UID:
almafu_9960118792902883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-316-78921-7
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1-316-79257-9
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1-139-94657-9
Content:
Mangroves are distinctive tropical plant communities that occupy the intertidal zone between sea and land. They are of major ecological importance, have economic value as a source of food and raw materials, and serve as a buffer from flooding and climate change-induced sea level rise. Mangroves are under threat from pollution, clearance and over-exploitation, and increasing concern has driven demand for an improved understanding of mangrove species. This book provides an introduction to mangroves, including their taxonomy, habitat-specific features, reproduction and socio-economic value. Fully updated to reflect the last two decades of research, this new edition of a key text includes newly documented taxa, new understandings of vivipary and the evolution of mangrove species, and a rich set of colour illustrations. It will appeal to researchers and students across a range of disciplines, including botany, ecology and zoology.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2016).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Frontispiece -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface to Second Edition of The Botany of Mangroves -- Acknowledgments -- Part I General Account -- 1 Historical Prelude -- Identifying Rumphius' Plant Names -- Mangroves in Rumphius -- Rumphius and Mangrove Biology -- Conclusion -- 2 Ecology -- Mangrove and Mangal -- Fauna -- Herbivory -- Analytical Methods -- Zonation and Succession -- Multifactorial Analysis -- Abiotic Factors Influencing Zonation -- Biotic Factors Influencing Zonation -- Ecological Status of Mangroves -- 3 Floristics -- Categorization -- Major Elements of Mangal (''Strict'' or ''True'' Mangroves) -- Minor Elements of Mangal -- Mangrove Associates -- Systematic Position of Mangroves and their Associates -- Specialized Groups -- Nomenclature -- Systematics and Distribution -- Identification -- Bark Characters -- 4 Biogeography -- An Overview -- Principles -- Longitudinal Distribution -- Wide Range -- Seagrasses and Corals -- Distribution of Mangroves in Geological Time -- Distribution of Extant Species -- Incomplete Knowledge -- Latitudinal Limits -- Temperature Influence -- Aridity -- Mangrove Disturbance -- 5 Shoot and Leaf Systems -- Tree Architecture -- Architectural Models -- Elements of Crown Construction -- Vegetative Propagation -- Leaf Age and Phenology -- 6 Structural Biology -- Leaf Morphology and Texture -- Leaf Anatomy -- Synoptic Key to Common Mangrove Genera based on Leaf Anatomy -- Wood Anatomy -- 7 Root Systems -- Aerial Roots -- Stilt Roots -- Pneumatophores -- Root Knees -- Mangroves without Aerial Roots -- Root Functions -- Integrated Root Functions -- Gas Exchange -- Root Anatomy -- Fouling Mechanisms and the Rhizosphere -- 8 Water Relations and Salt Balance -- Salt and Plant Growth -- Sap Ascent -- Structural Modifications and Transpiration.
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Hydrostatic Pressure Measurements -- Coping with Excess Salt -- Salt Glands and Salt Secretion -- Photosynthesis and Salinity -- Leaf Succulence -- Selective Ion Absorption -- Conclusion -- 9 Flowering -- Breeding Mechanisms -- Pollination Biology -- Wind Pollination -- Animal Pollinators: Nocturnal -- Animal Pollinators: Diurnal -- Vector Dependence -- Pollen -- 10 Seedlings and Seeds -- Germination and Establishment -- Vivipary -- Developmental Features -- Dispersal and Establishment -- Dispersal -- Establishment -- Hypotheses for Vivipary -- Vivipary Explained -- Hypocotyl Polarity -- Polarity of Seedlings -- Summary -- 11 Mangroves and People -- Introduction -- Economic Complexity -- Forestry -- Fisheries -- Plant-Animal Interactions -- Agriculture and Aquaculture -- Other Industrial and Quasi-industrial Uses -- Productivity -- Conservation -- Conclusion -- Part II Detailed Description of Families -- Family: Acanthaceae -- Growth -- Reproductive Biology -- Taxonomy and Nomenclature -- Family: Anacardiaceae -- Family: Apocynaceae -- Growth -- Floral Biology -- Nomenclature -- Family: Arecaceae (Palmae) -- Embryo Morphology -- Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny -- Distribution and Ecology -- Pneumatophores -- Growth -- Reproductive Biology -- Economic Uses -- Family: Asteraceae (Compositae) -- Family: Avicenniaceae (Acanthaceae) -- Generic Description -- Leaf Morphology and Systematics -- Architecture and Growth -- Root System -- Reproductive Biology -- Seedling Morphology and Establishment -- Wood Structure -- Leaf and Hair Anatomy -- General Key to Species of Avicennia -- Eastern (IWP) Mangroves -- Western (AEP) Mangroves -- Hybrids in Avicennia -- Avicennia in Australia -- Ecology -- Species of East Africa and the Indo-Pacific (IWP) -- Nomenclature -- Nomenclatural History -- Species of the New World and West Africa (AEP).
