04251nam 2201009 450 991082296990332120210429215422.010.1525/9780520961098(CKB)2670000000608263(EBL)1882100(SSID)ssj0001458133(PQKBManifestationID)12624265(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001458133(PQKBWorkID)11451738(PQKB)11559510(StDuBDS)EDZ0001280492(MiAaPQ)EBC1882100(OCoLC)906925033(MdBmJHUP)muse47172(DE-B1597)518939(DE-B1597)9780520961098(Au-PeEL)EBL1882100(CaPaEBR)ebr11041371(CaONFJC)MIL763352(PPN)259878995(EXLCZ)99267000000060826320150416h20152015 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrThe biology and ecology of giant kelp forests /David R. Schiel and Michael S. FosterOakland, California :University of California Press,2015.©20151 online resource (412 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27886-0 0-520-96109-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Part I. The Biology of Giant Kelp --Part II. The Giant Kelp Ecosystem --Part III. Human Usage, Management, and Conservation --Part IV. Global Change and the Future --Afterword --References --IndexThe largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largely two-dimensional seascape. It is the foundation for one of the most species-rich, productive, and widely distributed ecological communities in the world. Schiel and Foster's scholarly review and synthesis take the reader from Darwin's early observations to contemporary research, providing a historical perspective for the modern understanding of giant kelp evolution, biogeography, biology, and physiology. The authors furnish a comprehensive discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and the current and likely future impacts of global change. This volume promises to be the definitive treatise and reference on giant kelp and its forests for many years, and it will appeal to marine scientists and others who want a better appreciation and understanding of these wondrous forests of the sea.Giant kelpearth sciences.ecology and environment.ecology.giant kelp forests.giant kelp.kelp biology.kelp conservation.kelp ecology.kelp forest research.kelp.largest seaweed.life sciences.marine biology.marine conservation.marine ecology.marine ecosystems.marine environment.marine life.marine plants.marine science.marine scientists.ocean life.ocean plants.oceanography.science.scientists.sea life.sea plants.seaweed biology.seaweed research.seaweed.uses of kelp.Giant kelp.577.3Schiel David R.1621565Foster Michael S.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822969903321The biology and ecology of giant kelp forests3954913UNINA123.7505/04/2017Bio