Author: UnescoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biological models
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Quantitative Analysis and Simulation of Mediterranean Coastal Ecosystems
Author: UnescoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biological models
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Quantitative Analysis of Marine Biological Communities
Author: Gerald J. BakusPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470044403
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Quantitative methods specifically tailored for the marine biologist While there are countless texts published on quantitative methods and many texts that cover quantitative terrestrial ecology, this text fills the need for the special quantitative problems confronting marine biologists and biological oceanographers. The author combines common quantitative techniques with recent advances in quantitative methodology and then demonstrates how these techniques can be used to study marine organisms, their behaviors, and their interactions with the environment. Readers learn how to better design experiments and sampling, employ sophisticated mathematical techniques, and accurately interpret and communicate the results. Most of this text is written at an introductory level, with a few topics that advance to more complex themes. Among the topics covered are plot/plotless sampling, biometrics, experimental design, game theory, optimization, time trends, modeling, and environmental impact assessments. Even readers new to quantitative methods will find the material accessible, with plenty of features to engage their interest, promote learning, and put their knowledge into practice: * One or more examples are provided to illustrate each individual quantitative technique presented in the text * The accompanying CD-ROM features two multimedia programs, several statistical programs, help to run complex statistical programs, and additional information amplifying topics covered in the text * References lead readers to additional information to pursue individual topics in greater depth Quantitative Analysis of Marine Biological Communities, with its extensive use of examples, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in marine biology. Marine biologists, regardless of their level of experience, will also discover new approaches to quantitative analysis tailored to the particular needs of their field.
Coastal Ocean Space Utilization 3
Author: R.B. AbelPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203476182
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Arising out of The Third International Symposium held in New Jersey, this book represents the state-of-the-art in ocean management. From the Baltic to the Caribbean, from the Adriatic to the Atlantic, the problems of ocean management are fully discussed, and proposals made to meet the challenges of the next decade. This book will be of immense interest and use to anyone working in coastal and ocean management and is an invaluable work reference.
Freshwater Ecosystems
Author: A.H. GnauckPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444597891
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Ecosystem analysis and ecological modelling is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary branch of science used in theoretical developments in ecology and having practical applications in environmental protection. In this book, the authors introduce new holistic, particularly cybernetic, concepts into ecosystem theory and modelling, and provide a concise treatment of mathematical modelling of freshwater ecosystems which covers methods, subsystem models, applications and theoretical developments.Part I begins with a brief introduction to the principles of systems theory and their applications to ecosystems, and provides a summary of various methods of systems analysis. In Part II emphasis is laid on the pelagic processes in standing water, characterised by relatively uninvolved structures from which models can be readily developed. Part III describes applications of the technique of modelling to solutions of theoretical and practical problems, with different modelling methods and objectives being used in the various chapters. More recent developments in the methods and theory of ecosystem modelling are covered in Part IV which also includes a discussion of future trends. The book is addressed to practising ecologists and engineers in the fields of ecology, limnology, environmental protection, and water quality managements, as well as to graduate/post-graduate university students in science and engineering. Students and researchers involved in environmental applications of mathematics and cybernetics will also find the book of interest.
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Coastal Lagoons
Author: Michael J. KennishPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420088319
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Written by an outstanding group of contributors, this book examines the function and structure of coastal lagoonal ecosystems and the natural and anthropogenic drivers of change that affect them, most notably nutrient over-enrichment from coastal watersheds and airsheds. The contributors target the susceptibility of coastal lagoons to eutrophication, the indicators of eutrophic conditions, the influences of natural factors such as major storms and other climate effects, and the resulting biotic and ecosystem impairments that have developed. The book compares biogeochemical and ecological response to nutrient enrichment and other pollutants in lagoonal estuaries to those in other estuarine types.
Accessions List
Author: Environmental Science Information Center. Library and Information Services DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Accessions List
Author: Assessment and Information Services Center (U.S.). Library and Information Services DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Accessions List
Author: United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Library and Information Services DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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