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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. European pearl mussel: background information and literature review -- Chapter 3. Materials and methods -- Chapter 4. Results -- Chapter 5. Discussion -- Chapter 6. Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Marine Population Genomics: Challenges and Opportunities -- Part II: Marine Microbes -- Part III: Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Biogeography -- Population Genomics of Marine Zooplankton -- Population Genomics of Early-Splitting Lineages of Metazoans -- Population Genomics and Biogeography of the Northern Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) Using Pooled Sequencing Approaches -- Part IV: Seascape Genomics -- Seascape Genomics: Contextualizing Adaptive and Neutral Genomic Variation in the Ocean Environment -- Part V: Adaptation, Acclimation, and Speciation -- Clinal Adaptation in the Marine Environment -- The Population Genomics of Parallel Adaptation: Lessons from Threespine Stickleback -- Mechanisms of Adaptive Divergence and Speciation in Littorina saxatilis: Integrating Knowledge from Ecology and Genetics with New Data Emerging from Genomic Studies -- Ecological Speciation in Corals -- Environmental Epigenomics and Its Applications in Marine Organisms -- Part VI: Protection, Conservation, and Management of Marine Organisms -- Marine Invasion Genomics: Revealing Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Biological Invasions -- Population Genomics Applied to Fishery Management and Conservation -- Marine Conservation and Marine Protected Areas -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Christopher Clark and Ellen Garland -- Ch 1: Overview. Christopher Clark -- Ch. 2: Anatomy and physiology. Joy Reidenberg -- Ch. 3: Movement, Residency & Migration. Alex Zerbini and Sue Moore,- Ch. 4: Feeding strategies. Ari Friedlaender -- Ch. 5: Molecular genetics. Emma Carroll -- Ch. 6: Social organization. Peter Tyack -- Ch. 7: Ethological and bioacoustic variability. Christopher Clark -- Ch. 8: Baleen whale culture. Ellen Garland and Emma Carroll -- Ch. 9: Blue whale – Global diversity & behavioral variability in a specialist. Ana Sirovic -- Ch. 10: Humpback whale – Global diversity & behavioral plasticity in a court jester. Rebecca Dunlop -- Ch. 11: Humpback whale song - Global diversity & behavioral plasticity in a court jester. Danielle Cholewiak, Sal Cerchio and Ellen Garland -- Ch. 12: Bowhead whale – Acoustic variability in the almost-a-right whale that went north. Kate Stafford -- Ch. 13: Right whales - From north to south, what’s the big difference? Susan Parks -- Ch. 14: Minke Whale – Diversity and variability. Denise Risch -- Ch. 15: Omura’s Whale – An enigma. Sal Cerchio. .

Description / Table of Contents: The Coral Tree at the End of the World: Introductory Notes to Coralline Mythology and Folklore from the Indian and Pacific oceans -- The Marine Animal Forests Of South Africa: Importance For Bioregionalisation And Marine Spatial Planning -- Coral and reef fish communities in the thermally extreme Persian/Arabian Gulf: Insights into potential climate change effects -- Marginal reefs in the Anthropocene: they are not Noah’s Ark -- Animal Forests in Submarine Caves -- The Tubeworm Forests of Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps -- Bryozoans: the ‘forgotten’ bioconstructors -- Polychaetes as habitat former: structure and function -- Chemical war in marine animal forests: Natural products and chemical interactions -- The nursery role of marine animal forests -- From Trees To Octocorals: The Role Of Self-Thinning And Shading In Underwater Animal Forests -- Marine animal forests as Carbon immobilizers or why we should preserve these three-dimensional alive structures -- Invasive alien species and their effects on marine animal forests -- Plastics, an additional threat for coral ecosystems -- Visual methods for monitoring mesophotic-to-deep reefs and animal forests: finding a compromise between analytical effort and result quality -- Advances in the Marine Animal Forests Scientific Outreach and Citizen Science.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Lake Alchichica: History of Human Settlements -- Chapter 2 Geological Evolution of the Alchichica Crater -- Chapter 3 Paleoenvironmental Change in Central Mexico During the Last 20,000 Years -- Chapter 4 Recent Climate of Serdán-Oriental Basin -- Chapter 5 Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Serdán-Oriental Basin and the Lake Alchichica -- Chapter 6 Meteorological Regime, Local Climate, and Hydrodynamics of Lake Alchichica -- Chapter 7 Physicochemical Characteristics -- Chapter 8 The Littoral Environment -- Chapter 9 Aquatic Vegetation -- Chapter 10 The Littoral Community -- Chapter 11 Bacterioplankton -- Chapter 12 -- Phytoplankton of Alchichica: A Unique Community for an Oligotrophic Lake -- Chapter 13 Protozooplankton -- Chapter 14 Metazooplankton: The Joys and Challenges of Living in a Saline, Oligotrophic, Warm Monomictic Lake -- Chapter 15 Alchichica Silverside -- Chapter 16 -- The Axolotl of Alchichica -- Chapter 17 The Deep Benthic Zone. - Chapter 18 Lake Metabolism. - Chapter 19 Lake Food Webs -- Chapter 20 Diversity and Endemisms -- Chapter 21 Conservation Actions -- Chapter 22 Microbialites: Diversity Hotspots in the Mexican Plateau -- Chapter 23 The Lake Alchichica from an Astrobiological Perspective -- Chapter 24 Lake Alchichica Traditions, Myths, and Legends: Interviews with Local Residents. