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Record Nr.

UNISA996218601403316

Titolo

Methods for the study of marine benthos [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Anastasiois Eleftheriou and Alasdair McIntyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2005

ISBN

1-281-32046-3

9786611320461

0-470-70859-X

0-470-99512-2

0-470-99511-4

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Classificazione

42.94

Altri autori (Persone)

McIntyreA. D

EleftheriouAnastasios <1935->

Disciplina

577.77

578.77/7/0723

Soggetti

Dredging (Biology)

Benthos - Research - Methodology

Marine biology - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second edition edited by N.A. Holme and A.D. McIntyre.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Design and analysis in benthic surveys / A.J. Underwood and M.G. Chapman -- Sediment analysis and seabed characterisation / A.J. Bale and A.J. Kenny -- Imaging techniques / C.J. Smith and H. Rumohr -- Diving systems / C. Munro -- Macrofauna techniques / A. Eleftheriou and D.C. Moore -- Meiofauna techniques / P.J. Somerfield, R.M. Warwick and T. Moens -- Deep-sea benthic sampling / J.D. Gage and B.J. Bett -- Measuring the flow of energy and matter in marine benthic animal populations / J. van der Meer ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Ecosystems of the benthic environment are a sensitive index to ecological change, and as such demand long-term and effective monitoring. Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos provides comprehensive information on the tools and techniques available to those working in areas where the declining health of the sea, depletion of marine resources and the biodiversity of marine life are major



concerns.    In response to the need for increasingly detailed information on bottom-living communities, this fully revised new edition offers:  Contributions from a broad ran