Overview

Biologists have made significant advances in our understanding of the Earth's shallow subtidal marine ecosystems, but the findings on these disparate regions have never before been documented and gathered in a single volume. Now, in Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs, Tim R. McClanahan and George M. Branch fill this lacuna with a comparative and comprehensive collection of nine essays written by experts on specific aquatic regions. Each essay focuses on the food webs of a respective ecosystem and the factors affecting these communities, from the intense and direct pressure of human influence on fisheries to the multi-vector contributors to climate change. The book covers nine shallow water marine ecosystems from selected areas throughout the world: four coral reef systems, three hard bottom systems, and two kelp systems. In summarizing their organization, human influence on them, and recent developments in these ecosystems, the authors contribute to our understanding of their ecological organization and management. Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs will be a useful tool for all benthic marine investigators, providing an expert, comparative view of these aquatic regions.

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Author:   Tim McClanahan (Conservation Ecologist and Director of Coral Reef Programs, Conservation Ecologist and Director of Coral Reef Programs, The Wildlife Conservation Society, Mombasa, Kenya) ,  George M. Branch
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.496kg
ISBN:  

9780195319958

ISBN 10:   0195319958
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   17 April 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1: Bruce Menge: Marine Food Webs: Conceptual Development of a Central Research Paradigm Chapter 2: James A. Estes: Kelp Forest Food Webs In The Aleutian Archipelago Chapter 3: George M. Branch: Trophic Interactions in Subtidal Rocky Reefs on the West Coast of South Africa Chapter 4: Jose M. Farina, Alvaro. T. Palma and F. Patricio. Ojeda: Subtidal Kelp-Associated Communities off the Temperate Chilean Coast Chapter 5: Michael Graham, Ben Halpern, Mark Carr: Diversity and Dynamics of Californian Subtidal Kelp Forests Chapter 6: Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Thomas A. Okey, and Stuart Banks: Biodiversity and Food-Web Structure of a Galapagos Shallow Rocky Reef Ecosystem Chapter 7: Tim McClanahan: Food Web Structure and Dynamics of East African Coral Reefs Chapter 8: Peter W. Glynn: Food Web Structure and Dynamics of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs: Panama and Galapagos Islands Chapter 9: Tim McClanahan and George M. Branch: Conclusions - An Ecosystem Perspective Shallow Marine Reefs

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