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1: Evolution of Bilateria from a Meiofauna Perspective – Miniaturization in the Focus -- Chapter 2: Meiofauna Shaping Biogeochemical Processes -- Chapter 3: Meiofauna and Biofilms – the Slimy Universe -- Chapter 4: Meiofauna Meets Microbes: Chemosynthetic Symbioses -- Chapter 5: Marine Meiofauna Diversity and Biogeography – Paradigms and challenges -- Chapter 6: Freshwater Meiofauna – a Biota with Different Rules? -- Chapter 7: Hidden Players – Meiofauna Mediates Ecosystem Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Ocean -- Chapter 8: Deep-Sea Meiofauna – a World of its Own or Deeply Connected? -- Chapter 9: Polar Meiofauna – Antipoles or Parallels? -- Chapter 10: Cave Meiofauna - Models for Ecology and Evolution -- Chapter 11: Meiofauna – Adapted to Life at the Limits -- Concluding Remarks -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Evolution – Analisa Berta -- Sensory and cognition – Tentative Colleen Reichmuth and others -- Communication – Isabelle Charrier -- Physiology – Dan Crocker -- Movement – Luis Huckstadt and Ryan Reisinger -- Navigation – Patrick Robinson -- Foraging ecology and behavior – Don Bowen -- Reproductive behavior and lactation strategies – Dan Costa and Jen Maresh -- Breeding behavior – Paddy Pomeroy and Kelly Robinson -- Conservation – Samantha Simmons and others.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Historical Perspectives -- Vertebrates of Upper Mesopotamia: Present Evidence and Archaeological Data -- Fishing Gears and Methods: A Comparison of Ancient Mesopotamia and Other Ancient Worlds -- Ichthyological Characteristics Available in the Fish Images Existed in the Art of the Ancient Mesopotamia -- The Effectiveness of Ancient Mesopotamian Medical Practices: The Example of šūšu-Licorice -- Part II. The Abiotic Aspects of the Tigris–Euphrates River System -- Management of Water Resources Using Storage Reservoirs -- Estimation of Irrigated Agricultural Area and Water Consumption in Iraq -- The Nature of Tigris–Euphrates Rivers Flow: Current Status and Future Prospective -- Streamflow Alteration Impacts with Particular Reference to the Lower Zab River, Tributary of the Tigris River -- Ecohydrology in Iraq: Challenges and its Future Pathways -- Oil Pollution in the Shatt Al-Arab River and its Estuary 1980–2018 -- Pesticides in the Waters, Sediments, and Biota of the Shatt Al-Arab River for the Period 1980–2017 -- Surface Water Salinity of the Euphrates, Tigris, and Shatt al-Arab Rivers -- Renewable Energy for Water–Energy Nexus in Euphrates and Tigris River Basin: A Literature Review -- Impacts of Dams on Aquatic Biodiversity, Fisheries, Fishes and Their Environment: Problems that Could Be Present in Iraq with Recommendations -- Water, Politics and Dams in the Mesopotamia Basin of the Northern Middle East: How Turkey Instrumentalises the South-Eastern Anatolia Project for Political, Military and Strategic Interests -- Dams and their Impacts on Fishes in Iran -- Part III. The Biotic Aspects of the Tigris–Euphrates River System -- Preliminary Review of the Aquatic Biodiversity in Al-Kahla River, Missan Province, Iraq -- Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in Iraq: Importance, Threats, Status, and Conservation Challenges -- Effect of Climate Changes on the Freshwater Biodiversity in the Mesopotamian Plain: Recommendations for Avoidance and Plans for the Future -- River Corridors as a Refuge for Freshwater Biodiversity: Basic Information and Recommendations to the Policymakers for Possible Implications in Iraq -- Biodiversity of Fungi in Aquatic Environment of Iraq -- Potability of Drinking Water in Basra-Iraq -- Algal Studies in Iraqi Inland Waters. A Review -- The Distribution of Epilitic Diatoms in the Turkish Part of the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin -- Plant Biodiversity in Shatt Al-Arab Estuary and Ecological Variations -- Medicinal Plants of Shatt al-Arab River and Adjacent Area -- The Role of Plants as a Canopy in the Inland Waters: Basic Information for Application in Iraq -- The Zooplankton Fauna of the Turkish Part of the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin -- Kinds and Distribution of Icthyoplankton in Shatt Al-Arab River -- Rotifer Diversity in Iranian Waters: A Review -- Biodiversity of the Freshwater Amphipods in Iran -- The Freshwater Molluscs of the Mesopotamian Plain -- Freshwater Annelida of Iraq -- A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages -- Fish Fauna of Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq: A More than Quarter a Century of Changes -- The Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio: Effect on the Environment and the Indigenous Fish Species in Iraq -- The Good and the Bad in Releasing the Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Freshwater System: Recommendations for the Policymakers in Iraq -- The Avifauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin -- The Feasible Approaches to Assist Migratory Birds Visiting the Southern Reaches of Mesopotamia -- A Proposal for Establishing Bird Observatory Centre in the South of Iraq -- The Potential Role of Waterbirds as a Vector in Dispersing Invertebrates and Plants in the South of Iraq -- The Wild Mammals of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Basin -- The Amphibians and Reptiles of Euphrates and Tigris Basin -- A Preliminary Pictorial Guide to the Herpetofauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin -- Policy Guidance for Sustainable Aquaculture in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- How Possible to Use the Desert Area in Iraq for Aquaculture Industry: Basic Facts and Recommondations -- Aquaculture Industry in Iraq: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives -- Towards an Improved Tilapia Farming in Iraq: Recommendations for Future Application -- Information and Recommendations of Aquaculture Stress and its Source in Hatcheries: The Iraqi Aquaculture Industry Investors -- Exotic and Invasive Freshwater Fishes in the Tigris-Euphrates River System -- Part IV. Water Resources -- The Ecology and Modelling of the Freshwater Ecosystems in Iran -- Enhancing Rural Women’s Participation in Fisheries in Iraq -- The Impact of Destructive Fishing Gear on the Fish Biodiversity in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- Evaluating Variations in Fisheries by Means of Fishers’ Information: Suggested Methodology to Improve Small-Scale Fisheries in Rivers in Iraq -- A Possibility to Apply a Traditional Fisheries Enforcement Programme in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- Market-Resource Relations and Fish Seller Livelihood as Seen in Inland Waters of Iraq -- The Potential Impact of Deformities in Fishes upon Aquatic Production: Case of Iraq -- The Impact of some Social Taboos on Fisheries in Iraq -- Inland Water Fishes and Fisheries in Iran -- The Possibility of Introducing an Inland Fisheries Education in Iraq -- The Marine and Diadromous Fisheries of Iraq -- Part V. Stress of the Environment of the Two Rivers -- Fish Deformities in the Freshwater Fishes of Iraq: A Short Review and a Study Case on the Indian Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis -- The Phenomenon of Fluctuating Asymmetry: As Fish Welfare Indicator Represented by Case Study from the Freshwater Fishes of Iraq -- The Studies on Sediments Pollution by Different Types of Metals in Turkey -- Macroplastic and Microplastic in the Freshwater Environment of Southern Iraq: Evidences Obtained from Freshwater Fish Species -- Heavy Metals in Freshwater Invertebrates of Iran: A Review on the Bioaccumulation and Effects -- Fish Parasites of Tigris and Euphrates River Systems -- The Parasites of Fishes of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers: Iraq and Turkey -- Ornamental Fishes: A Looming Danger for Inland Fish Diversity of Iraq -- Part VI. The Health of the Human Community Inhabiting Freshwater Zones -- Aquatic Snails as a Vector of Diseases to the Human in Iran -- Death by Drowning in Rivers in Iraq -- The Dangerous Catfish Species in the Freshwater System of Iraq: First Time Reports on Cases of Envenomation -- Fish Species of the Order Cypriniformes as a Source of Ichthyootoxin and Ichthyogallotoxin in Iraq: Cases Reports -- First Reports on Cases of Hallucinatory Fish Poisoning (Ichthyoallyeinotoxism) and Scombrotoxic Fish Poisoning in Iraq -- Part. VII. Conservation -- Freshwater Management and Conservation in Iran: Past, Present, and Future -- The Need of Biodiversity Conservation Strategies in Iraq: The State of Protected Areas -- Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Turkey -- Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation in Iraq: Recommendations for Management -- Utilising Phenotypic Difference to Regulate Protection Value: A Scheme for Application of a Novel Approach to the Inland Water of Iraq -- Hatchery-Reared Fish Stocks Released into the Wild: A Conservation Problem as Seen in a Case Study from Iraq -- Part VIII. Social Perspectives -- Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? An Appraisal of the Four Decades of Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) -- Part IX. Food Security -- How Possible to Build Rice–Fish Farming in Iraq in order to Support Food Security Plan: Positive and the Negative Aspects -- The Importance of Non-commercial and Small-Sized Fish Species: A Proposal for an Additional Revenue to Iraq -- Sociocultural Aspects Influence Food Consumption Habits in Iraq: Management of Food Security -- A Preliminary Investigation of Determinants of Food Security in Rural Areas of Basrah Province, Iraq.