Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs ：The Unique South

Publication subTitle ：The Unique South

Author： Shepherd Scoresby; Edgar Graham  

Publisher： CSIRO PUBLISHING‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9781486300105

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781486300099

Subject： Q178.53 marine organisms

Keyword： 鱼纲,海洋学,环境保护管理,植物学,无脊椎动物,普通生物学,藻类植物,动物学,水生生物学

Language： ENG

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Description

Describes the ecology of important elements of southern Australian sub-tidal reef flora and fauna, and the underlying ecological principles.

Chapter

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Reviewers and others who assisted in various ways

Preface

Introduction

Colour plates

PART 1: THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TILL NOW

1 Geological history and climate change in southern Australia

2 Oceanography and marine climate of southern Australia

3 Biogeography and biodiversity

PART 2: THE ALGAE

4 The kelps

5 Large brown algae: the fucoids

6 Ecology of non-geniculate coralline algae

7 Middle and lower stratum algae

PART 3: THE INVERTEBRATES

8 Ecology of meiofauna and macrofauna

9 The molluscan megafauna: herbivores, carnivores and filter-feeders

10 Cephalopods

11 Echinoderms

12 Effects of sea-urchins on benthic habitats

13 Sessile fauna: sponges, ascidians and bryozoans

14 Cnidarians (hydroids, jellyfish, anemones and corals) and ctenophores

15 Larger crustaceans and sea spiders

PART 4: MARINE VERTEBRATES

16 Bottom-feeding fishes

17 Planktivores and large reef-associated carnivores

18 Marine mammals

PART 5: MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR CONSERVATION

19 Food webs

20 Conservation and management

Index

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