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Advances In Marine Biology

Southward, Alan J.

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Table of contents
  • Contentsvii
  • Contributors to Volume 46v
  • Series Contents for Ten Yearsix
  • Chapter 1. Benthic Foraminifera (Protista) as Tools in Deep-water Palaeoceanography: Environmental I1
  • 1. Introduction3
  • 2. Deep-sea Environments5
  • 3. Methodology: Sieve Sizes, Sampling Devices and Replication6
  • 4. Aspects of Deep-sea Foraminiferal Ecology7
  • 5. Faunal Approaches to Reconstructing Palaeoceanography15
  • 6. Organic Matter Fluxes18
  • 7. Oxygen Concentrations33
  • 8. Bottom-water Hydrography39
  • 9. Water Depth43
  • 10. Species Diversity Parameters as Tools in Palaeoceanography45
  • 11. Summary of Environmental Influences on Live Assemblages54
  • 12. Relationship of Modern and Fossil Assemblages56
  • 13. Problems and Future Directions62
  • Acknowledgements69
  • References70
  • Chapter 2. Breeding Biology of the Intertidal Sand Crab, Emerita (Decapoda: Anomura)91
  • 1. Introduction92
  • 2. Distribution and Natural History93
  • 3. Sex Ratio and Size at Sexual Maturity95
  • 4. Neoteny96
  • 5. Protandric Hermaphroditism in E. asiatica99
  • 6. Mating Habits104
  • 7. Spermatophores and Sperm Transfer106
  • 8. Moulting Pattern of E. asiatica„A Case Study112
  • 9. Reproductive Cycle122
  • 10. Interrelationship Between Moulting and Reproduction135
  • 11. Biochemistry of Eggs139
  • 12. Yolk Utilisation146
  • 13. Larval Development161
  • 14. Emerita as Indicator Species168
  • 15. Conclusions170
  • Acknowledgements171
  • References172
  • Chapter 3. Coral Bleaching – Capacity for Acclimatization and Adaptation183
  • 1. Introduction184
  • 2. Coral Upper Temperature Tolerance Thresholds186
  • 3. The Coral Bleaching Process188
  • 4. Coral Bleaching Protective Mechanisms190
  • 5. Coral and Zooxanthellae Thermal Acclimation, Acclimatization, and Adaptation: Empirical Observati195
  • 6. Coral Bleaching Recovery201
  • 7. Bleaching and Coral Disease, Reproduction, and Recruitment204
  • 8. Long-Term Ecological Implications of Coral Bleaching207
  • 9. Conclusions209
  • Acknowledgements211
  • References212
  • Chapter 4. Fatty Acid Trophic Markers in the Pelagic Marine Environment225
  • 1. Introduction227
  • 2. Fatty Acid Dynamics in Marine Primary Producers238
  • 3. Fatty Acid Dynamics in Crustaceous Zooplankton255
  • 4. Fatty Acid Dynamics in Fish269
  • 5. Applications of Fatty Acid Trophic Markers in Major Food Webs278
  • 6. Summary and Conclusions313
  • Acknowledgements318
  • References318
  • Taxonomic Index341
  • Subject Index347
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120261468
  • ISBN-13 9780080493701
  • Author Southward, Alan J.
  • Category Science
  • Subject Environmental Science

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This new volume of Advances in Marine Biology contains reviews on a wide range of important subjects such as: Benthic foraminifera (Protista) and Deep-Water Palaeoceanography; Breeding Biology of the Intertidal Sand Crab Emerita (Decapoda, Anomura); Coral Bleaching and Fatty acid trophic markers in the marine environment.

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of Marine Biology since 1963 -- over 40 years of outstanding coverage! The series is well-known for both its the excellence of its reviews as well as the strength of its thematic volumes devoted to a particular field in detail, such as 'The Biochemical Ecology of Marine Fishes' and 'Molluscan Radiation'.

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