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Title Aquatic ecosystems : trends and global prospects / edited by Nicholas V.C. Polunin
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2008]
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Description xvi, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contents 1. Introduction: Climate, people, fisheries and aquatic ecosystems / Robert Engelman, Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Ronald G. Prinn, John K. Pinnegar and Nicholas V. C. Polunin -- 2. Prospects for streams and rivers: an ecological perspective / Bjorn Malmqvist, Simon D. Rundle, Alan P. Covich, Alan G. Hildrew, Christopher T. Robinson and Colin R. Townsend -- 3. Groundwater ecosystems: human impacts and future management / Janine Gibert, David C. Culver, Dan L. Danielopol, Christian Griebler, Amara Gunatilaka, Jos Notenboom and Boris Sket -- 4. Flood plains: critically threatened ecosystems / Klement Tockner, Stuart E. Bunn, Christopher Gordon, Robert J. Naiman, Gerry P. Quinn and Jack A. Stanford -- 5. The future of small lakes and ponds / Brian Moss, Christer Bronmark, Glen George, Lars-Anders Hansson and Erik Jeppesen -- 6. Environmental trends and potential future states of large freshwater lakes / Alfred M. Beeton, Robert E. Hecky and Kenton M. Stewart -- 7. Salt lakes: values, threats and future / Robert Jellison, William D. Williams, Brian Timms, Javier Alcocer and Nikolay V. Aladin -- 8. The future of cool temperate peatlands / Nils Malmer, Peter D. Moore and Michael C. F. Proctor -- 9. Temperate freshwater wetlands: response to gradients in moisture regime, human alterations and economic status / Mark M. Brinson, Barbara E. Bedford, Beth Middleton and Jost A. Verhoeven -- 10. Present state and future of tropical wetlands / Brij Gopal, Wolfgang J. Junk, C. Max Finlayson and Charles M. Breen -- 11. Saltmarsh / Paul Adam, Mark D. Bertness, Anthony J. Davy and Joy B. Zedler -- 12. Future of mangrove ecosystems to 2025 / Richard S. Dodd and Jin E. Ong -- 13. Environmental future of estuaries / Michael J. Kennish, Robert J. Livingston, Dave Raffaelli and Karsten Reise -- 14. Rocky intertidal shores: prognosis for the future / George M. Branch, Richard C. Thompson, Tasman P. Crowe, Juan Carlos Castilla, Olivia Langmead and Stephen J. Hawkins -- 15. Current status and future trends in kelp forest ecosystems / Robert S. Steneck, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Paul K. Dayton, Geoffrey P. Jones and Alistair J. Hobday -- 16. Projecting the current trajectory for coral reefs / Tim R. McClanahan, Robert W. Buddemeier, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Paul Sammarco -- 17. Sandy shores of the near future / Alexander C. Brown, Karl F. Nordstrom, Anton McLachlan, Nancy L. Jackson and Douglas J. Sherman -- 18. Seagrass ecosystems: their global status and prospects / Carlos M. Duarte, Jens Borum, Frederick T. Short and Diana I. Walker -- 19. Continental-shelf benthic ecosystems: prospects for an improved environmental future / Stephen J. . Hall, Stuart I. Rogers and Simon F. Thrush -- 20. The marine pelagic ecosystem: perspectives on humanity's role in the future / Peter G. Verity, John H. Steele, T. Frede Thingstad and Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan -- 21. Polar and ice-edge marine systems / Andrew Clarke, Andrew S. Brierley, Colin M. Harris, Dan Lubin and Raymond C. Smith -- 22. The near future of the deep-sea floor ecosystems / Craig R. Smith, Lisa A. Levin, Anthony Koslow, Paul A. Tyler and Adrian G. Glover -- 23. Trends and global prospects of the Earth s aquatic ecosystems / Nicholas V. C. Polunin, Brij Gopal, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Stephen J. Hall, Venugopalan Ittekkot and Annette Muhlig-Hofmann
Notes "Foundation for Environmental Conservation."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-472) and index
Notes Online version of the print title
System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Subject Aquatic ecology.
Author Polunin, Nicholas.
Foundation for Environmental Conservation.
LC no. 2008012213
ISBN 9780521833271 hardback alkaline paper
0521833272 hardback alkaline paper