Dame Ecology of Marine Bivalves

An Ecosystem Approach, Second Edition
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4398-3912-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 283 Seiten

Reihe: Marine Science

Exploring the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health, this book describes live and computer simulated experiments, mesocosm studies, and field manipulation experiments. This second edition discusses major new developments, including phase shifts in many coastal and estuarine ecosystems dominated by suspension-feeding bivalves, the invasion or introduction of alien bivalve species, the rapid growth of environmental restoration focused on bivalves, and the examination of geological history with regard to global climate change and its impact on bivalve-dominated systems.

Zielgruppe

Marine scientists, bivalve researchers, coastal and fisheries research managers, marine science and ecology students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dame, Richard F.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Historical/Geological Setting
Ecosystems

Historical Ecology of Bivalves

Physical Environmental Interactions
Temperature
Salinity
Temperature–Salinity and Other Factor Combinations
Acidification
Water Flow
Tides
Sediments

Organismic Scale Processes
Feeding
Suspension-Feeding
Larviphagy
Deposit Feeding
Shipworms
Symbiotic Nutrition
Chemoautotrophic Symbioses

Population Processes
Life Cycle
Statistical Measures of Populations
Density
Reproduction
Population Growth
Bivalves As Open Or Metapopulations
Life and Fecundity Tables
Mortality
Abiotic Mortality
Predation
Competition-Induced Mortality
Aggregated Distributions
Zonation
Diseases and Parasites
Population Energy Budgets

Ecosystem Grazing
Introduction
Grazing Theory as Applied to Bivalves
Conceptualizing Grazing
Methods Used to Estimate System Grazing
Upstream–Downstream Observations
Laboratory Flumes
Ecosystem Comparisons

Ecosystem Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling
Nutrient Cycling
Theoretical Background
Conclusions
The Case of the Missing Nitrogen

Ecosystem Experiments
Models
Model Formulation
Model Analysis
Ecosystem Field Experiments
Case Study

Ecosystem Health, Restoration, and Services
Bivalve Responses
Systems Measures
Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity
A Case Study: The Wadden Sea and the Invasion of Crassostrea gigas

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard F. Dame, Ph.D., is Distinguished Palmetto Professor Emeritus of Marine Science at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. Dr. Dame received his B.S. degree from the College of Charleston, South Carolina in 1964. He obtained his M.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1967 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of South Carolina in 1971. He was a founding member of the Marine Science Program (1971-2006) at CCU. During the same time frame he was a very active research associate of the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina. He has served as the external member on numerous Ph.D. candidate committees in the United States and Europe.
In addition to these academic activities, he served a two-year tour as the Ecosystems Program Director at the National Science Foundation. In recognition of his achievements he is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
Dr. Dame is an active scholar in the area of coastal and estuarine ecosystems. He is currently a review editor for the leading marine ecological journal, Marine Ecology Progress Series. The majority of his work has been funded by the National Science Foundation.