Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Loya, Yossi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Puglise, Kimberly A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bridge, Tom C.L (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Coral Reefs of the World, 12
• Θέματα: Aquatic ecology .; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Climate change.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Biodiversity.; Oceanography.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Climate Change.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

This book summarizes what is known about mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) geographically and by major taxa. MCEs are characterized by light-dependent corals and associated communities typically found at depths ranging from 30-40 m and extending to over 150 m in tropical and subtropical ecosystems....

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Introduction
• 1. Mesophotic coral ecosystems: Introduction and Overview
• Part II: Regional Variation in Mesophotic Corarl Ecosystems
• 2. Bermuda
• 3. The Bahamas and Cayman Islands
• 4. Pulley Ridge, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A.
• 5. The Mesoamerican Reef
• 6. Discovery Bay, Jamaica
• 7. Puerto Rico
• 8. The United States Virgin Islands
• 9. Bonaire and Curaçao
• 10. Brazil
• 11. The Red Sea
• 12. The Chagos Archipelago
• 13. Ryukyus Islands, Japan
• 14. Taiwan
• 15. The Philippines
• 16. Palau
• 17. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
• 18. Papua New Guinea
• 19. North West Australia
• 20. The Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
• 21. Fiji. -22. American Samoa. -23. Cook Islands
• 24. French Polynesia
• 25. The Hawaiian Archipelago
• 26. Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific
• 27. Chile and Salas y Gómez Ridge
• Part III: Environments, Biodiversity, and Ecology of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. - 28. The mesophotic coral microbial biosphere
• 29. Macroalgae
• 30. Symbiodinium genetic diversity and symbiosis with hosts from shallow to mesophotic coral ecosystems
• 31. Large benthic foraminifera in low-light environments
• 32. Sponges
• 33. Biodiversity of reef‐building, scleractinian corals
• 34. Reef‐building corals of the upper mesophotic zone of the central Indo‐west
• Pacific
• 35. Sexual reproduction of scleractinian corals in mesophotic coral ecosystems vs. shallow reefs. -36. Coral sclerochronology: similarities and differences in the coral isotopic signatures between mesophotic and shallow reefs
• 37. Antipatharians of the mesophotic zone: four case studies
• 38. Octocorals of the Indo‐Pacific
• 39. Gorgonian corals
• 40. Fishes: Biodiversity
• 41. Disease problems
• 42. Light, temperature, photosynthesis, heterotrophy, and the lower depth
• limits of mesophotic coral ecosystems
• 43. Bioerosion
• 44. Geology and geomorphology
• Part IV: Are Shallow and Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Connected?
• 45. Beyond the 'deep reef refuge' hypothesis: a conceptual framework to characterize persistence at depth
• 46. Coral ecosystem connectivity between Pulley Ridge and the Florida Keys
• Part V: Conservation, Management, and Threats to Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
• 47. Disturbance in mesophotic coral ecosystems nd linkages to conservation and management
• 48. Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles ): distribution, impact, and Management
• 49. Ecosystem Services of mesophotic coral reefs and a call for better accounting
• Part VI: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Research: Technologies and Future Directions
• 50. Advanced Technical Diving
• 51. Underwater robotic technology for imaging mesophotic coral ecosystems
• 52. Key questions for research and conservation of mesophotic coral ecosystems and temperate mesophotic ecosystems.