UID:
almahu_9948026599902882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 413 pages) :
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color illustrations, maps
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-12-411488-1
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf provides the first assembly of existing information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and current understanding of such issues as biodiversity, connectivity, larval dispersal and speciation in the sea that determine the distribution patterns of its invertebrate fauna. It is intended as a source of information and ideas on the biota of the shelf and its evolutionary origins and affinities and the environmental drivers of species' ecology and distribution and ecosystem function.〈/
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Biogeography of The Australian North West Shelf: Environmental Change and Life's Response; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. The Geographic Scope of This Study; 1.2. The Intent and Utility of Biogeography; 1.3. Biogeographic Classification of the Northern Australian Coast; 1.3.1. The Indo-West Pacific Realm; 1.3.2. Australian Coastal Marine Biogeographic Provinces; 1.3.3. The IMCRA Bioregions; References; Chapter 2: The Contemporary Physical Environment; 2.1. Geology, Origins, and History of the Northwest Continental Margin
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2.1.1. The Main Geological Elements of the North West Shelf and Adjacent Shores2.1.1.1. Pre-Cambrian Blocks; 2.1.1.2. Sedimentary Basins; 2.1.2. Cainozoic Phases of Deposition; 2.1.3. Morphology and Bathymetry of the North West Shelf; 2.1.3.1. Divisions of the Shelf; 2.1.3.2. Geomorphic Features of the Continental Shelf; 2.1.3.3. Geomorphic Features of the Continental Slope; 2.1.3.4. Shelf Terraces; 2.1.4. Sediments of Benthic Shelf Habitats; 2.1.4.1. Sediment Types; 2.1.4.2. Summary of Rowley Shelf Sediments, After James et al.7; 2.1.5. Tectonism and Shelf Subsidence
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2.1.5.1. Section Summary2.1.6. Eustatic Sea Level Change; 2.1.6.1. Global Quaternary Sea Level Change; 2.1.6.2. Sea Level Change on the North West Shelf; 2.1.6.3. Benthic Shelf and Shore Habitats During the LGM; 2.2. The Oceanography of the North West Shelf; 2.2.1. Water Characteristics; 2.2.2. Regional Circulation Patterns in the Eastern Indian Ocean; 2.2.3. Coastal Currents on the Inner and Middle Shelf; 2.2.4. Seasonal Variations; 2.2.5. Variations in Geological Time; 2.2.6. Section Summary and Conclusions; References; Geology and Geomorphology; Sea Level Change; Oceanography
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Chapter 3: Intertidal Rocky Shores3.1. Rock Types; 3.1.1. Rocky Shores of Precambrian Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks; 3.1.2. Rocky Shores of Mesozoic Sedimentary Rocks; 3.1.3. Rocky Shores of Quaternary Limestone; 3.1.4. Limestone Rocky Shores of Pre-Pleistocene Age; 3.2. Rock Platforms; 3.2.1. A Definition Issue-Rock Platform v. Fringing Coral Reef; 3.2.2. The Formation of Rock Platforms; 3.2.3. Geomorphic Features of Rock Platforms; 3.2.3.1. The Upper-Littoral Zone of Rocky Shores; 3.2.3.2. The Mid-Littoral Reef-Flat; 3.2.3.3. The Lower-Littoral Reef-Front Ramp; 3.2.4. Rock Platform Terraces
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3.3. The Intertidal Biota of Rocky Shores3.3.1. Zonation; 3.3.2. Key Inhabitants and Their Zonation in the Upper-Littoral Zone; 3.3.2.1. Upper-Littoral Zonation in the Pilbara Bioregion; 3.3.2.2. Upper-Littoral Zonation in the Canning Bioregion; 3.3.2.3. Upper-Littoral Zonation in the Kimberley Bioregion; 3.3.3. Key Inhabitants of the Lower- and Mid-Littoral Zones; 3.3.3.1. Intertidal Marine Plant Assemblages; 3.3.3.2. Assemblages of Invertebrates on Rock Platforms; References; Chapter 4: Coral Reefs of the North West Shelf; 4.1. History of Discovery and Description
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4.2. Conditions for Coral Reef Growth
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-409516-X
Language:
English
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