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Subtropical Convergence Environments: The Coast and Sea in the Southwestern Atlantic
Ulrich Seeliger
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Subtropical convergence regions in the southwestern Atlantic have a high biological productivity, and are important as nursery and feeding areas and as reproduction grounds for fishery stocks of subtropical and antarctic origin. This book represents the first multidisciplinary treatise of this large and complex marine ecosystem. It analyses how subtropical convergence and land-sea interactions influence the coast, and sea and their biota. Synthesizing the rapidly expanding information, it provides a comprehensive appraisal of the biological resources, an assessment of their sustainable exploitation, and an evaluation of oceanographic processes. An inventory of all marine taxa in the southwestern Atlantic is ... Read more
Subtropical convergence regions in the southwestern Atlantic have a high biological productivity, and are important as nursery and feeding areas and as reproduction grounds for fishery stocks of subtropical and antarctic origin. This book represents the first multidisciplinary treatise of this large and complex marine ecosystem. It analyses how subtropical convergence and land-sea interactions influence the coast, and sea and their biota. Synthesizing the rapidly expanding information, it provides a comprehensive appraisal of the biological resources, an assessment of their sustainable exploitation, and an evaluation of oceanographic processes. An inventory of all marine taxa in the southwestern Atlantic is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642644184
SKU
V9783642644184
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Subtropical Convergence Environments: The Coast and Sea in the Southwestern Atlantic
From the reviews: The general understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems like coasts and seas themselves is continuously evolving. ... The authors of this book have made an attempt to synthesize the rapidly expanding database ... . will be useful to many different readers including ecologists and other scientists, resource managers, students and interested laypersons. ... ... Read more