The Ecology of Sandy Shores
Author:   Anton McLachlan (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa) ,  Omar Defeo (Faculty of Sciences, Montevideo, Uruguay) ,  Alexander Brown (University of Cape Town (deceased))
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
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Pages:   572
Publication Date:   21 September 2017
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Author:   Anton McLachlan (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa) ,  Omar Defeo (Faculty of Sciences, Montevideo, Uruguay) ,  Alexander Brown (University of Cape Town (deceased))
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780128094679


ISBN 10:   0128094672
Pages:   572
Publication Date:   21 September 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780443217548
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction 2. The Physical Environment 3. The Interstitial Environment 4. Beach and Surf-Zone Flora 5. Sandy Beach Invertebrates 6. Adaptations to Sandy Beach Life 7. Benthic Macrofauna Communities 8. Benthic Macrofauna Populations 9. Interstitial Ecology 10. Surf-Zone Zooplankton and Nekton 11. Other Marine and Terrestrial Vertebrates 12. Energetics and Nutrients Cycling 13. Coastal Dune Ecosystems and Dune/Beach Interactions 14. Fisheries 15. Human Impacts 16. Climate Change 17. Management and Conservation

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Dr McLachlan has had a long and established career in beach ecology. He has worked around the world and has headed up multiple departments and research institutions including: the Director for the Institute for Coastal Research, Chair of the Dept. of Zoology and has held a number of Dean positions at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. He has over 90 publications to date. Dr Defeo has been active in the field of marine sciences since receiving his PhD in 1993. His fields of interest are human impact in coastal marine communities and populations, stock assessment and management, population dynamics of exploited marine stocks and sandy beach ecology. He has won many awards for his research and consultancy work, including the 2010 Elsevier Scopus Prize for Uruguay. He has published over 130 works to date.

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