Marine Hard Bottom Communities Patterns, Dynamics, Diversity, and Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wahl, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 206
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Marine hard bottoms feature some of the most spectacular and diverse biological communities on this planet. These not only contain a rich treasure of genetic, taxonomic and functional information but also deliver irreplaceable ecosystem services. At the same time, they are highly vulnerable and incr...