Author: Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-08-28
Total Pages: 912
ISBN-13: 9780521480338
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The study of Antarctic communities can provide a valuable step forward in investigating the control of community development, the utilization of habitats and the interaction among species in both species rich and species poor communities. This book contains chapters characterizing the present approaches to both aquatic and terrestrial communities in the Antarctic. From biodiversity to trophic flows, from ecophysiological strategies to the impacts of environmental change and the effects of human disturbance, this volume provides an up to the minute overview of community studies in an area covering ten percent of the Earth's surface.
Author: Allan R. Robinson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 834
ISBN-13: 9780674021174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Bremerhaven, Allemagne)
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David N. Thomas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 0470756926
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sea ice, which covers up to 7% of the planet’s surface, is a major component of the world’s oceans, partly driving ocean circulation and global climate patterns. It provides a habitat for a rich diversity of marine organisms, and is an extremely valuable source of information in studies of global climate change and the evolution of present day life forms. Increasingly sea ice is being used as a proxy for extraterrestrial ice covered systems. Sea Ice provides a comprehensive review of our current available knowledge of polar pack ice, the study of which is severely constrained by the logistic difficulties of working in such harsh and remote regions of the earth. The book’s editors, Drs Thomas and Dieckmann have drawn together an impressive group of international contributing authors, providing a well-edited and integrated volume, which will stand for many years as the standard work on the subject. Contents of the book include details of the growth, microstructure and properties of sea ice, large-scale variations in thickness and characteristics, its primary production, micro-and macrobiology, sea ice as a habitat for birds and mammals, sea ice biogeochemistry, particulate flux, and the distribution and significance of palaeo sea ice. Sea Ice is an essential purchase for oceanographers and marine scientists, environmental scientists, biologists, geochemists and geologists. All those involved in the study of global climate change will find this book to contain a wealth of important information. All libraries in universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught will need multiple copies on their shelves. David Thomas is at the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Gerhard Dieckmann is at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany