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Life in the Mediterranean Sea : a look at habitat changes /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science,
2012.
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| Colección: | Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; Contents; Preface; Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity between the Legacy From the Past and a Future of Change; Abstract; Introduction; The Origin of Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity; The Late Tethys and the Mediterranean Paleoendemics; The Pliocene Recolonization and the Origin of the Neoendemics; The Quaternary and the Shaping of the Modern Biota; The Mediterranean Sea Biota of Today; Just One Sea? Biogeographic Subdivisions within the Mediterranean; Patterns and Drivers of Change.
- New InhabitantsThe Footprint of Humans; Some Like it Hot (But Some Do Not); Confronting the Acid Bath; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Tectonic Development of the Levant Continental Margin, Eastern Mediterranean; Abstract; Background; Formation of the Margin; Precursors
- Proterozoic to Paleozoic; The Break up
- Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic; Ups and Downs
- Late Mesozoic; Path to Tranquility
- Early Cenozoic; Drum Roll of Activity
- Mid-Cenozoic; Offspring of Collision
- Late Cenozoic; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; References.
- The Nile Littoral Cell and Recent Shoreline Change: A ReviewThe Nile River and its Delta; Man's Influence on the Nile River; The Nile Littoral Cell; Sediment Source and Characteristics; Wave Climate; Sediment Transport; The Coasts of the Nile Littoral Cell and Current Anthropogenic Induced Change; The Nile Delta; The Mediterranean Coast of the Sinai Peninsula; The Israeli Coast; River Outlets and Drains along the Nile Littoral Cell; Coastal Structures and Shoreline Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea; Abstract; 1. Introduction.
- 2. The Observed Forcing and Circulation2.1. Water Masses; 2.2. Exchange through the Straits; 2.3. Surface Heat Flux; 2.4. Surface Water Flux and River Discharge; 2.5. Wind Stress; 2.6. Circulation; 3. Long Term Changes of the Circulation; 3.1. Observed Changes; 3.2. Projection of Future Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; The Upper Mixed Layer; 1. Abstract; 2. Introduction; 3. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 3.1. Generalities; 3.2. The Temporal Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing; 3.3. The Spatial Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing.
- 3.4. The Surface Salinity Field4. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer: the Observations; 4.1. The Basin Scale, Seasonal Dynamic of Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 4.2. The High Frequencies of Mixed Layer Forcing: The Fall-to-Winter 2001-2002 Transition in the NW Mediterranean; 4.3. The Effect of the 3 Dimensional Process: The Ekman Pumping in the NW Mediterranean; Conclusion; 6. Appendix : Mixed Layer Depth Operational Evaluation; Acknowledgment; References; Nutrient Distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean before and after the Transient Event; Abstract; Introduction; Area of Study and Data Sources.