The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California
Title | The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California PDF eBook |
Author | Michael S. Foster |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Giant kelp |
ISBN |
The Biology and Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests
Title | The Biology and Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests PDF eBook |
Author | David R. Schiel |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2015-05-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0520961099 |
The largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largely two-dimensional seascape. It is the foundation for one of the most species-rich, productive, and widely distributed ecological communities in the world. Schiel and Foster’s scholarly review and synthesis take the reader from Darwin’s early observations to contemporary research, providing a historical perspective for the modern understanding of giant kelp evolution, biogeography, biology, and physiology. The authors furnish a comprehensive discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and the current and likely future impacts of global change. This volume promises to be the definitive treatise and reference on giant kelp and its forests for many years, and it will appeal to marine scientists and others who want a better appreciation and understanding of these wondrous forests of the sea.
The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California
Title | The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Giant kelp |
ISBN |
The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California
Title | The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California PDF eBook |
Author | Michael S. Foster |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Giant kelp |
ISBN |
The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California
Title | The Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests in California PDF eBook |
Author | Michael S. Foster |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2017-11-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780331848731 |
Originally published: Washington, D.C.: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1985.
ECOLOGY OF GIANT KELP FORESTS IN CALIFORNIA
Title | ECOLOGY OF GIANT KELP FORESTS IN CALIFORNIA PDF eBook |
Author | MICHAEL S. FOSTER |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781033669389 |
Ecosystems of California
Title | Ecosystems of California PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Mooney |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 1008 |
Release | 2016-01-19 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0520278801 |
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.