The Ecology Of Sandy Shores

Author : Anton McLachlan,Omar Defeo
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128096987

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The Ecology of Sandy Shores by Anton McLachlan,Omar Defeo Pdf

The Ecology of Sandy Shores, Third Edition, provides both a holistic and conceptual introduction for beginners, while also presenting an in-depth and cutting-edge analysis for researchers interested in sandy shores. This new edition focuses on resource use, and has also been updated to include recent findings, enhanced illustrations, and additional coverage on beach fisheries and global/climate change. In addition, this release presents insights on food webs, greater coverage on global biodiversity patterns in sandy beaches, and new insights on population patterns, behavior and threats. Research on beaches is difficult because of the dynamic nature of the environment. There is no other book covering the ecology of sandy beaches, despite the extent and economic importance of these systems. This book is designed to both provide the conceptual basis to introduce students to the basic principles of sandy shore ecology and to serve as a ready reference for doctoral students and researches working on these systems. It can also serve as a handbook for land and coastal managers. Fully updated edition of the preeminent book on sandy shores Covers sandy shores from the perspective that they are a socioecological system Represents the top resource on an enormous habitat that is important in every way—ecologically, environmentally, socially and economically

Author : Anton McLachlan,A C Brown
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : Beaches
ISBN : 1493300970

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The Ecology of Sandy Shores by Anton McLachlan,A C Brown Pdf

The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the effects of pollution and the impact of man's activities, this book should become the standard reference for those interested in Sandy Shore study, management and preservation. * More than 25% expanded from the previous edition * Three entirely new chapters: Energetics and Nutrient Cycling, Turtles and Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Benthic Macrofauna Populations * New sections on the interstitial environment, seagrasses, human impacts and coastal zone management * Examples drawn from virtually all parts of the world, considering all beach types from the most exposed to the most sheltered

Author : A.C. Brown,Anton McLachlan
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080465099

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The Ecology of Sandy Shores by A.C. Brown,Anton McLachlan Pdf

The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the effects of pollution and the impact of man's activities, this book should become the standard reference for those interested in Sandy Shore study, management and preservation. More than 25% expanded from the previous edition Three entirely new chapters: Energetics and Nutrient Cycling, Turtles and Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Benthic Macrofauna Populations New sections on the interstitial environment, seagrasses, human impacts and coastal zone management Examples drawn from virtually all parts of the world, considering all beach types from the most exposed to the most sheltered

Author : A. McLachlan,T. Erasmus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401729383

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Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems by A. McLachlan,T. Erasmus Pdf

What sight is more beautiful than a high-energy beach facing lines of rolling white breakers? What battleground is more ferocious than where waves and sand meet? What environment could be more exciting to study than this sandy interface between sea and land? And yet how much do we know about sandy beaches? Open sandy beaches are amongst the most neglected fields of scientific study in the coastal environment. This situation exists despite their great extent along most temperate and tropical coastlines and their value as recreational areas and buffer zones against the sea. The traditional oceanographer does not venture into the surf zone while the terrestrial ecologist stops short at the high water mark. Only a few coastal engineers have grappled with the problem of sand and sediment movement as it influences their construction of harbours and pipelines. The marine biologist on the other hand has regarded estuaries, coral reefs and rocky shores, obviously teeming with life, as more fruitful areas for study than the apparently poor animal life on sandy beaches. Sandy beaches have therefore tended to become a scientific no man's land. Over the last decade this situation has begun to improve. Recent work on high-energy beaches has revealed that they may in fact be rich and productive and fertile areas for study. It has even been suggested that beaches and their adjacent surf zones may constitute viable marine ecosystems.

Author : Sílvia C. Gonçalves,Susana M.F. Ferreira
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429624513

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Sandy Beaches as Endangered Ecosystems by Sílvia C. Gonçalves,Susana M.F. Ferreira Pdf

Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value. Presently, they are amongst the most endangered ecosystems in the biosphere, mainly due to the influence of several human activities. In this book, renowned scientists from around the world describe key attributes of sandy beaches and highlight the problems which impact them. Specific tools encompassing the physical environment and the biota are pointed out, at different levels of ecological organization. The book also covers suitable management, conservation programmes and respective actions, where ecologic, economic and social dimensions are comprehensively integrated.

Author : George A. Knox
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781420042634

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The Ecology of Seashores by George A. Knox Pdf

The Ecology of Seashores explores the complex shore environment. It covers the ways in which representative species have adapted to life in a constantly changing environment in terms of their interactions, the control of community structure, and how energy and materials are cycled in different ecosystems. Written by an eminent marine biologist,

Author : Peter J. Hayward,Company of Biologists
Publisher : Richmond
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Beaches
ISBN : 0855462930

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Animals of Sandy Shores by Peter J. Hayward,Company of Biologists Pdf

This book introduces the natural history of sandy shore communities and provides keys that will enable readers to name the animals they find. It provides practical approaches for behavioural and ecological studies, including the survey and monitoring of populations.

