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Marine Community Ecology and Conservation

By: Mark D Bertness(Editor), John F Bruno(Editor), Brian R Silliman(Editor), John J Stachowicz(Editor), JBC Jackson(Foreword By), Robert Treat Paine(Foreword By)
566 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations, colour maps, colour tables
Marine Community Ecology and Conservation
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  • Marine Community Ecology and Conservation ISBN: 9781605352282 Hardback Oct 2013 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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About this book

Focusing on advancements over the last decade, Marine Community Ecology and Conservation gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a current overview of what is known about the structure and organisation of the assemblages of organisms that live on the sea floor, with each chapter written by leading researchers.

Contents

Foreword by JBC Jackson and Robert Treat Paine

1. A Historical Perspective of Marine Community Ecology; John F. Bruno, Brian R. Silliman, John J. Stachowicz and Mark D. Bertness

PART I: PROCESSES THAT GENERATE PATTERN IN MARINE COMMUNITIES
2. The Physical Context of Marine Communities; Marc Weissburg, Brian Helmuth and Jon Witman
3. Foundation Species in Marine Ecosystems; Andrew H. Altieri and Johan van de Koppel
4. Marine Dispersal, Ecology, and Conservation; Stephen R. Palumbi and Malin L. Pinsky
5. The Role of Infectious Disease in Marine Communities; Kevin D. Lafferty and C. Drew Harvell
6. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Does Pattern Influence Process?; Mary I. O'Connor and Jarrett E. Byrnes
7. The Biogeography of Marine Communities; Eric Sanford
8. Historical Ecology: Informing the Future by Learning from the Past; Heike K. Lotze and Loren McClenachan

PART II: COMMUNITY TYPES
9. Intertidal Rocky Shores; Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi and Geoffrey C. Trussell
10. Soft Sediment Communities; James E. Byers and John H. Grabowski
11. Salt Marshes; Mark D. Bertness and Brian R. Silliman
12. Ecology of Seagrass Communities; Emmett Duffy, Randall Hughes and Per Moksnes
13. Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Decade of Discoveries; Isabelle M. Cote and Nancy Knowlton
14. Kelp Beds; Robert Steneck and Craig Johnson
15. Pelagic Communities; Jon Fisher and Ken Frank
16. Phytoplankton Communities; Kyle F. Edwards and Elena Litchman
17. Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities; Lauren S. Mullineaux

PART III: CONSERVATION
18. Services of Marine Ecosystems: A Quantitative Perspective; Edward B. Barbier, Heather M. Leslie and Fiorenza Micheli
19. Threats to Marine Ecosystems: Climate Change and Bottom-up Forcing; John Bruno and C. Harley
20. Threats to Marine Ecosystems: Overfishing and Habitat Degradation; Boris Worm and Hunter S. Lenihan
21. Ecosystem Based Approaches to Marine Conservation and Management; Benjamin S. Halpern and Tundi Agardy
22. Marine Restoration Ecology; Sean P. Powers and Katharyn E. Boyer
23. The Future of Marine Conservation and Management; Mary Ruckelshaus, Peter Kareiva and Larry Crowder

Customer Reviews

Biography

Mark Bertness is Robert Brown Professor of Biology at Brown University, USA. His research focuses on the structure, dynamics and conservation of shoreline communities – particularly salt marsh plant communities – and the sessile invertebrate and seaweed communities of rocky shores.

John Bruno is a marine ecologist and Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His research is focused on marine biodiversity, coral reef ecology and conservation, and the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. He is co-developer of the oceans website SeaMonster (www.theseamonster.net).

Brian Silliman is the Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, USA. Dr. Silliman was named a David H. Smith Conservation Fellow with The Nature Conservancy in 2004 and a Visiting Professor with the Royal Netherlands Society of Arts and Sciences in 2011. He has also received several awards, including the Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Naturalists (2006), a Young Investigator Grant Award from the Andrew Mellon Foundation (2007), and a NSF Career Grant Award (2011).

Jay Stachowicz is Professor of Ecology and Evolution at The University of California Davis, USA. Dr. Stachowicz co-edited the book Species Invasions: Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography, published by Sinauer Associates in 2005. He was awarded the George Mercer Prize from the Ecological Society of America in 2004 and the UC Davis Academic Senate Teaching Award in 2012. He is also an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow.

By: Mark D Bertness(Editor), John F Bruno(Editor), Brian R Silliman(Editor), John J Stachowicz(Editor), JBC Jackson(Foreword By), Robert Treat Paine(Foreword By)
566 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations, colour maps, colour tables
Media reviews

"In the second edition of Marine Community Ecology and Conservation, Bertness and co-editors provide an update of the dominant elements of marine community ecology as well as the now maturing science of our generation: conservation. The editors state that the book is intended to fill intellectual gaps and update readers on new developments in applied ecology in the oceans. The book targets upper-level undergraduate to graduate level users. We feel that the book achieves this goal and is a very useful resource for graduate-level readers."
– Anna Shaffer, Marine Ecology

"Overall, I recommend this thoughtfully conceived compendium of essays on marine community ecology for its intended audiences. It achieves broad coverage, comprehensive insights, and novel visions."
– Charles H. Peterson, The Quarterly Review of Biology

"Marine Community Ecology and Conservation is a rich source of information suitable for advanced undergraduates to advanced professionals in marine ecology and conservation. Having taught marine biology, ecology, and conservation courses for more than 30 years, I recommend this book without reservation."
– Jeanine L. Olsen, Restoration Ecology

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