The Ecology Of Sandy Shores
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Author | : A.C. Brown |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2010-07-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080465099 |
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 | : Anton McLachlan |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2017-09-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0128096985 |
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Author | : A. McLachlan |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 2013-04-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401729387 |
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 |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2022-02-09 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0429624514 |
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 | : Joel W. Iledgpeth and Harry S. Ladd |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 2468 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Bibliography |
ISBN | : 0813710677 |
Author | : George A. Knox |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 571 |
Release | : 2000-12-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1420042637 |
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 |
Publisher | : Pelagic Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781784270391 |
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 | : Colin Little |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2000-03-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0198504268 |
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 | : Guido Chelazzi |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 1989-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780306429309 |
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 | : Peter J. Hayward |
Publisher | : Richmond |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Beaches |
ISBN | : 9780855462932 |
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.