Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future : Understanding the Deep-Sea Realms of Coral / / edited by Covadonga Orejas, Carlos Jiménez |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (569 pages) |
Disciplina | 593.6 |
Collana | Coral Reefs of the World |
Soggetto topico |
Ecologia dels esculls coral·lins
Ecologia pelàgica Conservation biology Ecology Oceanography Biodiversity Marine sciences Freshwater Aquatic ecology Conservation Biology/Ecology Marine & Freshwater Sciences Freshwater & Marine Ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-319-91608-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. An introduction to the research on Mediterranean cold-water corals -- PART I – Past -- 2. Paleoecology of Mediterranean cold-water corals -- 3. Drop chapter. Cold water corals in the Mediterranean: a history of discovery -- 4. A turbulent story: Mediterranean contourites and cold-water corals -- 5. Drop chapter. Messinian salinity crisis: what happened to cold-water corals? -- 6. Drop chapter. Did Quaternary climate fluctuations affect Mediterranean deep-sea coral communities? -- 7. Drop chapter. A deglacial cold-water coral boom in the Alborán Sea: from coral mounds and species dominance -- 8. Drop chapter. Highly variable submarine landscapes in the Alborán Sea created by cold-water corals -- 9. Spatio-temporal distribution of Mediterranean cold-water corals -- 10. Drop chapter. Bathyal corals within the Aegean Sea and the adjacent Hellenic trench -- 11. Mediterranean cold-water corals as paleoclimate archives -- 12. Drop chapter: Tomography of cold-water corals - bearing cores -- 13. Drop chapter. Changing views about Mediterranean cold-water corals -- PART II – Present -- 14. Taxonomy, genetics and biodiversity of Mediterranean deep-sea corals and cold-water corals -- 15. Habitat mapping of cold-water corals in the Mediterranean Sea -- 16. Cold-water coral habitat mapping in the Mediterranean Sea: methodologies and perspectives -- 17. Drop chapter. Working with visual methods, comparison among the French deep-sea canyons -- 18. Review of the circulation and characteristics of intermediate water masses of the Mediterranean--implications for cold-water coral habitats -- 19. Occurrence and biogeography of Mediterranean cold-water corals -- 20. Drop chapter. Gorgonian and black coral assemblages in deep coastal bottoms and continental shelves of the Mediterranean Sea -- 21. Drop chapter. Mediterranean black coral communities -- 22. Drop chapter. Recent discoveries of extensive cold-water coral assemblages in Maltese waters -- 23. Drop chapter. Corals of Aphrodite: Dendrophyllia ramea populations of Cyprus -- 24. Drop chapter. Cold-water corals in fluid venting submarine structures -- 25. Drop chapter. Cold-water corals and mud volcanoes – life on a dynamic substrate -- 26. Occurrence of living cold-water corals at large depths within submarine canyons of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea -- 27. Drop chapter. Submarine canyons in the Mediterranean: a shelter for cold-water corals -- 28. Drop chapter. A cold-water coral habitat in La Fonera submarine canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea -- 29. Cold-water coral associated fauna in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent areas -- 30. Cold-water corals as shelter, feeding and life-history critical habitats for fish species: ecological interactions and fishing impact -- 31. Past, present and future connectivity of Mediterranean cold-water corals: patterns, drivers and fate in a technically and environmentally changing world -- 32. Drop chapter. Desmophyllum dianthus genetics and more -- 33. Diversity of bacteria associated with the cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata -- 34. Drop chapter. Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata: An Archaea riddle? -- 35. Biology and ecophysiology of Mediterranean cold-water corals -- 36. Growth patterns of Mediterranean calcifying cold-water corals -- 37. Demography and conservation of deep corals: the study of population structure and dynamics -- 38. Cold-water coral in aquaria: advances and challenges. A focus on the Mediterranean -- 39. Drop chapter. Approaching cold-water corals to the society: novel ways to transfer knowledge -- PART III – Future -- 40. Perspectives of biophysical modelling with implications on biological connectivity of Mediterranean cold-water corals -- 41. Drop chapter. The interface between tectonic evolution and cold-water coral dynamics in the Mediterranean -- 42. Drop chapter. The Mediterranean is getting saltier: from the past to the future -- 43. Drop chapter. The spread of non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean – a threat to cold-water corals? -- 44. Fate of Mediterranean scleractinian cold-water corals as a result of global climate change. A synthesis. - 45. Drop chapter. A case study: variability in the calcification response of Mediterranean cold-water corals to ocean acidification -- 46. Conservation of cold-water corals in the Mediterranean: current status and future prospects for improvement. |
