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Marine Biodiversity

Patterns and Processes, Assessment, Threats, Management and Conservation

  • Presents selected contributions to the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium
  • Arranged according to the four main subthemes of the Symposium: patterns and processes, assessment, threats and management and conservation
  • 32 research papers represent the current state of marine biodiversity research in Europe

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 183)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Patterns And Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Structure and function

      1. The relationship between phytoplankton diversity and community function in a coastal lagoon
        • Pedro Duarte, Maria Filomena Macedo, Luís Cancela da Fonseca
        Pages 3-18
      2. Ascendency as ecological indicator for environmental quality assessment at the ecosystem level: a case study
        • J. Patr#x00ED;cio, R. Ulanowicz, M. A. Pardal, J. C. Marques
        Pages 19-30
    3. Abiotic control of communities and ecosystems

      1. Phytoplankton seasonality in a highly stratified karstic estuary (Krka, Adriatic Sea)
        • I. Cetinić, D. Viličić, Z. Burić, G. Olujć
        Pages 31-40
      2. Inter-annual variability of soft bottom macrofaunal communities in two Ionian Sea lagoons
        • Artemis Nicolaidou, Konstantinos Petrou, Konstantinos Ar. Kormas, Sofia Reizopoulou
        Pages 89-98
      3. Spatial patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in intertidal areas of a Southern European estuary: the Tagus, Portugal
        • Ana Maria Rodrigues, Sónia Meireles, Teresa Pereira, Alice Gama, Victor Quintino
        Pages 99-113
    4. Biological control of communities and ecosystems

      1. Probing diversity in the plankton: using patterns in Tintinnids (planktonic marine ciliates) to identify mechanisms
        • John R. Dolan, Rodolphe Lemée, Stéphane Gasparini, Laure Mousseau, Céline Heyndrickx
        Pages 143-157
      2. Fish assemblages in different shallow water habitats of the Venice Lagoon
        • Anita Franco, Piero Franzoi, Stefano Malavasi, Federico Riccato, Patrizia Torricelli
        Pages 159-174
    5. Biogeography

      1. Biogeographic patterns of intertidal macroinvertebrates and their association with macroalgae distribution along the Portuguese coast
        • Sílvia G. Pereira, Fernando P. Lima, Nuno C. Queiroz, Pedro A. Ribeiro, António M. Santos
        Pages 185-192
    6. Secondary space

    7. Unusual habitats

      1. Epifaunal inventory of two shipwrecks from the Belgian Continental Shelf
        • Vincent Zintzen, Claude Massin, Alain Norro, Jérôme Mallefet
        Pages 207-219
  3. Assesment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221

About this book

This volume presents selected contributions given to the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in September 2003.

Understanding the functioning of marine ecosystems is the first step towards measuring and predicting the influence of Man, and to find solutions for the enormous array of problems we face today. This volume is organised according to the four subthemes of the symposium and to issues commonly perceived as relevant by scientists concerned with the study, protection and management of Marine Biodiversity: patterns and processes, assessment, threats and management and conservation.

The 32 papers that make up this book represent current research and concerns about Marine Biodiversity in Europe, and will have wide appeal to all those interested in understanding and preserving the marine ecosystems of the world's oceans.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Biologia, CESAM-Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Aveiro, Portugal

    H. Queiroga, M. R. Cunha, A. Cunha, M. H. Moreira, V. Quintino, A. M. Rodrigues, J. Seroôdio

  • Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK

    R. M. Warwick

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Biodiversity

  • Book Subtitle: Patterns and Processes, Assessment, Threats, Management and Conservation

  • Editors: K. Martens, H. Queiroga, M. R. Cunha, A. Cunha, M. H. Moreira, V. Quintino, A. M. Rodrigues, J. Seroôdio, R. M. Warwick

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4697-9

  • 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: 978-1-4020-4321-5Published: 17 January 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7109-5Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4697-1Published: 03 February 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 353

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, Volume 555 (2006)

  • Topics: Nature Conservation, Biodiversity, Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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