Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation Hardback
Edited by David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Part of the Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation series
Hardback
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Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change.
Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and a dramatic change-induced decrease in the plankton that cod larvae feed on.
Meanwhile, coral reefs remain especially vulnerable to rapid sea-level changes exacerbated by the effects of tourism and disease. This book gathers together a wide range of papers reporting on key research into the biodiversity conservation of these critical and increasingly threatened habitats.
Collectively these papers provide a snap-shot of the types of problems they are experiencing, and offer a wealth of topical examples which render this volume especially valuable to teachers of courses in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, biological conservation and ecological restoration.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:399 pages, VI, 399 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:23/02/2007
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- ISBN:9781402057335
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:399 pages, VI, 399 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:23/02/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9781402057335
