author: Alan K. Whitfield
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781770055186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Renzo Perissinotto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-05-16
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 1107019753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn integrated synthesis of scientific knowledge and management information concerning the world's first protected, and Africa's largest, estuarine system.
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 666
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2019-02-14
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 1786394332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains current knowledge and the most recent developments in the field of halophyte biology, ecology, and potential uses. Halophytes are characterized as plants that can survive and complete their life cycle in highly saline environments. This book explores the adaptive mechanisms and special features of halophytes that allow them to grow in environments that are unsuitable for conventional crops and considers their role as a source of food, fuel, fodder, fiber, essential oils, and medicines. Halophytes and Climate Change includes coverage of: - Special morphological, anatomical, and physiological features of halophytes - Ion accumulation patterns and homeostasis in halophytes - Potential use of halophytes in the remediation of saline soil - Growth and physiological response and tolerance to toxicity and drought - Mangrove ecology, physiology, and adaptation Written by a team of international authors and presented in full color, this book is an essential resource for researchers in the fields of plant physiology, ecology, soil science, environmental science, botany, and agriculture.
Author: R.N. Hughes
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 906
ISBN-13: 1315351560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEver-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues create a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has catered to this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes more than 50 years ago. Its objectives are to consider, annually, the basic areas of marine research, returning to them when appropriate in future volumes; to deal with subjects of special and topical importance; and to add new subjects as they arise. The favourable reception and complimentary reviews accorded to all the volumes shows that the series is fulfilling a very real need. Volume 54 follows closely the objectives and style of the earlier volumes, continuing to regard the marine sciences—with all their various aspects—as a unity. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science are dealt with by experts actively engaged in these fields. The series is an essential reference text for researchers and students in all fields of marine science and related subjects, and it finds a place in libraries of universities, marine laboratories, research institutes and government departments. It is consistently among the highest ranking series in terms of impact factor in the marine biology category of the citation indices compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information/Web of Science.
Author: José Miguel Fariña
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-10-10
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 3319638777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book consolidates the information, results, experience and perspectives of different research groups working on Chilean Saltmarshes. Some aspects of these ecosystems such as their bio-geographical connectivity, flora and faunal components, the interaction between ecosystem components and especially the response of this kind of ecosystems to human and natural perturbations defines the Chilean Saltmarshes as an attractive systems for future studies, focused into test the theoretical and experimental aspects of saltmarshes and general ecology.
Author: Paulo da Cunha Lana
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-07-09
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 3319777793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents the main drivers of benthic structure and processes in estuaries from the 8,000 km-Brazilian coast, assesses the influence of natural and human disturbance, and discusses their ecological importance and management needs. Estuaries are unique coastal ecosystems often with low biodiversity that sustain and provide essential ecological services to mankind. These ecosystems include a variety of habitats with their own sediment and fauna dynamics, all of them globally altered or threatened by human activities. Mangroves, saltmarshes, tidal flats and other confined estuarine systems are under increasing stress by overfishing and other human activities leading to habitat and species loss. Combined changes in estuarine hydromorphology and in climate pose severe threats to estuarine ecosystems at a global scale.
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 712
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. Perissinotto
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781616684129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouth African temporarily open/closed estuaries (TOCEs) and similar systems along the coastlines of other regions of the world, especially Australia, are amongst the most productive aquatic ecosystems. They shift seasonally from mostly open mouth states during rainy seasons to mostly closed mouth states during the dry part of the year. This allows a whole range of juvenile forms of estuarine-dependent and estuarine-associated marine species to be recruited inside their sheltered and productive reaches, where they complete their growth to maturity. This book covers topics such as the structure and function of open/closed estuaries in South Africa, as well as outlining the future management decisions that need to be made in order to ensure the longevity of these productive ecosystems.
Author: Pierre Lasserre
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 484
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