Studying Temperate Marine Environments

A Handbook for Ecologists

Michael J. Kingsford, Chris N. Battershill (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

335 Seiten

2000
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-0883-3 (ISBN)

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You know there is a problem. You need to prove it. You need to design a study that pinpoints all the relevant issues. "Studying Temperate Marine Environments: A Handbook for Ecologists" provides you with guidelines, examples, leads and suggestions for beginning the process.

INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS
Background. Types of Ecological Assessments. Types of Ecological Concerns. Approaches and Aims.
PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING A STUDY
Identify the Problem. Background Information. Preliminary Sampling. Sampling Design. Detection of Impacts. Monitoring. Baseline Studies. Investigating Processes: The Usefulness of Experiments. Training Personnel. Equipment for Studies.
ANALYTICAL ASPECTS OF SAMPLING DESIGN
Terminology. Procedures for Obtaining the Best Sampling Unit. Replicates and Randomization. Allocation of Sampling Effort. Treatment of the Data. Statistical Software.
SUBTIDAL HABITATS AND BENTHIC ORGANISMS OF ROCKY REEFS
Considerations for Sampling Designs. Methods for Describing Subtidal Habitats. Physical Measurements. Categories of Organisms. Experimental Methods. Examples of Sampling Designs.
LARGE GASTROPODS, URCHINS AND CRUSTACEANS OF SUBTIDAL REEFS
Methods and Considerations for Sampling Large Mobile Invertebrates. Experimental Methods. Examples of Sampling Designs.
REEF FISHES
Methods and Considerations for Assessing Reef Fish Assemblages. Experimental Methods. Examples of Studies.
ORGANISMS OF REEF AND SOFT SUBSTRATA INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS
Methods for Assessing the Intertidal Environments. Experimental Methods. Examples of Descriptive and Manipulative Sampling.
SUBTIDAL ASSEMBLAGES OF SOFT SUBSTRATA
Studying Soft-Substratum Environments. Sorting and Analysis of Samples. Experimental Methods. Examples of Sampling Designs. General Summary.
PLANKTONIC ASSEMBLAGES
Methods and Considerations for Assessing Plankton. Treatment of Samples. Categories of Organisms and Data. Nutrients and Physical Measurements. Experimental Methods. Examples of Sampling Designs.
IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF SPECIMENS
Experts on Taxonomy. Collection, Preservation, and Recording of Specimens. Examples of Studies.
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.6.2000
Zusatzinfo	125 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 254 mm
Gewicht	930 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	0-8493-0883-6 / 0849308836
ISBN-13	978-0-8493-0883-3 / 9780849308833
Zustand	Neuware