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1_ An Introduction to the Functions and Ecosystems Services associated with aquatic macrophytes -- Chapter 2_ Factors structuring Aquatic Macrophytes -- Chapter 3_ Aquatic Macrophytes: Ecology, Function and Services in Niger Delta, Nigeria -- Chapter 4_ Environmental and Ecological Importance of Indian Aquatic Macrophytes -- Chapter 5_ Macrophytes used as complementary medicines for curing human ailments to facilitate livelihood opportunities -- Chapter 6_ Macrophytes and their role in wetland ecosystems -- Chapter 7_ Ecotoxicology of REEs in aquatic macrophytes and prospect for bioremediation of REEs -- Chapter 8_ Efficiency of Aquatic Plants for Remediation of Wastewater -- Chapter 9_ Phytoremediation of organic contaminants: An ecofriendly approach based application of aquatic macrophytes -- Chapter 10_ Remediation of heavy metals by different aquatic macrophytes -- Chapter 11_ Translocations of heavy metals in aquatic macrophytes naturally grown in the riverine ecosystem -- Chapter 12_ Enhanced Effluent Treatment and Bioelectricity Generation Using Coupled Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell (CW-MFC) Technology: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 13_ Role of microbial communities and aquatic macrophytes in constructed wetlands for tannery wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 14_ Role of plant-bacteria association in constructed wetlands for the removal of iron (Fe) from contaminated water. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Insights from Cuban Coral Reefs -- Part II. History -- Chapter 2. Research History of Corals and Coral Reefs in Cuba -- Part III. Description -- Chapter 3. Physical-Geographic Characteristics of Cuban Reefs -- Chapter 4. Outline of the Geology, Geomorphology and Evolution of the Late Qua-ternary Shelf and Uplifted Marine Terraces of Cuba; Tectonic and Sea Level Control of Present Day Coral Reef Distribution -- Chapter 5. A Remote Sensing Appraisal of the Extent and Geomorphological Diversity of the Coral Reefs of Cuba -- Part IV. Biota -- Chapter 6. Macrophytes Associated with Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 7. Sponges: Conspicuous Inhabitants of the Cuban Coral Reefs and Their Potential as Bioindicators of Contamination -- Chapter 8. Species List of Cuban Stony Corals: Class Anthozoa, Order Scleractinia; Class Hydrozoa, Suborders Capitata and Filifera -- Chapter 9. Octocoral Forests: Distribution, Abundance, and Species Richness in Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 10. Current State of Knowledge of Reef Mollusks in Cuba -- Chapter 11. Herbivory on Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 12. Chronology of the Lionfish Invasion in Cuba and Evaluation of Impacts on Native Reef Fishes -- Chapter 13. Sharks and Rays in Cuban Coral Reefs: Ecology, Fisheries, and Conservation -- Chapter 14. Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Cuba -- Part V. Ecology, Conservation and Management -- Chapter 15. Status of Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 16. Population Genetics of Cuba’s Scleractinian Corals -- Chapter 17. Multiple Cumulative Effects on Coral Reefs of the Northwestern Cuban Region -- Chapter 18. Guanahacabibes National Park: Research, Monitoring and Man-Agement for the Conservation of Coral Reefs -- Chapter 19. Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve: Integrating Science with the Management of Coral Reefs -- Chapter 20. Coral Reefs in Cuban Marine Protected Areas -- Part VI. Economic Valuation -- Chapter 21. Economic Valuation of the Coral Reefs of Jardines de la Reina and Punta Francés National Parks, Cuba -- Chapter 22. The Economic Value of Coral Reefs in the Context of Marine Protected Areas: Experiences of the South Cuban Archipelago Project -- Chapter 23. Fish Can Be More Valuable Alive Than Dead.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Global View of the Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the World -- Chapter 2. Biology, Ecology and Threats to Cold-Water Corals on Brazil’s Deep-Sea Margin -- Chapter 3. Cold-Water Corals of the World: Gulf of Mexico -- Chapter 4. Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the Southeastern United States -- Chapter 5. Norwegian Coral Reefs -- Chapter 6. Waters of Ireland and the UK -- Chapter 7. Life and Death of Cold-Water Corals across the Mediterranean Sea -- Chapter 8. Cold-Water Coral Reefs in the Oxygen Minimum Zones off West Africa -- Chapter 9. New Zealand: South West Pacific Region -- Chapter 10. Deep-Sea Corals of the North and Central Pacific Seamounts.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Fish Resources and Fishing Areas of the Western Balkans -- Chapter 1. Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Slovenia, Management, Sustainability and Conservation -- Chapter 2. Inland Fisheries in Croatia: Historical Aspects, Fish Resources, Management and Conservation -- Chapter 3. Fish Resources and Fisheries in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Overview, Sustainability, and Conservation -- Chapter 4. Inland Fisheries in Serbia: Historical Aspect, Fish Resources, Management and Conservation -- Chapter 5. The Freshwater Fish Resources and Freshwater Fisheries of Montenegro, Management, Sustainability and Conservation – With a Special Perspective on Lake Skadar -- Chapter 6. Fish and Fisheries of the Republic of North Macedonia, Current Situation and Its Perspective -- Chapter 7. Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Albania, Management, Sustainability and Conservation -- Part II. Some Fish Species of the Western Balkans Important for Fisheries and Conservation -- Chapter 8. Freshwater Crayfish of Western Balkan: Is It Possible to Use Them Sustainably or Do They Need Prompt Conservation Actions? -- Chapter 9. Salmonid Fish Species – Opportunities for Sustainable Use under Multiple Pressures and Current Climatic Change -- Chapter 10. Past and Future of Sturgeon Species (Acipenseridae) in Western Balkans – Case for Permanent Conservation or Sustainable Management -- Part III. Effects of Stressors on Inland Water Ecosystems and Fish Resources -- Chapter 11. Eutrophication of Fishing Waters and the Influence of Cyanobacterial Occurrence and Blooming on Fish Resources – Case Studies in Serbia -- Chapter 12. Pollution of Fishing Waters of the Western Balkan – Potentially Toxic Elements and Their Impact on the Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources -- Chapter 13. Invasive Macroinvertebrate and Fish Species and Their Impact on Fish Resources: A Case Study on Fishing Waters of Serbia -- Part IV. Fish Stock Assessment Methods -- Chapter 14. A Brief Overview of the Development of the ES-HIPPO Model for Assessing the Sustainability and Conservation Priorities of Fish, Fish Resources, and Inland Water Habitats -- Part V. Conservation and Aquaculture -- Chapter 15. Тhe Role and Importance of Aquaculture for the Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources in the Inland Water of Serbia -- Chapter 16. Huchen Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) in Croatia: Distribution, Genetic Diversity, Threats and Conservation -- Chapter 17. Future Perspective of Sustainable Development of Freshwater Fisheries and Conservation of Threatened Fish Species, Crustaceans and Molluscs -- Part VI. Social Aspect -- Chapter 18. Political and Socio-Economic aspects of Fisheries in Inland and Coastal Waters of the Western Balkan -- Chapter 19. Fish Resources of the Western Balkans, Sustainable Use and/or Conservation?.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Using the Concepts and Tools of Social Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Services to Advance the Practice of Ecosystem-Based Management -- Part II. Foundational Concepts -- Advancing Aquatic Ecosystem-Based Management with Full Consideration of the Social-Ecological System -- Ecosystem-Based Management: Moving from Concept to Practice -- From DPSIR the DAPSI(W)R(M) Emerges… a Butterfly – ‘protecting the natural stuff and delivering the human stuff’ -- The Promise and Pitfalls of Ecosystem Services Classification and Valuation -- Approaches for Estimating the Supply of Ecosystem Services: Concepts for Ecosystem-Based Management in Coastal and Marine Environments -- The Final Ecosystem Goods & Services (FEGS) Approach: A Beneficiary-Centric Method to Support Ecosystem-Based Management -- Part III. Tools and Techniques -- Ecosystem-Based Management and Natural Capital Accounting -- Establishing a Common Framework for Strategic Communications in Ecosystem-Based Management and the Natural Science -- Prioritizing Stakeholders, Beneficiaries, and Environmental Attributes: A Tool for Ecosystem-Based Management -- Linkage Frameworks: An Exploration Tool for Complex Systems in Ecosystem-Based Management -- Projecting Changes to Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystem Goods and Services – Models and Tools -- An Integrated Multi-Model Decision Support Framework for Evaluating Ecosystem-Based Management Options for Coupled Human-Natural Systems -- Mathematical Modeling for Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) Assessment -- The Ecosystem Services Gradient: A Descriptive Model for Identifying Levels of Meaningful Change -- Rapid Benefit Indicator Tools -- Part IV. Governance -- The Ecosystem Approach in International Marine Environmental Law and Governance -- Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Ecosystem Services in EU Law, Policy and Governance -- Ecosystem Services in U.S. Environmental Law and Governance for the Ecosystem-Based Management Practitioner -- Unravelling the Relationship between Ecosystem-Based Management, Integrated Coastal Zone Management And Marine Spatial Planning -- Part V. Case Studies -- Models and Mapping Tools to Inform Resilience Planning After Disasters: A Case Study of Hurricane Sandy and Long Island Ecosystem Services -- Ecosystem-Based Management to Support Conservation and Restoration Efforts in the Danube Basin -- Combining Methods to Establish Potential Management Measures for Invasive Species Elodea nutallii in Lough Erne Northern Ireland -- Mitigating Negative Unintended Impacts on Biodiversity in the Natura 2000 Vouga Estuary (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) -- Ecosystem-Based Management for More Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study on the Faial-Pico Channel Marine Protected Area, Azores -- Using Stakeholder Engagement, Translational Science and Decision Support Tools for Ecosystem-Based Management in the Florida Everglades -- Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites -- Predicting Future Vegetated Landscapes Under Climate Change: Application of the Environmental Stratification Methodology to Protected Areas in the Lower Mekong Basin.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Geological history and transition of the biota of Lake Biwa -- 2. Biodiversity of Lake Biwa -- 3. Ecological changes in Lake Biwa -- 4. History of the relationship between people and Lake Biwa -- 5.The use of Lake Biwa and people’s lifestyle -- 6. Evolving issues toward improvement of Lake Biwa – Yodo river basin governance -- 7. Environmental conservation of Lake Biwa.

