Overview
- Unlike review volumes, each draws together a wide range of peer-reviewed primary research papers from biodiversity researchers around the world, each based around a particular theme
- Provides examples from a wide spectrum of issues representing the current state of the art in each area of biodiversity and conservation (i.e.: arthropods, forest management, etc.)
- Provides detailed examples of recent work that can be used as case studies for courses in ecology, restoration, biodiversity and conservation
- Enables specialist researchers to see primary research papers in allied fields and particularly how similar problems are being tackled in different disciplines
- Gives access to this unique collection of papers to those without unlimited access to Biodiversity and Conservation
Part of the book series: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (TOBC, volume 4)
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About this book
Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and a dramatic change-induced decrease in the plankton that cod larvae feed on. Meanwhile, coral reefs remain especially vulnerable to rapid sea-level changes exacerbated by the effects of tourism and disease.
This book gathers together a wide range of papers reporting on key research into the biodiversity conservation of these critical and increasingly threatened habitats. Collectively these papers provide a snap-shot of the types of problems they are experiencing, and offer a wealth of topical examples which render this volume especially valuable to teachers of courses in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, biological conservation and ecological restoration.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation
Editors: David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Series Title: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5734-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5733-5Published: 23 February 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7436-2Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5734-2Published: 25 November 2007
Series ISSN: 1875-1288
Series E-ISSN: 1875-1296
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 399
Additional Information: Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 15:11 (2006)
Topics: Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Terrestial Ecology