Interactions in the Marine Benthos
Global Patterns and Processes

A comprehensive account of how abiotic and biotic interactions shape patterns of coastal marine biodiversity and ecosystem processes globally.

Stephen J. Hawkins (Edited by), Katrin Bohn (Edited by), Louise B. Firth (Edited by), Gray A. Williams (Edited by)

9781108416085, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 August 2019

534 pages, 114 b/w illus. 12 colour illus.
25.3 x 19.4 x 2.8 cm, 1.33 kg

'This is a valuable volume for the scientifically literate public and for marine ecologists and biologists at all levels. The descriptions of species assemblages, interactions, and biogeographic patterns will satisfy the curiosity of advanced marine life enthusiasts. The overviews or knowledge gap sections concluding each chapter represent fertile ground for new research ideas and should be read by students, faculty, and conservation professionals. Anyone interested in global change in the oceans would be better informed by reading this book.' Jon D. Witman, The Quarterly Review of Biology

The synthesis of the Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conference (ABEC) 2015, which was held to assess scientific progress over the past twnety-five years, this book provides a comprehensive and global review of work since the 1992 publication of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Marine Benthos. Taking a regional and, where appropriate, habitat perspective, it considers sites of coastal biodiversity from around the world to incorporate a global approach. The volume analyses abiotic and biotic interactions, and the factors determining distribution patterns, community structure and ecosystem functioning of coastal systems. It explores themes of how phylogeography and biogeographic process influence assemblage composition, and hence drive community structure and the respective roles of environmental factors and biological interactions, with the overall goal to establish how general are the processes in different regions and habitats. For researchers, graduate students and academics studying coastal ecosystems, with interest for conservation practitioners managing areas of high biodiversity.

1. Introduction Louise B. Firth, Katrin Bohn, Gray A. Williams and Stephen J. Hawkins
2. The intertidal zone of the Northeast Atlantic region: pattern and process Stephen J. Hawkins, Kathryn E. Pack, Louise B. Firth, Nova Mieszkowska, Ally Evans, Gustavo M. Martins, Per Åberg, Leoni C. Adams, Francicso Arenas, Diano M. Boaventura, Katrin Bohn, C. Debora G. Borges, Joao J. Castro, Ross A. Coleman, Tasman P. Crowe, Teresa Cruz, Mark S. Davies, Graham Epstein, Joao Faria, Joao G. Ferreira, Natalie J. Frost, John N. Griffin, M. E. Hanley, Roger J. H. Herbert, Kieran Hyder, Mark P. Johnson, Fernando P. Lima, Patricia Masterson-Algar, Pippa J. Moore, Paula S. Moschella, Gillian M. Notman, Federica G. Pannacciulli, Pedro A. Ribeiro, Antonio M. Santos, Ana C. F. Silva, Martin W. Skov, Heather Sugden, Maria Vale, Kringpaka Wangkulangkul, Edward J. G. Wort, Richard C. Thompson, Richard G. Hartnoll, Michael T. Burrows and Stuart R. Jenkins
3. The ecology of the rocky subtidal habitats of the Northeast Atlantic Keith Hiscock, Hartvig Christie and Trine Bekkby
4. Rocky intertidal shores of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Steven R. Dudgeon and Peter S. Petraitis
5. Subtidal rocky shores of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: the complex ecology of a simple ecosystem Ladd E. Johnson, Kathleen A. MacGregor, Carla Narvàez and Thew S. Suskiewicz
6. Shallow water muddy sands of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: latitudinal patterns in interactions and processes Sarah A. Woodin, Susan S. Bell, Jon Grant, Paul V. R. Snelgrove and David S. Wethey
7. Biodiversity and interactions on the intertidal rocky shores of Argentina (Southwest Atlantic) Maria Gabriela Palomo, Maria Bagur, Sofia Calla, Maria Cecilia Dalton, Sabrina Andrea Soria and Stephen J. Hawkins
8. Species interactions and regime shifts in intertidal and subtidal rocky reefs of the Mediterranean Sea Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Laura Airoldi, Fabio Bulleri, Simonetta Fraschetti and Antonio Terlizzi
9. The restructuring of Levant reefs by aliens, ocean warming and overfishing: implications to species interactions and ecosystem functions Gil Rilov, Ohad Peleg and Tamar Guy-Haim
10. Northeast Pacific: interactions on intertidal hard substrata and alteration by human impacts Phillip B. Fenberg and Bruce A. Menge
11. The Northeast Pacific: interactions on subtidal hard substrata Eliza C. Heery and Kenneth P. Sebens
12. Consumer-resource interactions on an environmental mosaic: the role of top down and bottom-up forcing of ecological interactions along the rocky shores of the temperate Eastern Pacific Moisés A. Aguilera, Bernardo R. Broitman, Julio A. Vásquez and Patricio A. Camus
13. Where three oceans meet: state of the art and developments in Southern African coastal marine biology Christopher D. McQuaid and Laura K. Blamey
14. Rocky shores of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: past, present and future Gray A. Williams, Benny K. K. Chan and Yun-Wei Dong
15. Biogeographic comparisons of pattern and process on intertidal rocky reefs of New Zealand and Southeastern Australia David R. Schiel, A. J. Underwood and M. Gee Chapman
16. The past and future ecologies of Australasian kelp forests Sean D. Connell, Adriana Vergés, Ivan Nagelkerken, Bayden D. Russell, Nick Shears, Thomas Wernberg and Melinda A. Coleman
17. Kropotkin's garden: facilitation in mangrove ecosystems Mark Huxham, Uta Berger, Martin W. Skov and Wayne P. Sousa
18. Biofilms in intertidal habitats Hanna Schuster, Mark S. Davies, Stephen J. Hawkins, Richard J. Murphy, Richard C. Thompson and A. J. Underwood
19. Interactions in the deep sea A. Louise Allcock and Mark P. Johnson
20. Overview and synthesis Stephen J. Hawkins, Katrin Bohn, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Gray A. Williams, David R. Schiel, Stuart R. Jenkins and Louise B. Firth.

Subject Areas: Conservation of wildlife & habitats [RNKH], Conservation of the environment [RNK], Applied ecology [RNC], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Marine & freshwater mammals [PSVW73], Animal ecology [PSVS], Marine biology [PSPM]