Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : frameworks, methodologies, and integration /
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Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 240 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780199642250 (hbk.) 0199642257 (hbk.) 9780199642267 (pbk.) : 0199642265 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | QH91 |
CLC: | Q178.53 |
Call Number: | Q178.53/M338-8 |
Contents: |
Marine biodiversity : its past development, present status, and future threats / Biodiversity in the context of ecosystem function / Ecosystem function and co-evolution of terminology in marine science and management / Ecological consequences of declining biodiversity : a biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) framework for marine systems / Lessons from the fossil record : the Ediacaran radiation, the Cambrian radiation, and the end-Permian mass extinction / The analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem function experiments : partitioning richness and density-dependent effects / The importance of body size, abundance, and food-web structure for ecosystem functioning / Effects of biodiversity-environment conditions on the interpretation of biodiversity-function relations / Extending the approaches of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the deep ocean / Incorporating extinction risk and realistic biodiversity futures : implementation of trait-based extinction scenarios / Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : an ecosystem-level approach / Multitrophic biodiversity and the responses of marine ecosystems to global change / Reality check : issues of scale and abstraction in biodiversity research, and potential solutions / Why bother going outside : the role of observational studies in understanding biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships / Implementing an ecosystem approach : predicting and safeguarding marine biodiversity futures / |