The biogeography of the Australian north west shelf : environmental change and life's response /

The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf provides the first assembly of existing information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and current understanding of such issues as biodiversity, connectivity, larval dispersal and speciation in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, Barry Robert, 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Burlington, MA : Elsevier, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Continental shelf > Australia.
Biogeography > Australia.
Marine ecology > Australia.
Submarine geology.
Plateau continental > Australie.
Biog�eographie > Australie.
NATURE > Animals > Marine Life.
Biogeography
Continental shelf
Ecology
Marine ecology
Submarine geology
Australia > Environmental conditions.
Australia
Australie > Conditions environnementales.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The contemporary physical environment
  • 3. Intertidal rocky shores
  • 4. Coral reefs of the north west shelf
  • 5. Mangrove habitat and associated fauna
  • 6. Habitats and biotic assemblages of intertidal sandy and muddy shores
  • 7. Benthic shelf and slope habitats
  • 8. Patterns of life and the processes that produce them
  • 9. An overview of the historical biogeography of the north west shelf.

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