Description / Table of Contents: Chance, Choice and Cichlids -- Frontiers in Cichlid Research: A History of Scientific Advancement -- Ecological Opportunity, Genetic Variation, and the Origins of African Cichlid Radiations -- Evolution in the Fast Lane: Diversity, Ecology, and Speciation of Cichlids in the lower Congo River -- Neotropical Riverine Cichlids: Adaptive Radiation and Macroevolution at Continental Scales -- Sympatric and Allopatric Diversification in the Adaptive Radiation of Midas Cichlids in Nicaraguan Lakes -- The Consequences of Anthropogenic Stressors on Cichlid Fish Communities: Revisiting Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Nabugabo -- Rapid Evolutionary Responses in Cichlids: Genetics of Adaptation, Morphology and Taxonomic Implications -- Identifying and Conserving Tilapiine Cichlid Species in the 21st Century -- Introduced Cichlids in the Americas: Distribution Patterns, Invasion Ecology, and Impacts -- The Evolutionary Ecology of Cichlid Vision -- The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System of Cichlid Fishes: From Anatomy to Behavior -- Sonic Cichlids -- The Evolution of Enhanced Cichlid Hearing: Functional Morphology and the Role of Ecoacoustical Factors -- Parental Care in Cichlid Fishes -- Cichlids as a model system for studying social behaviour and evolution -- Integrative Neurobiology of Social Behavior in Cichlid Fish -- Respiratory Ecology of Cichlids -- Feeding Ecology of Lake Tanganyika Cichlids -- Patterns of Trophic Evolution: Integration and Modularity of the Cichlid Skull -- An Evo-devo View of Post-genomic African Cichlid Biology: Enhanced Models for Evolution and Biomedicine.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- The Bahía Blanca Estuary in a regional context -- Geography of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Physical Oceanography of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Bahía Blanca Estuary: a chemical oceanographic approach -- Plankton ecology and biodiversity in the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Biology and ecology of the benthic algae -- The intertidal meiobenthos of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- The intertidal soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates -- Taxonomic and functional approach of subtidal macrobenthic communities in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina) -- Shrimps and prawns -- Ecology and biology of the fish assemblages -- The Bahia Blanca Estuary and importance of the wetlands for the conservation of see turtles -- Shorebirds and Seabirds’ Ecology and Conservation -- Marine mammals: is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and its area of influence important for their conservation? -- Use of coastal area habitats by land mammals -- Coastal wetlands of the Bahía Blanca Estuary. Landscape structure and plant associations -- Environmental diagnosis of the protected coastal areas of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Small-scale artisanal fishers and socio-environmental conflicts in estuarine and coastal wetlands -- Estuarine environmental monitoring programs: long term studies -- Environmental education: mud and salt classrooms -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Habitat: Sunlit Rocky Grounds -- Habitat: Shady Rocky Grounds -- Habitat: Dark Caves -- Habitat: Intertidal Zone -- Habitat: Sandy Grounds -- Habitat: Seagrass -- Habitat: Muddy Grounds -- Habitat: Open Waters -- Humans and the Sea.

Description / Table of Contents: The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems: An Overview -- Multi-scale Biophysical Factors Driving Plant Litter Dynamics in Streams -- Stoichiometry of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems -- Global Patterns of Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Plant Litter Decomposition in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams -- Plant Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems Compared to Streams -- Biodiversity and Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- The Role of Key Plant Species on Litter Decomposition in Streams: Alder as Experimental Model -- Linking Microbial Decomposer Diversity to Plant Litter Decomposition and Associated Processes in Streams -- The Role of Macro Invertebrates on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- The role of Microscopically Small Invertebrates in Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Individual and Interacting Effects of Elevated CO2, Warming, and Hydrologic Intensification on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Causes and Consequences of Changes in Riparian Vegetation for Plant Litter Decomposition Throughout River Networks -- Effects of Exotic Tree Plantations on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Salt Modulates Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems -- Pathways, Mechanisms and Consequences of Nutrient-stimulated Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- How Toxicants Influence Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- The Construction of Plant Litter Decomposition Curves -- Design and Analysis of Laboratory Experiments on Aquatic Plant Litter Decomposition -- Plant Litter Decomposition as a Tool for Stream Ecosystem Assessment -- Plant Litter Decomposition as a Contributor to Stream Ecosystem Service Provision.

