Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning [[electronic resource] ] : frameworks, methodologies, and integration / / edited by Martin Solan, Rebecca J. Aspden, David M. Paterson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.956
• Soggetto topico: Marine biodiversity - Effect of human beings on; Marine ecology - Effect of human beings on
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SolanMartin AspdenRebecca J PatersonD. M (David M.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Marine biodiversity: its past development, present status, and future threats; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is biodiversity?; 1.3 Comparing marine and terrestrial biodiversity; 1.4 The rise of marine biodiversity; 1.5 The distribution of marine biodiversity; 1.6 Human impacts on marine biodiversity; 1.7 The relationship between global climate and marine biodiversity; 1.8 Could marine biodiversity be facing large-scale climate-induced extinction?; 1.9 Additional impacts of CO[sub(2)] on the marine environment; 1.10 Hypoxia and 'dead zones'; 1.11 Summary ; 2. Biodiversity in the context of ecosystem function2.1 Historical development of the concept; 2.2 Biological diversity-meaning and measurement; 2.3 Biodiversity in the context of function; 2.4 Conclusions; 3. Ecosystem function and co-evolution of terminology in marine science and management; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What's in a name? Ecosystem function; 3.2.1 Ecosystem function defined; 3.3 Measuring ecosystem function; 3.4 Ecological terms and the co-evolutionary model; 3.5 Co-evolution, policy drivers, and opportunities; 3.6 Conclusions ; 4. Ecological consequences of declining biodiversity: a biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) framework for marine systems4.1 The significance of marine biological diversity; 4.1.1 Significance; 4.1.2 A three-point framework for marine biodiversity; 4.2 Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function; 4.2.1 Daunting scales; 4.2.2 Marine biodiversity; 4.2.3 Marine ecosystem functioning; 4.3 Marine biotic impoverishment; 4.4 Marine BEF findings; 4.5 The fundamental marine BEF relationship in abstraction; 4.5.1 Where's the inflection point?; 4.5.2 The BEF curve for marine systems; 4.6 Synthesis ; 4.6.1 A simple but telling marine BEF framework4.6.2 Remember the humongous multipliers; 4.6.3 Future directions; 4.7 Conclusions; 5. Lessons from the fossil record: the Ediacaran radiation, the Cambrian radiation, and the end-Permian mass extinction; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Strengths and limitations of the geological record; 5.3 Ediacaran ecosystems; 5.3.1 Productivity-biodiversity relationship; 5.3.2 Influence of bioturbation on ecosystem functioning; 5.3.3 Species richness-functional diversity relationship; 5.4 Cambrian ecosystems; 5.4.1 Productivity-biodiversity relationship ; 5.4.2 Influence of bioturbation on ecosystem functioning5.4.3 Species richness-functional diversity relationship; 5.5 The end-Permian mass extinction and its aftermath; 5.5.1 Environmental changes during the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic; 5.5.2 Permian-Triassic marine nutrient levels and primary productivity; 5.5.3 Productivity-biodiversity-biomass relationship; 5.5.4 Discussion; 5.6 Conclusions; 6. The analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem function experiments: partitioning richness and density-dependent effects; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Partitioning richness and abundance effects ; 6.3 Empirical example
• Sommario/riassunto: The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation in terrestrial plant and soil systems. This book provides a framework for extending these concepts to a variety of marinesystems.Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning is the first book to address the latest advances in biodiversity-
• Titolo autorizzato: Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
• ISBN: 9786613889270; 0-19-163738-6; 1-283-57682-1; 0-19-964225-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465429003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II