The Study of Benthic Communities
Published on 14. May 2014
291 pages
978-0-08-087045-8 (ISBN)
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The Study of Benthic Communities
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English
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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978-0-08-087045-8 (9780080870458)
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Content
- 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
- Micro-topography of the bottom
- Sediments 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
- Benthic communities of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
- Other 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
- Determination of river discharge controls on faunal productivity of its estuary
- CHAPTER 7. CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
