Estuarine Ecology

Estuarine Ecology
ISBN-10
1118391918
ISBN-13
9781118391914
Series
Estuarine Ecology
Category
Science
Pages
568
Language
English
Published
2012-09-19
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
John W. Day, W. Michael Kemp, Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia

Description

Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet--critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of global climate change on these important ecosystems. Authored by a team of world experts from the estuarine science community, this long-awaited, full-color edition includes new chapters covering phytoplankton, seagrasses, coastal marshes, mangroves, benthic algae, Integrated Coastal Zone Management techniques, and the effects of global climate change. It also features an entriely new section on estuarine ecosystem processes, trophic webs, ecosystem metabolism, and the interactions between estuaries and other ecosystems such as wetlands and marshes

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