Mudflat Ecology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beninger, Peter G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Aquatic Ecology Series ; 7
• Subjects: Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology .; Biodiversity.; Applied ecology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Applied Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Intertidal mudflats are distinct, highly-productive marine habitats which provide important ecosystem services to the land-sea interface. In contrast to other marine habitats, and despite a large body of primary scientific literature, no comprehensive synthesis exists, such that the scattered knowle...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Mudflat Basics
• Geological, Physical and Chemical Foundations
• Microbiota - The Living Foundation
• Microphytobenthic Biofilms: Composition and Interactions
• Meiofauna - An Inconspicuous but Important Player in Mudflat Ecology
• The Upper Living Levels: Invertebrate Macrofauna
• Bivalve Chemosymbioses on Mudflats
• Sedimentary and Biological Patterns on Mudflats
• Ecology of Parasites in Mudflat Ecosystems
• Mudflat Ecosystem Engineers and Services
• Biological Invasions of Mudflats
• Shorebirds as Integrators and Indicators of Mudflat Ecology
• Mudflat Fishing
• Mudflat Aquaculture
• Quantitative Considerations in Mudflat Ecology.