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Marine Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Marine Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Rupert F. G. Ormond
Edited by John D. Gage
Edited by Martin V. Angel
Foreword by Crispin Tickell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:472
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 154
Category/GenreApplied ecology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521022651
ClassificationsDewey:574.52636
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 29 Tables, unspecified; 6 Halftones, unspecified; 84 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 November 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The biodiversity of many ecosystems is under threat and although seas cover the majority of our planet's surface, far less is known about the biodiversity of marine environments than that of terrestrial systems. It is also not clear whether many of the patterns known to occur on land also occur in the sea. Until we have a firmer idea of the diversity of a wide range of marine habitats and what controls it, we have little hope of conserving biodiversity, or determining the impact of human activities such as mariculture, fishing, dumping of waste and pollution. This book brings together key studies from the deep sea and open ocean, to tropical shores and polar regions to consider how comparable the patterns and processes underlying diversity are in these different ecosystems. Marine Biodiversity will be a major resource for all those interested in biodiversity and its conservation.

Reviews

'Marine Biodiversity will be a major resource for all those interested in biodiversity and its conservation.' Journal of the Marine Biological Association