Marine Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes - Softcover

Et Al, Ormond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521022657 ISBN 13: 9780521022651

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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

Book Description

Although seas cover most of our world, the diversity of many of the varied habitats within them is as yet poorly understood. Here, experts on deep sea, open ocean and coastal shelf investigate the patterns and processes of marine biodiversity, to provide an important resource for all those interested in marine conservation and ecology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521022657
• ISBN 13: 9780521022651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472