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The Red Sea is a unique and fragile environment. All but landlocked between Africa and Arabia, its peculiar oceanographic conditions, its geographical position and its geological history all conspire to make it particularly vulnerable to the side-effects of human civilization. In places, it is alrea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Published in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by Pergamon Press,
1987.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Key environments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Red Sea; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. Geographical setting; 1.2. Dimensions, structure and geological history of the Red Sea; 1.3. Introduction to the ecology and inhabitants of the Red Sea; 1.4. Biogeography of the Red Sea; 1.5. History of exploration and research; 1.6. The Red Sea as a key environment; Chapter 2. Geology and Palaeogeography of the Red Sea Region; 2.1. Introduction: the origins of an ocean; 2.2. Topography: the Red Sea depression; 2.3. Foundations and early history; 2.4. The middle period: the advancing sea
- 2.5. The great evaporation2.6. The last 5 million years; 2.7. Conclusions; Chapter 3. Climate and Oceanography; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Climate and weather; 3.3. Pressure and winds; 3.4. Air temperature; 3.5. Humidity; 3.6. Visibility; 3.7. Cloud cover; 3.8. Rainfall; 3.9. Sea temperature; 3.10. Salinity; 3.11. Water movement and circulation; 3.12. Chemical oceanography; Chapter 4. Hot Brines and the Deep Sea Environment; 4.1. General introduction and history of research; 4.2. The Red Sea brine pools; 4.3. Metalliferous sediments; 4.4. The brine pools, a toxic environment?
- 4.5. The surrounding deep sea environment4.6. Planned mining operations; Chapter 5. Plankton and the Pelagic Environment; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The pelagic environment of the Red Sea; 5.3. Ocean plankton; 5.4. Plankton of coral reefs; 5.5. Conclusions; Chapter 6. Benthos of the Deep Red Sea; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Sediments of the deep Red Sea; 6.3. Fauna of the deep Red Sea; 6.4. Functional characteristics of the deep benthos of the Red Sea; Chapter 7. Corals and Coral Reefs of the Red Sea; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Introduction to corals and their ecology
- 7.3. Scleractinian coral fauna of the Red Sea7.4. Coral distribution on Red Sea reefs; 7.5. Deep water reefs; 7.6. Soft substrates of coral reefs; 7.7. Conclusions; Chapter 8. Benthic Algae; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Factors affecting algal distribution; 8.3. The significance of algae in the Red Sea; 8.4. Species of the Red Sea; 8.5. Standing crop and production
- the influence of grazing; 8.6. Conclusion; Chapter 9. Littoral and Shallow Subtidal Environments; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. Physical environment; 9.3. Rocky shores; 9.4. High salinity environments; 9.5. Sand beaches
- 9.6. Mangroves and mudflats9.7. Shallow sublittoral communities; 9.8. Seagrasses; 9.9. Conclusion; Chapter 10. Molluscs of the Red Sea; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. The investigation of the Red Sea molluscs A historical review; 10.3. The use of Red Sea molluscs by man; 10.4. Zoogeography of the Red Sea molluscs; 10.5. The characteristic sea shells of the Red Sea; Chapter 11. Echinoderms of the Red Sea; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Outline of echinoderm biology; 11.3. Origins and character of the echinoderm fauna of the Red Sea; 11.4. Ecology of echinoderms on coral reefs