Ecology of marine bivalves : an ecosystem approach

著者

• Dame, Richard F.

書誌事項

Ecology of marine bivalves : an ecosystem approach

Richard F. Dame

（CRC marine science series）

CRC Press, c1996

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology of bivalves from an ecosystem or holistic view, taking into consideration their processes, interactions, and components. Studies of bivalves at the physical, organismic, and population levels are presented as foundations for understanding ecosystem processes. Ecology of Marine Bivalves: An Ecosystem Approach explores the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health and describes experiments from the perspective of computer simulations, mesocosm studies, and field manipulation experiments. The theories of many areas of science support the various approaches. Concise reviews and more than 70 tables and figures give you rapid access to synthesized data about these keystone species.

目次

INTRODUCTION Ecosystem Perspective and Bivalve Molluscs Evolutionary History Ecosystems References SUPPORTING PROCESSES Physical Environmental Interactions Introduction Temperature Salinity Temperature-Salinity and Other Factor Combinations Water Movement Tides Sediments References Organismic Level Processes Introduction Feeding Filter Feeding Deposit Feeding Shipworms Symbiotic Nutrition References Population Processes Introduction Life Cycle Statistical Measures of Populations Density Reproduction Population Growth Bivalves as Open or Metapopulations Life and Fecundity Tables Mortality Abiotic Mortality Predation Competition-Induced Mortality Aggreggated Distributions Zonation Diseases and Parasites Population Energy Budgets References ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES Grazing Introduction Methods Used to Estimate System Grazing Upstream-Downstream Observations Ecosystem Grazing Estimates Ecosystem Comparisons References System Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling System Metabolism Nutrient Cycling Conclusions References Models, Experimental Ecosystems, and Field Manipulations Introduction Models Model Formation Model Analysis References Bivalves as Components of Ecosystem Health Introduction Bivalves as Monitors Bivalves as Integrators Bivalve Responses Conclusions References SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS Conclusions Keystone Species Ecoststem Engineers Ecosystem Level Roles of Bivalves Ecosystem Issues Synthesis References INDEX

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA2919619X
• ISBN:
  • 0849380456
• LCCN: 96011641
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Boca Raton, FL
• ページ数/冊数: [12], 254 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QL430.6
  • DC20 : 594/.11045
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Bivalvia -- Ecology
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA2288341X