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245	0	0	_aMarine biodiversity : _bpatterns and processes / _cedited by Rupert F.G. Ormond, John D. Gage, and Martin V. Angel.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1997.
300			_a1 online resource (xxii, 449 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aMarine biodiversity in its global context / M. Williamson -- Gradients in marine biodiversity / J.S. Gray -- Pelagic biodiversity / M.V. Angel -- Biological diversity in oceanic macrozooplankton: more than counting species / A.C. Pierrot-Bults -- Large-scale patterns of species diversity in the deep-sea benthos / M.A. Rex, R.J. Etter, and C.T. Stuart -- Diversity, latitude and time: patterns in the shallow sea / A. Clarke and J.A. Crame -- High benthic species diversity in deep-sea sediments: the importance of hydrodynamics / J.D. Gage -- Diversity and structure of tropical Indo-Pacific benthic communities: relation to regimes of nutrient input / J.D. Taylor -- Why are coral reef communities so diverse? / A.J. Kohn -- The biodiversity of coral reef fishes / R.F.G. Ormond and C.M. Roberts -- The historical component of marine taxonomic diversity gradients / J.A. Crame and A. Clarke -- Population genetics and demography of marine species / J.E. Neigel -- Discovering unrecognised diversity among marine molluscs / J. Grahame, S.L. Hull, P.J. Mill and R. Hemingway -- Ecosystem function at low biodiversity -- the Baltic example / R. Elmgren and C. Hill -- Land- seascape diversity of the USA east coast coastal zone with particular reference to estuaries / G.C. Ray, P. Hayden, M.G. McCormick-Ray and T.M. Smith -- The development of mariculture and its implications for biodiversity / M.C.M. Beveridge, L.G. Ross and J.A. Stewart -- Protecting marine biodiversity and integrated coastal zone management / J.S.H. Pullen -- Conserving biodiversity in north-east Atlantic marine ecosystems / K. Hiscock.
520			_aThe biodiversity of many ecosystems is under threat and although seas cover the majority of our planet's surface, far less is known about the biodiversity of marine environments than that of terrestrial systems. It is also not clear whether many of the patterns known to occur on land also occur in the sea. Until we have a firmer idea of the diversity of a wide range of marine habitats and what controls it, we have little hope of conserving biodiversity, or determining the impact of human activities such as mariculture, fishing, dumping of waste and pollution. This book brings together key studies from the deep sea and open ocean, to tropical shores and polar regions to consider how comparable the patterns and processes underlying diversity are in these different ecosystems. Marine Biodiversity will be a major resource for all those interested in biodiversity and its conservation.
650		0	_aMarine biodiversity.
700	1		_aOrmond, Rupert, _eeditor.
700	1		_aGage, John D., _eeditor.
700	1		_aAngel, Martin Vivian, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521552226
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511752360
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