Ecology of Marine Bivalves
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-8045-7 (ISBN)
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Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology of bivalves from an ecosystem or holistic view, taking into consideration their processes, interactions, and components. Studies of bivalves at the physical, organismic, and population levels are presented as foundations for understanding ecosystem processes. Ecology of Marine Bivalves: An Ecosystem Approach explores the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health and describes experiments from the perspective of computer simulations, mesocosm studies, and field manipulation experiments. The theories of many areas of science support the various approaches. Concise reviews and more than 70 tables and figures give you rapid access to synthesized data about these keystone species.
INTRODUCTION
Ecosystem Perspective and Bivalve Molluscs
Evolutionary History
Ecosystems
References
SUPPORTING PROCESSES
Physical Environmental Interactions
Introduction
Temperature
Salinity
Temperature-Salinity and Other Factor Combinations
Water Movement
Tides
Sediments
References
Organismic Level Processes
Introduction
Feeding
Filter Feeding
Deposit Feeding
Shipworms
Symbiotic Nutrition
References
Population Processes
Introduction
Life Cycle
Statistical Measures of Populations
Density
Reproduction
Population Growth
Bivalves as Open or Metapopulations
Life and Fecundity Tables
Mortality
Abiotic Mortality
Predation
Competition-Induced Mortality
Aggreggated Distributions
Zonation
Diseases and Parasites
Population Energy Budgets
References
ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES
Grazing
Introduction
Methods Used to Estimate System Grazing
Upstream-Downstream Observations
Ecosystem Grazing Estimates
Ecosystem Comparisons
References
System Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling
System Metabolism
Nutrient Cycling
Conclusions
References
Models, Experimental Ecosystems, and Field Manipulations
Introduction
Models
Model Formation
Model Analysis
References
Bivalves as Components of Ecosystem Health
Introduction
Bivalves as Monitors
Bivalves as Integrators
Bivalve Responses
Conclusions
References
SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions
Keystone Species
Ecoststem Engineers
Ecosystem Level Roles of Bivalves
Ecosystem Issues
Synthesis
References
INDEX
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.8.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | CRC Marine Science |
| Zusatzinfo | 51 equations; 30 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 531 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8493-8045-6 / 0849380456 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8493-8045-7 / 9780849380457 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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