Overview
Chilean Saltmarshes are unique and idiosyncratic ecosystems that occur along almost 2000 km over the narrowest continental platform of the South American coast
Due to their unknown uniqueness, these ecosystems should attract researchers to explore and test the generality theoretical and experimental Saltmarsh Ecology
At the present information about Natural History and Ecology of Chilean Saltmarshes is disperse and our book is a serious effort to consolidate this information
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book consolidates the information, results, experience and perspectives of different research groups working on Chilean Saltmarshes. Some aspects of these ecosystems such as their bio-geographical connectivity, flora and faunal components, the interaction between ecosystem components and especially the response of this kind of ecosystems to human and natural perturbations defines the Chilean Saltmarshes as an attractive systems for future studies, focused into test the theoretical and experimental aspects of saltmarshes and general ecology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andrés Camaño, is a Marine Biologist by University of Concepción. He has a diploma on Environmental Engineering from University of Concepción and a diploma on Operational Risk Management from Federico Santa María University. He is currently Environmental Director at Golder Associates and was previously Corporate Environmental, Safety, Occupational Health, and Operational Risk Manager at Arauco Enterprises, and Environmental Affairs Manager at the BHP Billit
on-operated Escondida Cooper Mine. He collaborated on 24 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has been co-editor on four books. Andrés Camaño is a member of the Chilean Society for Sea Science and is President of the Marine Contamination Group of the National Oceanographic Committee. He is also a professor in various Environment Master Programs and an advisor for the Upper Management Network of Universidad del Desarrollo.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Ecology and Natural History of Chilean Saltmarshes
Editors: José Miguel Fariña, Andrés Camaño
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63877-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63876-8Published: 23 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87661-0Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63877-5Published: 10 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 332
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Jointly published with Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago. Original Spanish edition published by Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 2012
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Coastal Sciences, Community & Population Ecology, Ecosystems