1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910911400003321

Autore

Cantoni, Remo <1914-1978>

Titolo

La vita quotidiana / Remo Cantoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Il saggiatore, 1966

Descrizione fisica

549 p. ; 17 cm

Collana

I gabbiani ; 39

Disciplina

854.91

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

DAM C50 CANR 02

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910825880003321

Autore

Dame Richard F

Titolo

Ecology of marine bivalves : an ecosystem approach / / Richard F. Dame

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, : Taylor & Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-000-21879-1

0-429-10653-X

1-283-35028-9

9786613350282

1-4398-3912-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Marine science ; ; 34

Disciplina

594/.4

Soggetti

Bivalves - Ecology

Marine invertebrates - Ecology

Biotic communities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

"A CRC title."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical ecology of bivalves -- Physical environmental interactions -- Organismic scale processes -- Population processes -- Ecosystem grazing -- Ecosystem metabolism and nutrient cycling -- Ecosystem experiments -- Ecosystem health, restoration, and services.

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health, this book describes live and computer simulated experiments, mesocosm studies, and field manipulation experiments. This second edition discusses major new developments, including phase shifts in many coastal and estuarine ecosystems dominated by suspension-feeding bivalves, the invasion or introduction of alien bivalve species, the rapid growth of environmental restoration focused on bivalves, and the examination of geological history with regard to global climate change and its impact on bivalve-dominated systems.