The Biology and Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests (eBook)

David R. Schiel, Michael S. Foster (Autoren)

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2015
416 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96109-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The 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.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART I. THE BIOLOGY OF GIANT KELP
1. Introduction to Giant Kelp Forests Worldwide
2. The Structure, Function, and Abiotic Requirements of
3. The Abiotic Environment
4. Demography, Dispersal, and Connectivity of Populations

PART II. THE GIANT KELP ECOSYSTEM
5. Giant Kelp Communities
6. Detached Giant Kelp Communities, Production, and Food / Control Webs
7. Facilitative and Competitive Interactions in Giant Kelp Forests
8. Grazing in Kelp Communities
9. Predation and Trophic Cascades in Kelp Communities

PART III. HUMAN USAGE, MANAGEMENT, AND CONSERVATION
10. Anthropogenic Effects on Kelp Forests
11. Human Usage of Giant Kelp and Kelp Forest Organisms
12. Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Effects

PART IV. GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE FUTURE
13. Global Change
14. Giant Kelp Forests: Conclusions and Final Thought

Afterword
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: earth sciences • Ecology • Ecology and Environment • giant kelp • giant kelp forests • kelp • kelp biology • kelp conservation • kelp ecology • kelp forest research • largest seaweed • Life Sciences • Marine Biology • Marine conservation • Marine Ecology • Marine Ecosystems • Marine environment • Marine Life • Marine plants • marine science • marine scientists • Ocean Life • Oceanography • ocean plants • Science • scientists • Sea Life • sea plants • Seaweed • seaweed biology • seaweed research • uses of kelp
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96109-9 / 0520961099
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96109-8 / 9780520961098