Daniel M. Alongi

Coastal Ecosystem Processes (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi, describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches and tidal flats to the continental edge, process energy and matter. This volume focuses on recent advances and new developments on how food webs are closely intertwined with the geology, chemistry, and physics of coastal seas. Dr. Alongi presents a process-functional approach as a way of understanding how the energetics of coastal ecosystems rely not only on exchanges within and between food chains, but how such functions are influenced by terrigenous and atmospheric processes. There is a need for documentation and an awareness of just how necessary, yet delicate, is the interplay of biological and physical forces between coastal ocean, land, and the atmosphere. Marine scientists today need to make informed management decisions about sustainable development and conservation of these fragile ecosystems. Coastal Ecosystem Processes provides present and future marine scientists the latest coastal ecosystem information to make the right decisions concerning the ecology of our oceans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000095036
• Artikelnr.: 60545144

Autorenporträt

Alongi, Daniel M.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Beaches and Tidal Flats Introduction Food Chains, Energy, and
Carbon Flow Nitrogen Cycling Linkages to Physical Processes Mangroves and
Salt Marshes Introduction Global Trends in Plant Biomass and Primary
Production Factors Limiting Plant Production and Growth Food Webs and
Decomposition Processes Nitrogen Flow Outwelling Seaweed and Seagrass
Ecosystems Introduction Standing Crop and Primary Productivity
Photosynthesis and Whole-Plant Carbon Balance Limiting Factors The Role of
Grazers Detritus and Mineralization Processes Ecosystem Budgets Carbon
Balance: Export and Links to Adjacent Systems Coral Reefs Introduction
Sources of Carbon Production The Fate of Organic Matter Nitrogen and
Phosphorus: Cycles and Limitation The Coral Factory: Carbon and Energy
Budgets Systems-Level Perspectives: Models and Budgets The Role of Coral
Reefs in the Tropical Biosphere The Coastal Ocean I. The Coastal Zone
Introduction The Coastal Ocean Defined What Is an Estuary? Hydrographic
Classification of Coastal Systems Coastal Plain Estuaries, Tidal Lagoons,
and Bays (Types IV, V, and VI) Coastal Lagoons (Type VII) River-Dominated
Systems (Types I, II, and III) The Coastal Ocean II. The Shelf Proper and
Shelf Edge Introduction Shelf-Sea Fronts Along- and Across-Shelf Gradients
Processes at the Shelf Edge Nutrient Cycles and Global Change in the
Coastal Ocean Global Estimates of Fishery Yields to Humans Degradation and
Conservation A Glimpse at the Global Problem Eutrophication Habitat
Modification and Destruction Restoration Attempts: Problems and Progress
Sustainability: Implications for Management Conservation: Tools and
Impediments Global Climate Change: Coastal Implications A Final Remark
References Index