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Advances in marine biology. Volume 32, The biogeography of the oceans /
This is a special volume on ocean biogeography containing chapters bringing the wealth of knowledge of Russian scientists to a global audience. Ocean biogeography was the subject of much marine research carried out by the former USSR, where extensive facilities were provided on a world-wide scale. V...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | Advances in marine biology ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 32; Preface; Chapter 1. Some Problems of Vertical Distribution of Meso- and Macroplankton in the Ocean; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods of Evaluating the Distribution of Plankton; 3. Patterns of Mesoplankton Distribution; 4. Vertical Distribution of Macroplankton; 5. Vertical Zonation of the Pelagic Fauna; 6. Patterns of Plankton Distribution in the Near-bottom Layer; References; Chapter 2. Ecology and Biogeography of the Hydrothermal Vent Fauna of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- 1. Introduction2. Ecology and Structure of the Communities; 3. Biology and Taxonomy of Hydrothermal Vent Shrimps; 4. Special Features of the MAR Hydrothermal Fauna; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Biology of the Nazca and Sala y G�omez Submarine Ridges, an Outpost of the Indo-West Pacific Fauna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: Composition and Distribution of the Fauna, its Communities and History; 1. Introduction; 2. Geology of the Seamounts, and Hydrology and Plankton of the Overlying Waters; 3. Material; 4. Lists of Taxa; 5. Communities; 6. Biogeograohic Boundaries; 7. Endemism
- 8. Faunistic Relationships9. Biogeographical Position; 10. Biogeographic History; 11. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Gonatid Squids in the Subarctic North Pacific: Ecology, Biogeography, Niche Diversity and Role in the Ecosystem; 1. Introduction; 2. Data Sources; 3. Systematics; 4. Species Accounts; 5. Ecological Divergence of Gon atid Squids; 6. Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Relative Abundance and Biomass.; 7. The Role of Gonatid Squids in the Ecosystem; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Zoogeography of the Abyssal and Hadal Zones; 1. Introduction
- 2. Googeographic Distribution of Abyssal Bottom Fauna3. Pattern of the Abyssal Fauna Distribution in Some Areas of the Ocean; 4. Geographic Distribution of Ultra-abyssal (Hadal) Fauna; References; Chapter 6. Biogeography of the Bathyal Zone; 1. Introduction; 2. The Task and the Method; 3. Latitudinal Zone Changes Related to Depth; 4. Symmetry and Asymmetry of the Fauna; 5. Bathyal Regions Where the Shallow-water Fauna Might Penetrate to the Deep Sea; 6. The Bathyal Zone as a Refuge for "relicts" and "living Fossils"; 7. Management and Conservation of the Bathyal Zone; Acknowledgements