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In this 2006 volume John Murray investigates the ecological processes that control the distribution, abundance and species diversity of benthic foraminifera in environments ranging from marsh to the deepest ocean. To interpret the fossil record it is necessary to have an understanding of the ecology of modern foraminifera and the processes operating after death leading to burial and fossilisation. This book presents the ecological background required to explain how fossil forms are used in dating rocks and reconstructing past environmental features including changes of sea level. It demonstrates how living foraminifera can be used to monitor modern-day environmental change. Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera presents a comprehensive and global coverage of the subject using all the available literature. It is supported by a website hosting a large database of additional ecological information (www.cambridge.org/0521828392) and will form an important reference for academic researchers and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Foraminifera. --- Benthic animals. --- Benthal animals --- Benthic fauna --- Benthonic animals --- Bottom animals --- Bottom fauna --- Aquatic animals --- Benthos --- Foraminiferea --- Foraminiferida --- Foraminifers --- Forams --- Thalamophora --- Rhizopoda --- Foraminifera --- Benthic animals --- Benthos. --- Benthal organisms --- Benthic organisms --- Benthonic organisms --- Aquatic biology --- Aquatic organisms

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Coastal transitional ecosystems include a wide range of morphological features—i.e., lagoons, wetlands, estuaries, deltas, and so on. According to the Ramsar Convention, “they are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems” and are continually “degraded and converted to other uses”. To protect and restore these highly valuable ecosystems, knowledge of their processes and the assessment of their ecological conditions under anthropogenic pressures is of fundamental importance. The present book contains eight original research papers and a review that provide useful tools to understand the structure and function of transitional waters worldwide. The results allow us to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities and inform stakeholders on the actions that can be taken to manage them. The papers in this book provide different ecological approaches to investigate some main impacts: - benthic and nekton communities were studied to assess the impact of eutrophication and salinity changes; - biological processes in carbon dioxide fluxes were assessed in the framework of climate change; - nekton communities were discussed in relation to habitat morphological degradation; - the role of invasive alien species was considered.

Research & information: general --- SWRO desalination --- brine discharge --- osmotic stress --- coastal monitoring --- impacted coastal systems --- biological communities --- transitional waters --- community matrix --- qualitative model --- species interactions --- freshwater flow --- low salinity zone --- simulation --- ecological assessment --- adaptive management --- biological processes --- air–sea CO2 exchange flux --- net ecosystem production --- potential CO2 emissions --- trophic status --- Changjiang River estuary plume --- nekton --- restoration --- salinity --- predictive models --- biodiversity --- spatial variation --- sediments --- confinement --- saprobity --- organic enrichment --- coastal lagoons --- Mediterranean sea --- Macrophyte Quality Index (MaQI), transitional waters --- uncertainty analysis --- confidence interval --- Kernel standard error --- macroinvertebrates --- eutrophication --- organic pollution --- invasive alien species --- aquatic angiosperms --- environmental restoration --- ecological status --- Venice Lagoon --- coastal lagoon --- morphological alterations --- habitat conservation --- killifishes --- gobies --- Mediterranean Sea --- CO2 flux --- desalinization --- benthic fauna

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Coastal transitional ecosystems include a wide range of morphological features—i.e., lagoons, wetlands, estuaries, deltas, and so on. According to the Ramsar Convention, “they are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems” and are continually “degraded and converted to other uses”. To protect and restore these highly valuable ecosystems, knowledge of their processes and the assessment of their ecological conditions under anthropogenic pressures is of fundamental importance. The present book contains eight original research papers and a review that provide useful tools to understand the structure and function of transitional waters worldwide. The results allow us to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities and inform stakeholders on the actions that can be taken to manage them. The papers in this book provide different ecological approaches to investigate some main impacts: - benthic and nekton communities were studied to assess the impact of eutrophication and salinity changes; - biological processes in carbon dioxide fluxes were assessed in the framework of climate change; - nekton communities were discussed in relation to habitat morphological degradation; - the role of invasive alien species was considered.

Research & information: general --- SWRO desalination --- brine discharge --- osmotic stress --- coastal monitoring --- impacted coastal systems --- biological communities --- transitional waters --- community matrix --- qualitative model --- species interactions --- freshwater flow --- low salinity zone --- simulation --- ecological assessment --- adaptive management --- biological processes --- air–sea CO2 exchange flux --- net ecosystem production --- potential CO2 emissions --- trophic status --- Changjiang River estuary plume --- nekton --- restoration --- salinity --- predictive models --- biodiversity --- spatial variation --- sediments --- confinement --- saprobity --- organic enrichment --- coastal lagoons --- Mediterranean sea --- Macrophyte Quality Index (MaQI), transitional waters --- uncertainty analysis --- confidence interval --- Kernel standard error --- macroinvertebrates --- eutrophication --- organic pollution --- invasive alien species --- aquatic angiosperms --- environmental restoration --- ecological status --- Venice Lagoon --- coastal lagoon --- morphological alterations --- habitat conservation --- killifishes --- gobies --- Mediterranean Sea --- CO2 flux --- desalinization --- benthic fauna