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The arid mangrove forest from Baja California Peninsula. Volume 1 / Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez, Adrian F Gonzáez-Acosta, Raquel Muñiz-Salazar, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental research advances series.
- Environmental Research Advances, 2375-3277
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mangrove ecology.
- Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The arid mangrove forest from the Baja California Peninsula represents a series of chapters devoted to the understanding of the biodiversity and fisheries value of this critical habitat. The book contents are devoted to making the reader aware of the great value of the mangrove in relation to their conservation and management. Mangrove forests in Mexico represent the northernmost populations along Pacific coast, and thus they are likely to be sourced populations for colonization at higher latitudes as the climate becomes more favorable. Today, these populations are relatively small and fragmen
- Contents:
- ""Materials and Methods""""Plant Material and DNA Isolation""; ""Microsatellite Analysis""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Genetic Diversity""; ""Clustering Analyses""; ""Genetic Structure""; ""Migration Rates""; ""Isolation by Distance""; ""Results""; ""Genetic Diversity""; ""Clustering Analyses""; ""Genetic Structure""; ""Isolation by Distance""; ""Migration Rates""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Secondary Production of Bivalve Populations in the Mangroves Swamps""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Biology and Ecology""; ""Species and Distribution""; ""Ecology""
- ""History of Fishery""""Fishery""; ""Growth""; ""Black Ark""; ""Experimental Aquaculture with Black Ark""; ""Mangrove Oyster""; ""Secondary Production""; ""Black Ark""; ""Palmate Oyster""; ""Exploitation and Management""; ""Outlook""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Reproductive Aspects of Mangrove Bivalve Mollusks in Baja California Sur""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Materials and Methods""; ""Study Area""; ""Sex Ratio""; ""Histological Analysis and Mean Maturity Index""; ""Reproductive Cycle""; ""Results""; ""Sex Ratio""
- ""Acknowledgments""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-63463-282-6
- OCLC:
- 899280145
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