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Family: Bataceae (Batidaceae) -- Family: Bignoniaceae -- Growth and Reproduction -- Other Bignoniaceae -- Family: Bombacaceae (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) -- Ecological and Geographic Distribution -- Growth -- Nomenclature and Other Notes -- Family: Celastraceae -- Family: Clusiaceae (Calophyllaceae) -- Family: Combretaceae -- Growth and Reproduction -- Reproduction -- Ecological and Specific Isolation -- Systematics and Nomenclature -- Ecological Distribution -- Growth and Reproduction -- Family: Ebenaceae -- Family: Euphorbiaceae -- Field Identification -- Geographic and Ecological Distribution -- Growth and Reproductive Biology -- Taxonomy and Nomenclature -- Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) -- Subfamily Caesalpinioideae -- Subfamily Papilionoideae -- Other Legumes -- Family: Flacourtiaceae -- Family: Goodeniaceae -- Family: Lecythidaceae -- Seedling and Embryo in Barringtonia -- Family: Lythraceae -- Growth and Reproduction -- Family: Malvaceae: (Malvoideae) -- Family: Melastomataceae -- Family: Meliaceae -- Vegetative Growth -- Reproductive Biology -- Family: Myristicaceae -- Distribution and Ecology -- Growth and Reproductive Biology -- Systematics and Nomenclature -- Family: Myrtaceae -- Growth -- Reproductive Biology -- Root System -- Systematic and Other Notes -- Floral Morphology -- Geographic Distribution -- Family: Pellicieraceae -- Geographic and Ecological Distribution -- Growth and Reproduction -- Root System -- Ant Protection -- History and Systematics -- Family: Plumbaginaceae -- Geographic and Ecological Distribution -- Anatomy -- Family: Primulaceae (Myrsinoideae: Myrsinaceae) -- Distribution -- Growth and Reproduction -- Family: Pteridaceae -- Ecological and Geographic Distribution -- Phenology -- Morphology and Reproduction -- Family: Rhizophoraceae -- General Features of Rhizophoreae -- Architecture and Crown Shape -- Floral Biology.
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Seedling Anatomy -- Generic Accounts -- Brief Diagnosis of Rhizophora Species -- Rhizophora: Key to Species and Some Hybrids -- Species Aggregates in Rhizophora -- Hybrid Taxa in Rhizophora -- Distribution of Rhizophora Species -- 1. Eastern (IWP) Taxa (Fig. B.51) -- Rhizophora mucronata (Fig. B.51e) -- Rhizophora stylosa (Fig. B.51a) -- Rhizophora apiculata (Fig. B.51c) -- Rhizophora samoensis (Fig. B.52d) -- 2. Western (AEP) Taxa (Fig. B.52) -- Rhizophora mangle (Fig. B.52b) -- Rhizophora x harrisonii (Fig. B.52c) -- Rhizophora racemosa (Fig. B.52a) -- Nomenclature -- Large-flowered Bruguiera species (Fig. B.57) -- Small-flowered Bruguiera species (Fig. B.58) -- Family: Rubiaceae -- Growth and Reproduction -- Nomenclature and Taxonomy -- Family: Rutaceae -- Family: Sapindaceae -- Family: Sapotaceae -- Family: Sonneratiaceae (Lythraceae) -- Distribution and Variation -- Hybrids in Sonneratia -- General Notes on Sonneratia -- Family: Sterculiaceae (Malvaceae: Sterculioideae) -- Vegetative Features -- Ecology and Geography -- Systematics and Phylogeny -- Family: Tiliaceae (Malvaceae: Brownlowioideae) -- References -- Index -- Color plates.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-08067-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139946575
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