Author : Peter J. Hayward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 1784270393

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Animals of Sandy Shores by Peter J. Hayward Pdf

Reprint. Originally published for the Company of Biologists Ltd. by the Richmond Pub. Co., c1994.

Author : Guido Chelazzi,Marco Vannini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0306429306

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Behavioral Adaptation to Intertidal Life by Guido Chelazzi,Marco Vannini Pdf

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Behavioural Adaptation to Intertidal Life" held in Castiglioncello, Italy (May, 1987) was attended by 50 participants, most of whom presented requested lectures. It was perhaps the first time that specialists of various animal groups, from cnidarians to birds, were able to meet and discuss the importance of behavioural adaptation to this peculiar, sometimes very harsh environment. But the taxonomic barrier is not the only one which the meeting attemped to over come. Lately, the research on intertidal biology has spread from pure taxonomy and static analysis of community structure to such dynamic aspects as intra- and interspecific relationships, and physiological mechanisms aimed at avoiding stress and exploitation of limited-resources. This increasing interest stems not only from an inclination for this particular ecological system and some of its typical inhabitants, but also from the realization that rocky and sandy shore communities are suitable models for testing and improving some global theories of evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology and sociobiology. The number of eco-physiological and eco-ethological problems emerging from the study of intertidal animals is fascinatingly large and a complete understanding of this environment cannot be reached using a strictly "reductionistic" or a pure "holistic" approach.

Author : A. E. Brafield
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Marine animals
ISBN : UCAL:B4456576

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Life in Sandy Shores by A. E. Brafield Pdf

Author : Colin Little
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780198504269

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The Biology of Soft Shores and Estuaries by Colin Little Pdf

Designed to be accessible to readers at all levels, this text discusses organisms and their adaptations on sandy shores, mudflats, seagrass beds, salt marshes, mangrove swamps and below the tide marks. It emphasises the special nature of estuaries.

Author : Alison Ballance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Habitat (Ecology)
ISBN : 0768509602

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Sandy Shores by Alison Ballance Pdf

Author : D. Raffaelli,S.J. Hawkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400914896

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Intertidal Ecology by D. Raffaelli,S.J. Hawkins Pdf

The seashore has long been the subject of fascination and study - the Ancient Greek scholar Aristotle made observations and wrote about Mediterranean sea urchins. The considerable knowledge of what to eat and where it could be found has been passed down since prehistoric times by oral tradition in many societies - in Britain it is still unwise to eat shellfish in months without an 'r' in them. Over the last three hundred years or so we have seen the formalization of science and this of course has touched intertidal ecology. Linnaeus classified specimens collected from the seashore and many common species (Patella vulgata L. , Mytilus edulis L. , Littorina littorea (L. )) bear his imprint because he formally described, named and catalogued them. Early natural historians described zonation patterns in the first part of the 19th century (Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1832), and the Victorians became avid admirers and collectors of shore animals and plants with the advent of the new fashion of seaside holidays (Gosse, 1856; Kingsley, 1856). As science became professionalized towards the end of the century, marine biologists took advantage of low tides to gain easy access to marine life for taxonomic work and classical studies of functional morphology. The first serious studies of the ecology of the shore were made at this time (e. g.

Author : M. L. Martínez,Norbert P. Psuty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540740025

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Coastal Dunes by M. L. Martínez,Norbert P. Psuty Pdf

In this book, coastal dune specialists from tropical and temperate latitudes cover a wide set of topics, including: geomorphology, community dynamics, ecophysiology, biotic interactions and environmental problems and conservation. The book offers recommendations for future research, identifying relevant topics where detailed knowledge is still lacking. It also identifies management tools that will promote and maintain the rich diversity of the dune environments in the context of continuing coastal development.

Author : George Branch
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775846307

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Living Shores by George Branch Pdf

Originally published in 1981, Living Shores was for many years the standard reference for marine science students but was also embraced by a popular market for its fascinating insights into marine and coastal habitats and the life they support. After a long absence, this classic has been revived and thoroughly reworked to incorporate the many dramatic changes that our oceans and coasts have undergone over the past few decades. This book is the fi rst of a two volume set, and examines the di_ erent marine ecosystems and how humankind interacts with them. It discusses the evolution of the sea and continents and looks at the ecology of coastal systems, including intertidal zones, beaches, dunes, estuaries, islands, kelp forests and reefs. The book unpacks the relationship between humans and the marine environment, and the consequences of harvesting and mining to meet our needs. It also addresses the impact of climate change, and highlights what can be done to protect our environment. Richly supported by full-colour photography and numerous explanatory illustrations, diagrams and graphs, this book will prove invaluable to students and teachers but will also appeal to anyone with a fascination for nature and our marine world in particular.