Marine Ecosystems and Global Change
- ISBN-10
- 0199558027
- ISBN-13
- 9780199558025
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 412
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-02-11
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- John G. Field, Roger P. Harris, Eileen E. Hofmann
Description
Global changes, including climate change and intensive fishing, are having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems and their major sub-systems, and how they respond to physical forcing.
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