UID:
almahu_9949697293102882
Format:
1 online resource (291 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-77374-3
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9786611773748
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0-08-087045-7
Series Statement:
Elsevier oceanography series ; v. 9
Content:
The Study of Benthic Communities
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Study of Benthic Communities: A Model and a Review; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; Previous community studies in the Woods Hole Region; CHAPTER 2. STUDY AREA AND METHODS; Measurement of physical-chemical variables; Testing and use of marine water monitoring system; Treatment of sediment samples; Miscellaneous environmental parameters; Collection and treatment of the biological data; Registration of the data by computer techniques; CHAPTER 3. RESULTS OF THE PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; Circulation. current velocity, and waves
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Micro-topography of the bottomSediments of Hadley Harbor; Eel grass cover; Light penetration; Hydrogen-ion concentration (pH) of the bottom; Reduction-oxidation potentials (Eh) of the bottom; Salinity; Water temperature; CHAPTER 4. RESULTS OF THE BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS; Distribution patterns of individual species; Patterns of community distribution; Subjective analysis of benthic animal aggregations; Areal and temporal changes at total population and higher taxa levels; Factor analysis of aggregations of benthic animals; CHAPTER 5. COMPARISONS BETWEEN BENTHIC STUDIES
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Benthic communities of Woods Hole, MassachusettsOther Massachusetts' communities; Other related regional studies; Danish bottom communities; Benthic communities of the Texas-Louisiana Coast and Gulf of California; CHAPTER 6. APPLICATION OF BENTHIC COMMUNITY STUDIES TO PRACTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; Brazos-Colorado estuarine survey for Dow Chemical Company; Study of baseline conditions to establish future industrial use of an estuary; Effects of oil field brine disposal on estuarine ecosystems; Biological assessment of major oil spill damage
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Determination of river discharge controls on faunal productivity of its estuaryCHAPTER 7. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-41203-4
Language:
English
