Proceedings of the Nineteenth European Marine Biology Symposium

These edited proceedings, first published in 1985, provide a thematic review of four important areas of marine biology.

P. E. Gibbs (Edited by)

9780521101912, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 January 2009

552 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.8 cm, 0.87 kg

These edited proceedings, first published in 1985, provide a thematic review of four important areas of marine biology. The theme of the first part of the volume is production at boundary systems and in particular it deals with rates of production and related processes at boundary systems, including shelf breaks, thermoclines and the fronts between stratified and mixed waters and the contribution of the production of such systems to the overall productivity of a region. The second part look sat the dynamics of deep-sea life: new techniques of and results from direct observation, in situ experimentation and sampling, especially those concerning rates and processes in the deep sea. The third part examines concepts of community organisation in the benthos: theoretical and empirical studies that synthesise the structural and functional properties of benthic communities. The final section on adaptive relevance of variability in biochemical and physiological processes, with particular emphasis on relationships between population genetics and physiological and biochemical ecology.

Part I. Production at boundary systems
Part II. Dynamics of deep-sea life
Part III. Community organisation in the benthos
Part IV. Adaptive aspects of physiological and biochemical variability.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ]