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Perspectives on the Marine Animal Forests of the World

By: Sergio Rossi(Editor), Lorenzo Bramanti(Editor)
530 pages, 110 colour & 11 b/w photos and illustrations, tables
Publisher: Springer Nature
Perspectives on the Marine Animal Forests of the World
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Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) are spread all over the world. Composed by suspension-feeding organisms (e.g. corals, gorgonians, sponges, bryozoans, bivalves, etc.), MAFs constitute a vast number of marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, cold-water corals, sponge grounds, bivalve beds, etc. The surface covered by these systems is prominent (at the scale of the oceans of the planet), though poorly known.

In a previous book (Marine Animal Forests: The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots), several aspects of MAFs were described and discussed, building the basis for a holistic approach with the aim of putting these shallow and deep-sea ecosystems under a common umbrella.  The main target of the present book is to identify and address important topics which were not covered in the previous three volumes. Bryozoans or Polychaeta, for example, are treated in this volume, as well as hydrothermal vents ecosystems and submarine caves, the chemical ecology in MAFs or the nursery effect on these ecosystems. The vastness of the MAF concept opens new insights in the biology, physiology, biodiversity of the organisms structuring these highly biodiverse ecosystems and on the dangers threatening them (such as microplastics or the role of invasive species as an impact of their trophic ecology or distribution). In a fast-changing world, in which the complexity of MAFs is at risk, we propose an in-depth analysis of many aspects that may be inspirational for future research lines in marine biology and ecology.

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Sergio Rossi is a research scientist specialized in marine natural resources and biological oceanography, focusing his attention on the health indicators of coastal benthic populations, coastal biological processes, flows of matter and energy in the benthic-pelagic coupling system, in the transplantation and aquaculture of marine organisms, and the management and conservation of marine wildlife. He is especially interested in the processes and conservation of the marine animal forests of the world.

Lorenzo Bramanti is a Marine Ecologist expert in conservation, spatial distribution, population and metapopulation dynamics of benthic suspension feeders. His field of research is at the interconnection between functional ecology and conservation biology, focussing on the demographic processes regulating the dynamics of long-living species, in particular corals, and their implications for conservation and marine spatial planning.

By: Sergio Rossi(Editor), Lorenzo Bramanti(Editor)
530 pages, 110 colour & 11 b/w photos and illustrations, tables
Publisher: Springer Nature
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