Author: Ralph Gordon JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benthos
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Animal-sediment Relations in Shallow Water Benthic Communities
Author: Ralph Gordon JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benthos
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Animal-Sediment Relations
Author: Peter McCallPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475713177
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Animal-Sediment Relations
Author: Peter L. McCallPublisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Ecological Characterization of the Central and Northern California Coastal Region: pt.1. Regional characterization. pt.2. Species
Author: Infaunal and Neoichnological Characteristics of the South Texas Outer Continental Shelf
Author: Gary William HillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Miscellaneous Report - Coastal Engineering Research Center
Author: Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Stratigraphic Paleobiology
Author: Mark E. PatzkowskyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226649393
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charles Lyell’s gradualist view of the earth’s history required a more nuanced interpretation of that same record. To this day, the tension between literal and interpretive readings lies at the heart of paleontological research, influencing the way scientists view extinction patterns and their causes, ecosystem persistence and turnover, and the pattern of morphologic change and mode of speciation. With Stratigraphic Paleobiology, Mark E. Patzkowsky and Steven M. Holland present a critical framework for assessing the fossil record, one based on a modern understanding of the principles of sediment accumulation. Patzkowsky and Holland argue that the distribution of fossil taxa in time and space is controlled not only by processes of ecology, evolution, and environmental change, but also by the stratigraphic processes that govern where and when sediment that might contain fossils is deposited and preserved. The authors explore the exciting possibilities of stratigraphic paleobiology, and along the way demonstrate its great potential to answer some of the most critical questions about the history of life: How and why do environmental niches change over time? What is the tempo and mode of evolutionary change and what processes drive this change? How has the diversity of life changed through time, and what processes control this change? And, finally, what is the tempo and mode of change in ecosystems over time?
Miscellaneous Report
Author: Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems
Author: A. McLachlanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401729387
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
What sight is more beautiful than a high-energy beach facing lines of rolling white breakers? What battleground is more ferocious than where waves and sand meet? What environment could be more exciting to study than this sandy interface between sea and land? And yet how much do we know about sandy beaches? Open sandy beaches are amongst the most neglected fields of scientific study in the coastal environment. This situation exists despite their great extent along most temperate and tropical coastlines and their value as recreational areas and buffer zones against the sea. The traditional oceanographer does not venture into the surf zone while the terrestrial ecologist stops short at the high water mark. Only a few coastal engineers have grappled with the problem of sand and sediment movement as it influences their construction of harbours and pipelines. The marine biologist on the other hand has regarded estuaries, coral reefs and rocky shores, obviously teeming with life, as more fruitful areas for study than the apparently poor animal life on sandy beaches. Sandy beaches have therefore tended to become a scientific no man's land. Over the last decade this situation has begun to improve. Recent work on high-energy beaches has revealed that they may in fact be rich and productive and fertile areas for study. It has even been suggested that beaches and their adjacent surf zones may constitute viable marine ecosystems.