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Ecological Comparisons of Sedimentary Shores

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Karsten Reise

    1. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, List, Germany

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  • Provides a global perspective on the ecology of sedimentary shores and insights necessary for effective coastal management
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 151)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • K. Reise
      Pages 1-7

  3. Suspension Feeders in Coastal Mud and Sand

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Benthic Suspension Feeders as Determinants of Ecosystem Structure and Function in Shallow Coastal Waters

      • R. F. Dame, D. Bushek, T. C. Prins
      Pages 11-37

    3. Dynamics of Spatial and Temporal Complexity in European and North American Soft-Bottom Mussel Beds

      • J. A. Commito, N. M. J. A. Dankers
      Pages 39-59

    4. Suspension Feeders on Sandy Beaches

      • E. Jaramillo, M. Lastra
      Pages 61-72

    5. Switching Between Deposit and Suspension Feeding in Coastal Zoobenthos

      • H. U. Riisgård, P. Kamermans
      Pages 73-101

  5. Seagrasses and Benthic Fauna of Sediment Shores

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Common Structures and Properties of Seagrass Beds Fringing the Coasts of the World

      • C. den Hartog, R. C. Phillips
      Pages 195-212

    3. The Leaf Canopy of Seagrass Beds: Faunal Community Structure and Function in a Salinity Gradient Along the Swedish Coast

      • S. P. Baden, C. Boström
      Pages 213-236

    4. Energy Flow in Benthic Assemblages of Tidal Basins: Ria Formosa (Portugal) and Sylt-Rømø Bay (North Sea) Compared

      • M. Sprung, H. Asmus, R. Asmus
      Pages 237-254

    5. Soft-Bottom Fauna of a Tropical (Banc d’ Arguin, Mauritania) and a Temperate (Juist Area, German North Sea Coast) Intertidal Area

      • H. Michaelis, W. J. Wolff
      Pages 255-274

    6. Tropical Tidal Flat Benthos Compared Between Australia and Central America

      • S. Dittmann, J. A. Vargas
      Pages 275-293

  6. Structural Dynamics and Trophic Supplies to Sedimentary Shores

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
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    2. Recovery Dynamics in Benthic Communities: Balancing Detail with Simplification

      • S. F. Thrush, R. B. Whitlatch
      Pages 297-316
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Sedimentary coasts with their unique forms of life and productive ecosystems are one of the most threatened parts of the biosphere.
This volume analyzes and compares ecological structures and processes at sandy beaches, tidal mudflats and in shallow coastal waters all around the world. Analyses of local processes are paired with comparisons between distant shores, across latitudinal gradients or between separate biogeographic provinces. Emphasis is given to suspension feeders in coastal mud and sand, to biogenic stabilizations and disturbances in coastal sediments, to seagrass beds and faunal assemblages across latitudes and oceans, to recovery dynamics in benthic communities, shorebird predation, and to experimental approaches to the biota of sedimentary shores.

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"This book provides an invaluable and ready source of information from which both students and academics will benefit. ... Will it get dusty on the bookshelf? I doubt it." (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2002)

 

 

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, List, Germany

    Karsten Reise

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecological Comparisons of Sedimentary Shores

  • Editors: Karsten Reise

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56557-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41254-0Published: 22 May 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62517-6Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-56557-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 387

  • Topics: Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation, Environmental Management, Oceanography

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