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Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems / / edited by Yossi Loya, Kimberly A. Puglise, Tom C.L. Bridge |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (983 pages) |
Disciplina | 551.424 |
Collana | Coral Reefs of the World |
Soggetto topico |
Ecologia marina
Ecologia dels esculls coral·lins Aquatic ecology Marine sciences Freshwater Climate change Conservation biology Ecology Biodiversity Oceanography Freshwater & Marine Ecology Marine & Freshwater Sciences Climate Change Conservation Biology/Ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-319-92735-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Introduction -- 1. Mesophotic coral ecosystems: Introduction and Overview -- Part II: Regional Variation in Mesophotic Corarl Ecosystems -- 2. Bermuda -- 3. The Bahamas and Cayman Islands -- 4. Pulley Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. -- 5. The Mesoamerican Reef -- 6. Discovery Bay, Jamaica -- 7. Puerto Rico -- 8. The United States Virgin Islands -- 9. Bonaire and Curaçao -- 10. Brazil -- 11. The Red Sea -- 12. The Chagos Archipelago -- 13. Ryukyus Islands, Japan -- 14. Taiwan -- 15. The Philippines -- 16. Palau -- 17. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia -- 18. Papua New Guinea -- 19. North West Australia -- 20. The Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea -- 21. Fiji. -22. American Samoa. -23. Cook Islands -- 24. French Polynesia -- 25. The Hawaiian Archipelago -- 26. Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific -- 27. Chile and Salas y Gómez Ridge -- Part III: Environments, Biodiversity, and Ecology of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. - 28. The mesophotic coral microbial biosphere -- 29. Macroalgae -- 30. Symbiodinium genetic diversity and symbiosis with hosts from shallow to mesophotic coral ecosystems -- 31. Large benthic foraminifera in low-light environments -- 32. Sponges -- 33. Biodiversity of reef‐building, scleractinian corals -- 34. Reef‐building corals of the upper mesophotic zone of the central Indo‐west -- Pacific -- 35. Sexual reproduction of scleractinian corals in mesophotic coral ecosystems vs. shallow reefs. -36. Coral sclerochronology: similarities and differences in the coral isotopic signatures between mesophotic and shallow reefs -- 37. Antipatharians of the mesophotic zone: four case studies -- 38. Octocorals of the Indo‐Pacific -- 39. Gorgonian corals -- 40. Fishes: Biodiversity -- 41. Disease problems -- 42. Light, temperature, photosynthesis, heterotrophy, and the lower depth -- limits of mesophotic coral ecosystems -- 43. Bioerosion -- 44. Geology and geomorphology -- Part IV: Are Shallow and Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Connected? -- 45. Beyond the ‘deep reef refuge’ hypothesis: a conceptual framework to characterize persistence at depth -- 46. Coral ecosystem connectivity between Pulley Ridge and the Florida Keys -- Part V: Conservation, Management, and Threats to Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems -- 47. Disturbance in mesophotic coral ecosystems nd linkages to conservation and management -- 48. Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles ): distribution, impact, and Management -- 49. Ecosystem Services of mesophotic coral reefs and a call for better accounting -- Part VI: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Research: Technologies and Future Directions -- 50. Advanced Technical Diving -- 51. Underwater robotic technology for imaging mesophotic coral ecosystems -- 52. Key questions for research and conservation of mesophotic coral ecosystems and temperate mesophotic ecosystems. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337894903321 |
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