Advances in Marine Biology

by Southward; Young; Fuiman

• ISBN13: 9780120261512
• ISBN10: 0120261510
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-08
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by A.J. Southward (Marine Biological Association, UK), P.A. Tyler (Southampton Oceanography Association, UK), C.M. Young (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA) and L.A. Fuiman (University of Texas, USA), the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics which will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography. Eclectic volumes in the series are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as The Biology of Calanoid Copepods.* Includes over 55 tables of descriptive data* Covers such topics as coral reefs, southern ocean cephalopods, seagrass and mangrove habitats, and much more* 4 reviews authored by experts in their relevant fields of study

Table of Contents

Contributors to Volume 50	v
Series Contents for Last Ten Years	ix
Biology and Ecology of the Hydrocoral Millepora on Coral Reefs
John B. Lewis
Introduction	3	(1)
Systematics and History	4	(5)
Anatomy, Morphology and Histology	9	(6)
Distribution, Abundance and Recruitment	15	(7)
Age and Growth	22	(1)
Feeding and Nutrition	23	(2)
Reproduction	25	(3)
Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances	28	(5)
Storms and hurricanes	28	(1)
Bleaching	29	(2)
Oil pollution	31	(1)
Eutrophication, sedimentation and miscellaneous damage	31	(1)
Diseases	32	(1)
Symbionts and Commensals	33	(5)
Barnacles	33	(2)
Other Curstacea	35	(1)
Polychaetes	36	(2)
Predators, Grazers and Fouling Organisms	38	(2)
Polychaetes	38	(1)
Molluscs	39	(1)
Fishes	39	(1)
Fouling organisms	39	(1)
Conclusions	40	(19)
References	41	(18)
The Functional Value of Caribbean Coral Reef, Seagrass and Mangrove Habitats to Ecosystem Processes
Alastair R. Harborne
Peter J. Mumby
Fiorenza Micheli
Christopher T. Perry
Craig P. Dahlgren
Katherine E. Holmes
Daniel R. Brumbaugh
Introduction	59	(2)
Assigning Functional Values to Habitat Types	61	(3)
Functional Values of Tropical Marine Habitats	64	(69)
Modification of wave and current patterns	64	(5)
Biogeochemical cycling	69	(2)
Primary production	71	(8)
Secondary production	79	(18)
Tertiary production	97	(8)
Densities of Panulirus argus and Strombus gigas	105	(8)
Calcification and reef growth	113	(8)
Bioerosion and sediment transport	121	(6)
Habitat recovery	127	(6)
Community biodiversity	133	(2)
Functional Links between Habitats	135	(3)
Links between reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves	136	(2)
Susceptibility of Tropical Marine Habitats to Disturbance	138	(11)
Susceptibility to hurricane disturbance	142	(3)
Susceptibility to coral bleaching	145	(2)
Susceptibility to coral diseases	147	(2)
Example Maps and Models Utilising Functional Values	149	(3)
Maps of functional values	149	(2)
Models of ecosystem processes	151	(1)
Conclusions	152	(40)
Current status of empirical knowledge	152	(4)
Limitations of the review	156	(1)
Research priorities and future directions	156	(1)
Acknowledgements	157	(1)
References	158	(34)
Southern Ocean Cephalopods
Martin A. Collins
Paul G. K. Rodhouse
Introduction	192	(3)
Cephalopod Biodiversity and Origins of the Antarctic Cephalopod Fauna	195	(6)
Distribution	201	(16)
Determining distribution	201	(5)
Octopodids	206	(2)
Decapods	208	(8)
Geographic migration patterns	216	(1)
Vertical migration patterns	216	(1)
Mass strandings	217	(1)
Growth	217	(2)
Methods of measuring growth	217	(1)
Rates of growth	218	(1)
Reproduction	219	(4)
Life-cycle strategies	219	(1)
Fecundity, egg size and development	220	(2)
Maturation and spawning	222	(1)
Trophic ecology	223	(24)
Role as predators	223	(6)
Role as prey	229	(18)
Physiology	247	(1)
Commercial exploitation	247	(1)
Discussion	248	(21)
Acknowledgements	249	(1)
References	250	(19)
Effects of Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Venting on Biological Communities of Coastal Marine Ecosystems of the Western Pacific
V. G. Tarasov
Introduction	269	(3)
Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vents and the Marine Environment	272	(36)
Hydrothermal venting in the flooded crater of a volcano and in a semi-enclosed bay	273	(23)
Hydrothermal venting in open coastal areas	296	(10)
Summary	306	(2)
Pelagic Communities	308	(25)
Phytoplankton	308	(3)
Bacterioplankton	311	(3)
Photosynthesis and chemosynthesis at shallow-water hydrothermal vents	314	(10)
Planktonic protozoa	324	(2)
Zooplankton	326	(4)
Summary	330	(3)
Benthic Communities	333	(50)
Thermophilic bacteria	333	(4)
Bacterial mats and microphytobenthos	337	(6)
Meiobenthos	343	(12)
Macrobenthos	355	(14)
Photosynthesis, chemosynthesis and breakdown of organic matter	369	(10)
Summary	379	(4)
Ecosystems of Shallow-Water Venting	383	(40)
Acknowledgements	395	(1)
References	395	(28)
Taxonomic Index	423	(4)
Subject Index	427