Description / Table of Contents: Neuroethological background of marine mammal complexity -- Social extremes and their relation to anthropogenic stress -- Lone, sociable marine mammals and their influence on human attitudes -- Efforts of conserving marine mammals (spaces excluded) -- Conserving marine mammal spaces and habitats -- Conservation relevance of marine mammal social learning and culture -- Marine mammal migrations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Aquaculture Productivity Enhancement through Advanced Technologies -- 2 Indigenous fishes as valued genetic resources -- 3 Applications of Next Generation Sequencing in Aquaculture and Fisheries -- 4 Genome Sequencing in Fishes -- 5 Omics in Aquaculture -- 6 Gowth Hormone Transgenesis in Aquaculture -- 7 Genome Editing in Fish Reproduction -- 8 Metabolomics: a Novel Technology for Health Management in Aquaculture -- 9 Epigenetics: Perspectives and Potential in Aquaculture -- 10 Application of Stem Cell Based Technologies in Management of Fisheries Resources -- 11 Molecular Markers in Fisheries and Aquaculture -- 12 Microsatellite Markers for Fish Conservation -- 13 Cryopreservation in Aquaculture -- 14 Nanobiotechnology: Prospects and Applications in Aquaculture -- 15 Application of Nanotechnology for Abiotic Stress Management in Aquaculture -- 16 Nutritional biotechnology to augment aquaculture production -- 17 Colour enhancement in ornamental fishes -- 18 Immunoprophylactic Measures in Aquaculture -- 19 DNA Vaccines for Fish -- 20 Bacteriophage Therapy in Aquaculture: An Overview -- 21 Disease Diagnostic Tools for Health Management in Aquaculture -- 22 Prospect and Challenges of Biofloc Technology for Sustainable Aquaculture Development -- 23 Biofilm in Aquaculture Production -- 24 Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment -- 25 Effects of Pharmaceutical Waste in Aquatic Life -- 26 Biosafety and Biosecurity for Sustainable Aquaculture Development -- 27 Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Shrimps in Aquaculture -- 28 Enzymes from Aquatic Resources and their Application in Food and Cosmetic Industry -- 29 Biotechnological approaches to valorization of aquaculture bio-wastes and their biomedical applications. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Introduction to the Brazilian Deep-Sea biodiversity -- 2. Water masses and oceanic circulation of the Brazilian continental margin and adjacent abyssal plain -- 3. Continental slope and submarine canyons: benthic biodiversity and human impacts -- 4. Brazilian deep-sea corals -- 5. Chemosynthetic ecosystems on the Brazilian deep-sea margin -- 6. Deep-sea microbes in the Southwestern Atlantic -- 7. The scientific explorations of the deep-sea fishes in Brazil: the known knowns, the known unknowns, and the unknown unknowns -- 8. Living and non-living resources in Brazilian deep waters -- Index -- .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The future of food from the sea -- Chapter 2.The Expected Impacts of Climate Change on the Ocean Economy -- Chapter 3. What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable Energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainalble Future? -- Chapter 4. The Ocean Genome: Conservation and the Fair, Equitable and Sustainable Use of Marine Genetic Resources -- Chapter 5. Leveraging Multi-Target Strategies to Address Plastic Pollution in the Context of an Already Stressed Ocean -- Chapter 6. Technology, Data and New Models for Sustainably Managing Ocean Resources -- Chapter 7. Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements -- Chapter 8. National Accounting for the Ocean and Ocean Economy -- Chapter 9. Ocean Finance -- Chapter 10. Critical Habitats and Biodiversity: Inventory, Threshold and Governance -- Chapter 11. The Human Relationship with Our Ocean Planet -- Chapter 12. The Ocean Transition: What to Learn from System Transitions -- Chapter 13. Towards Ocean Equity -- Chapter 14. Integrated Ocean Management -- Chapter 15. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Drivers -- Chapter 16. Organised Crime Associated with Fisheries -- Chapter 17. The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action -- Chapter 18. A Sustainable Ocean Economy for 2050: Approximating Its Benefits and Costs -- Chapter 19. A Sustainable & Equitable Blue Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis -- Chapter 20. Ocean Solutions That Benefit People, Nature and the Economy -- Chapter 21. Transformations for a Sustainable Ocean Economy: A Vision for Protection, Production and Prosperity.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Morphology of Free-living Nematode -- Chapter 3. Materials and Methods -- Chapter 4. Systematics and taxanomy -- Chapter 5. Order Araeolaimida De Coninck & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1933 -- Chapter 6. Order Chromadorida Chitwood, 1933 -- Chapter 7. Order Desmodorida De Coninck, 1965 -- Chapter 8. Order Desmoscolecida Filipjev, 1929 -- Chapter 9. Order Monhysterida Filipjev, 1929 -- Chapter 10. Order Plectida Gadea, 1973 -- Chapter 11. Order Enoplida Filipjev, 1929 -- Index to families, genera and species.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction and Background -- Chapter 2. Anthropogenic Environmental Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Western and South-Western Pacific Ocean -- Chapter 3. Advances in Coral Biology -- Chapter 4. Reef Ecology in the Western Pacific for Adaptation to Global Change -- Chapter 5. Biogeochemical Dynamics of Coral Reef Systems -- Chapter 6. Environmental and Climate Proxies Embedded in Coral Skeletons -- Chapter 7. Synthesis and Future Perspectives on the Coral Reefs in the Western Pacific Region.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age -- Incorporating Genetic Measures of Connectivity and Adaptation in Marine Spatial Planning for Corals -- Maximizing Genetic Diversity in Coral Restoration Projects -- Identifying, Monitoring, and Managing Adaptive Genetic Variation in Reef-Building Corals Under Rapid Climate Warming -- Selective Breeding to Enhance the Adaptive Potential of Corals -- Coral Conservation from the Genomic Perspective on Symbiodiniaceae Diversity and Function in the Holobiont -- Dynamics of Bacterial Communities on Coral Reefs: Implications for Conservation -- Increasing Coral thermal Bleaching Tolerance via the Manipulation of Associated Microbes -- Epigenetics and Acquired Tolerance to Environmental Stress -- Can Gene Expression Studies Inform Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration? -- A Need for Reverse Genetics to Study Coral Biology and Inform Conservation Efforts -- Informing Coral Reef Conservation Through Metabolomic Approaches -- Environmental DNA for Biodiversity Monitoring of Coral Reefs -- Cryopreservation to Conserve Genetic Diversity of Reef-Building Corals -- Synthesis: Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age.

Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1. Rivers in the Anthropocene -- 2. Streamflow -- 3. Fluvial Geomorphology -- 4. Stream Chemistry -- 5. The Abiotic Environment -- 6. Primary Producers -- 7. Detrital Energy and the Decompposition of Organic Matter -- 8. Stream Microbial Ecology -- 9. Trophic Relationships -- 10. Species Interactions -- 11. Lotic Communities -- 12.Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Aquatic Communities -- 13. Nutrient Dynamics -- 14. Carbon Dynamics and Stream Ecosystem Metabolism -- 15. How We Manage Rivers, And Why. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Shrimps: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Structure and Function -- Chapter 3. The Families of Decapod Shrimps -- Chapter 4. Shrimp Hygiene: Antifouling Adaptations -- Chapter 5. Coloration, Color Change and Camouflage -- Chapter 6. Reproduction -- Chapter 7. Sexual Systems -- Chapter 8. Mating Systems -- Chapter 9. Life Histories -- Chapter 10. Symbioses -- Chapter 11. Fisheries and Aquaculture -- Chapter 12. Evolutionary History and Relationships of Shrimps.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Relevance of Anthropogenic Factors to Coral Reef Conservation in the Coastal Areas of the East China Sea -- Chapter 2. Transitional Coral Ecosystem of Taiwan in the Era of Changing Climate -- Chapter 3. Dynamics of Coral Reef Communities in the Sekisei Lagoon, Japan, Following the Severe Mass Bleaching Event of 2016 -- Chapter 4. Succession and Emergence of Corals in High-Latitude (Temperate) Areas of Eastern Asia into the Future -- Chapter 5. Succession and Spread of Coral Diseases and Coral-Killing Sponges with Special Reference to Microbes in Southeast Asia and Adjacent Waters -- Chapter 6. Succession of Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Reef-Building Corals -- Chapter 7. Anthropogenic Stresses in Coral Reefs and Adjacent Ecosystems of the East China Sea -- Chapter 8. Development of a Compact Experimental System for Ecotoxicological Experiments on Acropora spp. -- Chapter 9. Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals on Hermatypic Corals with Special Reference to Gene Expression -- Chapter 10. Perspective for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the East China Sea.

Description / Table of Contents: What can we infer about the behavior of extinct sirenians -- Sensory and morphological adaptation for an aquatic lifestyle -- Diving and foraging behaviors. Lucy Keith-Diagne, African Aquatic Conservation Fund -- Movement behaviors. Chip Deutsch, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission -- Historical and current interactions with humans from the perspective of sirenian ethology and behavioral ecology -- Likely impacts of climate change on sirenian behavior -- Implications of sirenian behavior for conservation and management.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Biotechnology in Fisheries -- Chapter 2 Nucleic Acids -- Chapter 3 Gene and Genetic Code -- Chapter 4 Mutations and their Implications -- Chapter 5 Gene Regulation and Expression in Prokaryotes -- Chapter 6 Gene Regulation and Expression in Eukaryotes -- Chapter 7 Epigenetics -- Chapter 8 RNA in Gene Regulation -- Chapter 9 Recombinant DNA Technology -- Chapter 10 Transgenic Fish Production -- Chapter 11 Animal Cell Culture -- Chapter 12 Hybridoma Technology -- Chapter 13 Cryopreservation Technology in Fishes -- Chapter 14 Molecular Techniques -- Chapter 15 Molecular Markers -- Chapter 16 Biosensors -- Chapter 17 Bioremediation -- Chapter 18 Bioprocess Engineering in Fisheries -- Chapter 19 Bioprospecting in Fisheries -- Chapter 20 Bioinformatics- Databases and Formats -- Chapter 21 Sequence Retrieval, Manipulation, Analysis -- Chapter 22 Bioinformatic Tools and Techniques -- Chapter 23 Genomics and its Application in Fisheries.