| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: The environment -- Chapter 1: The sedimentary environment -- Chapter 2: Benthic animals and plants and what they do to sediments -- Chapter 3: Disturbance, patches and mosaics -- Part II: Designing research -- Chapter 4: Design and the philosophy of sampling -- Chapter 5: Data collection methods and statistical analyses -- Part III: Communities -- Chapter 6: Describing assemblages and biodiversity of sediment-living organisms -- Chapter 7: Biotic interactions -- Chapter 8: Temporal variations in benthic assemblages and processes -- Part IV: Functioning -- Chapter 9: Ecosystem functions and the work of soft sediments -- Chapter 10: Biodiversity-ecosystem function -- Part V: Anthropocene -- Chapter 11: Human impacts -- Chapter 12: Climate change and seafloor ecology -- Chapter 13: Restoration of soft-sediment habitats -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
This accessible textbook provides an ideal point of entry into the field, providing basic information on the nature of soft-sediment ecosystems, examples of how and why we research them, the new questions these studies inspire, and the applications that ultimately benefit society |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 18, 2021) |
| Subject |
Marine sediments -- Ecology
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Ocean bottom ecology.
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Ocean bottom ecology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hewitt, J. E. (Judith Elaine), 1955- author.
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Pilditch, Conrad, author.
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Norkko, Alf, author.
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| ISBN |
9780192526977 |
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0192526979 |
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