Plant-Animal Interactions in the Marine Benthos -

Plant-Animal Interactions in the Marine Benthos

Buch | Hardcover
586 Seiten
1992
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-857754-6 (ISBN)
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The interaction between plants and animals is a principal factor governing the composition and structure of marine benthic communities. This volume provides a synthesis and evaluation of the current state of knowledge, emphasizing the relationships between herbivores and their food plants.
Marine ecologists have been leaders in a trend to break down the traditional compartmentalization of the life sciences. This is evident from a large volume of research on plant-animal interactions within the marine environment, which has contributed greatly to our understanding of coastal ecosystems and to general ecological concepts. In this book, leading experts consider the current state of our knowledge of plant-animal interactions as they influence the
distribution, community structure, and abundance of benthic marine organisms. Interactions in different habitats are authoritatively reviewed from both regional and global perspectives, emphasis being placed on the relationship between herbivorous animals and their food plants. Special consideration is given
to bioerosion caused by interactions and to endosymbiosis involving algae and cnidarians.

List of contributors; Habitats and regional perspectives: S.J. Hawkins, R.G. Hartnoll, J.M. Kain, & T.A. Norton: Plant-animal interactions on hard substrata in the Northeast Atlantic; R.L. Vadas & R.W. Elner: Plants-animal interactions in the Northwest Atlantic; M.S. Foster: Plant animal interactions in the Northeast Pacific: the importance of grazing to seaweed evolution and assemblage structure; D.M. John, J.H. Price, & G.W. Lawson: Tropical East
Atlantic and islands: plant-animal interactions on tropical shores free of biotic reefs; Deborah M. Brosnan: Ecology of tropical rocky shores: plant-animal interactions in tropical and temperate latitudes; K. Reise: Grazing on sediment shores; R.J. Orth: A perspective on plant-animal interactions in seagrasses:
physical and biological determinants influencing plant and animal abundance; L. Mazzella, M.C. Buia, M.C. Gambi, M. Lorenti, G.F. Russo, M.B. Scipione, & V. Zupo: Plant-animal trophic relationships in the posidonia oceanica ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea: a review; G.A. Williams & R. Seed: Interactions between macrofaunal epiphytes and their host algae; N.V.C. Polunin & D.W. Klumpp: A trophodynamic model of fish production on a windward reef tract; Processes and types
of plant-animal interaction: Susan H. Brawley: Mesograzers; B.L. Bayne & A.J.S. Hawkins: Herbivory in benthic suspension-feeding molluscs; M.G. Chapman & A.J. Underwood: Foraging behaviour of marine benthic grazers; M.E. Hay & W. Fenical: Chemical mediation of seaweed-herbivore interactions; M.H. Horn: Herbivorous fish:
feeding and digestion mechanisms; B. Santelices: Digestion survival of algae: an overview; A.N.C. Morse: Role of algae in the recruitment of marine invertebrate; G.M. Branch, J.M. Harris, C. Parkins, R.H. Bustamente, & S. Eckhout: Algal gardening; by marine grazers: a comparison of the ecological effects of territorial fish and limpets; W.P. Sousa & J.H. Connell: Grazing and succession; A.J. Underwood: Competition and marine plant-animal interactions; R.S. Steneck: Plant-herbivore
coevolution: a reappraisal from the marine realm and its fossil record; T. Spencer: Bioerosion and biogeomorphology; Endosymbiosis: P.S. Spencer-Davies: Endosymbiosis in marine cnidarians; Summary and future view: A.J. Underwood: Summary and future prospects for plant-animal interactions; Index; List of
Systematics Association Publications.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.3.1992
Reihe/Serie Systematics Association Special Volumes ; 46
Zusatzinfo halftones, line figures, tables
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 163 x 236 mm
Gewicht 1026 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Botanik
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-19-857754-0 / 0198577540
ISBN-13 978-0-19-857754-6 / 9780198577546
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