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Ecology --- Research. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecological research --- Biodegradació --- Ecosistemes --- Conservació de la diversitat biològica --- Biocorrosió --- Biodeterioració --- Corrosió biològica --- Degradació biològica --- Descomposició (Biologia) --- Bioquímica --- Descomposició (Química) --- Bioremediació --- Enzims microbians --- Tractament biològic de depuració d'aigües residuals --- Conservació de la biodiversitat --- Preservació de la biodiversitat --- Preservació de la diversitat biològica --- Conservació dels recursos naturals --- Gestió dels ecosistemes --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Ecologia --- Biocenosis

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The Central Andean Altiplane represents a unique extreme environment due to its high altitude, closed basins that modulate the salt pans and saline wetlands surrounded by deserts, as well as the considerable influence of volcanic activity. UV radiation, arsenic content, high salinity, alkalinity and low dissolved oxygen levels, together with extreme daily temperature fluctuations and oligotrophic conditions, shape an environment that resembles the early Earth and, even more, extraterrestrial conditions. By developing simple biofilms stratified microbial mats or complex microbialites, extreme microbial ecosystems, colonize and thrived in different environments like salt flats, wetlands, lakes volcano vents, geysers and deserts. This book presents our current understanding of these amazing ecosystems, providing a basis for their protection and sustainable utilization. The main audience for this book included researchers and graduate students as well as professionals working in the government, mining industry and similar activities.

Extreme environments --- Microbiology. --- Extremophiles (Microbiology) --- Geomicrobiology --- Microbial ecology --- Extremozymes --- Microbial ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Astrobiology. --- Nature conservation. --- Environmental education. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Environmental and Sustainability Education. --- Education --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Astrobiology --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Microbiology --- Conservation --- Origin --- Ecologia microbiana --- Ecosistemes --- Andes --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Ecologia --- Biocenosis --- Ecologia dels microorganismes --- Microbiologia ambiental --- Microbiologia del medi ambient --- Microbiologia --- Biofilms --- Relacions planta-microbi --- Andes (Serralada) --- Serralada dels Andes --- Amèrica del Sud --- Cordillera Occidental (Perú) --- Andes (Regió)

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This book integrates 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers. The Everglades is an iconic ecosystem by virtue of its expanse; diversity of biota; and multiple international designations. Despite this, the Everglades has been subjected to multiple threats including: habitat loss, hydrologic alterations, invasive species and altered water quality. Less well recognized as a threat to Everglades human use and wildlife populations is the toxic metal, mercury. The first half of Volume II focuses on biogeochemistry and factors unique to the Everglades that make it extraordinarily susceptible to mercury methylation following its deposition: warm subtropical climate, shallow depth, high levels of dissolved organic matter, sulfate contamination, nutrient enrichment and sediment redox conditions (for review of atmospheric mercury deposition significance, see Vol. I). The second half of Volume II answers the “so what” question – why biomagnification of the methylmercury produced in the Everglades is a threat to the health of top predators including humans. The results of the synthesis presented in Volume II suggest that the mercury problem in the Florida Everglades is one of the worst in the world due to its areal extent and the degree of risk to ecological receptors and humans.

Restoration ecology --- Ecological restoration --- Ecosystem restoration --- Rehabilitation ecology --- Restoration of ecosystems --- Applied ecology --- Ecosystems. --- Marine sciences. --- Freshwater. --- Environmental chemistry. --- Ecotoxicology. --- Water pollution. --- Marine & Freshwater Sciences. --- Environmental Chemistry. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Ecotoxicology --- Pollutants --- Environmental health --- Toxicology --- Chemistry, Environmental --- Chemistry --- Ecology --- Fresh waters --- Freshwater --- Freshwaters --- Inland water --- Inland waters --- Water --- Ocean sciences --- Aquatic sciences --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Mercuri --- Ecosistemes --- Contaminació --- Florida --- Contaminació ambiental --- Contaminació industrial --- Contaminació química --- Pol·lució --- Influència de l'home en la natura --- Salut pública --- Bioremediació --- Catàstrofes ecològiques --- Contaminació acústica --- Contaminació agrícola --- Contaminació atmosfèrica --- Contaminació de l'aigua --- Contaminació dels sòls --- Contaminació lumínica --- Contaminació microbiana --- Contaminació radioactiva --- Contaminació transfronterera --- Efecte de la contaminació sobre els animals --- Sediments contaminats --- Contaminants --- Descontaminació --- Residus perillosos --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Ecologia --- Biocenosis --- Argent viu --- Metalls líquids --- Compostos de mercuri --- Estado de Florida --- Florida (Estats Units d'Amèrica) --- State of Florida --- Toronita --- Florida (Estats Units d'Amèrica : Estat) --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Miami (Florida) --- Pensacola (Florida) --- Tallahassee (Florida)

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This book owes a great deal to the outstanding universal value of the natural heritage of Hubei Shennongjia, which offers an outstanding example of the ongoing ecological processes occurring in the development of intact subtropical mixed broad-leaved evergreen and deciduous forests in the northern hemisphere. The book demonstrates the value from the typical example of mountain altitudinal biological zones in the Oriental Deciduous Forest Biogeographical Province, and the vital origin location for global temperate flora, harboring the highest concentration of global temperate genera. Moreover, the heritage value in exceptional biodiversity and key habitat for numerous relic, rare, endangered, endemic, and type specimen species are presented. The richness of deciduous woody species in Shennongjia is the highest in the world. .

Biodiversity. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Plant ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Botany --- Floristic ecology --- Phytoecology --- Plants --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Nature conservation --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Natural history --- Ecosistemes --- Biodiversitat --- Reserves forestals --- Xina --- Monuments naturals --- Conservació dels boscos --- Espais naturals protegits --- Boscos --- Silvicultura --- Diversitat biològica --- Diversitat d'ecosistemes --- Diversitat d'espècies --- Diversitat genètica --- Biologia --- Ecologia --- Recursos genètics --- Biogeocenosi --- Comunitats biològiques --- Comunitats biòtiques --- Ecosistemes naturals --- Sistemes ecològics --- Biocenosis --- Cathay --- China --- República de la Xina (1912-1949) --- República Popular de la Xina --- República Popular Xina --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Xina (República : 1912-1949) --- Àsia oriental --- Brahmaputra (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Canton (Xina) --- Guangdong (Xina) --- Hainan (Xina : Sheng) --- Henan (Xina : Sheng) --- Hong Kong (Xina) --- Macau (Xina : Regió administrativa especial) --- Iang-Tsé (Xina : Curs d'aigua) --- Manxúria (Xina : Regió) --- Mongòlia Interior (Xina : Zizhiqu) --- Pequín (Xina) --- Sichuan (Xina : Sheng) --- Tibet (Xina) --- Xinjiang (Xina : Regió) --- Xangai (Xina) --- Yunnan (Xina : Sheng)