Food webs and the dynamics of marine reefs / edited by Tim R. McClanahan, George M. Branch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McClanahan, T. R.

Branch, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food chains (Ecology).

Coral reef ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs' summarizes recent developments in the ecology of kelp forests and coral reefs in order to develop an understanding of the general principles of their ecological organization and how they might be managed from an ecosystem perspective.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1 Marine Food Webs: Conceptual Development of a Central Research Paradigm; 2 Kelp Forest Food Webs in the Aleutian Archipelago; 3 Trophic Interactions in Subtidal Rocky Reefs on the West Coast of South Africa; 4 Subtidal Kelp-Associated Communities off the Temperate Chilean Coast; 5 Diversity and Dynamics of Californian Subtidal Kelp Forests; 6 Biodiversity and Food-Web Structure of a Galápagos Shallow Rocky-Reef Ecosystem; 7 Food-Web Structure and Dynamics of East African Coral Reefs

8 Food-Web Structure and Dynamics of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs: Panamá and Galápagos Islands9 Conclusions: An Ecosystem Perspective of Shallow Marine Reefs; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029562-7

1-281-85175-2

9786611851750

0-19-804319-8

OCLC:

227005383