Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future
Understanding the Deep-Sea Realms of Coral
Editors: Orejas, Covadonga, Jiménez, Carlos (Eds.)
Free Preview- First volume specifically dedicated to the Mediterranean Cold-water coral ecosystems
- Contains full and comprehensive chapters on specific topics, discoveries, case studies appealing to students and teachers
- Brings together Mediterranean specialists in CWCs and scientists from other regions
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- About this book
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What do we know about Mediterranean Cold (Deep)-Water coral ecosystems? In this book, specialists offer answers and insights with a series of chapters and short papers about the paleoecology, biology, physiology and ecology of the corals and other organisms that comprise these ecosystems. Structured on a temporal axis—Past, Present and Future—the reviews and selected study cases cover the cold and deep coral habitats known to date in the Mediterranean Basin. This book illustrates and explains the deep Mediterranean coral habitats that might have originated similar thriving ecosystems in today’s Atlantic Ocean.
- Table of contents (46 chapters)
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1 An Introduction to the Research on Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals
Pages 3-12
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2 Paleoecology of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals
Pages 15-30
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3 Cold-Water Corals in the Mediterranean: A History of Discovery
Pages 31-33
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4 A Turbulent Story: Mediterranean Contourites and Cold-Water Corals
Pages 35-46
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5 Messinian Salinity Crisis: What Happened to Cold-Water Corals?
Pages 47-50
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Table of contents (46 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future
- Book Subtitle
- Understanding the Deep-Sea Realms of Coral
- Editors
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- Covadonga Orejas
- Carlos Jiménez
- Series Title
- Coral Reefs of the World
- Series Volume
- 9
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-91608-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-91608-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-91607-1
- Series ISSN
- 2213-719X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 582
- Number of Illustrations
- 43 b/w illustrations, 145 illustrations in colour
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