Ocean outbreak : confronting the rising tide of marine disease /

"There is a growing crisis in our oceans as rates of infectious disease outbreaks are on the rise. Marine epidemics have the potential to cause a mass die-off of wildlife from the bottom to the top of the food chain, impacting the health of ocean ecosystems as well as lives on land. Ocean outbr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harvell, C. Drew, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Marine ecosystem health.
Corals > Diseases.
Abalones > Diseases.
Salmon > Diseases.
Starfishes > Diseases.
Écosystèmes marins > Santé.
Coraux > Maladies.
Saumons > Maladies.
Étoiles de mer > Maladies.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Marine ecosystem health
Salmon > Diseases
biodiversity.
climate change.
coral bleaching.
global warming.
marine biology.
ocean health.
plastics.
pollution.
sea level rise.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What rises with the tide?
  • Coral outbreaks : a global threat to marine biodiversity
  • Abalone outbreaks: a steady path to extinction?
  • Salmon outbreaks: food from the ocean imperiled
  • Starfish outbreaks: an ecological domino effect
  • Nature's services to the rescue.

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