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Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Southern Baltic Coastal Systems Analysis: Questions, Conceptions and Red Threads -- Chapter 2. Coastal Ecosystems from a Social-Ecological Perspective -- Part II. Ecological Structures and Functions of the German Baltic Sea Coast -- Chapter 3. The Abiotic Background: Climatic, Hydrological and Geological Conditions of the Southern Baltic -- Chapter 4. Geological and Sedimentary Conditions -- Chapter 5. Environmental Conditions at the Coast: The Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Chapter 6. Environmental Conditions at the Coast: Shoreline Ecosystems -- Chapter 7. Ecosystem and Landscape Functions of the Coast: Recent Research Results -- Chapter 8: Benthic Habitats and Their Inhabitants -- Part III. Ecological Structures and Functions of Coastal Water and Offshore Ecosystems -- Chapter 9. Introducing the Ecological Aspects -- Chapter 10. Baltic Sea Aquatic Ecosystems in a Gradient from Land to Open Sea -- Chapter 11. Comparison of Abiotic Parameters and Dominant Primary Producers Between the Two Main Investigation Areas -- Chapter 12. Short-Term Variability, Long-Term Trends and Seasonal Aspects in the Darß-Zingst Bodden Chain -- Chapter 13. Carbon Fluxes/Food-Webs: Effect of Macrophytes on Food Web Characteristics in Coastal Lagoons -- Chapter 14. Ecological Structure in Benthic Habitats of Offshore Waters -- Chapter 15. Patterns of Bioturbation and Associated Matter Fluxes -- Chapter 16. Seasonal Aspects and Short-Term Variability of the Pelagic Offshore Ecosystems -- Chapter 17. Long-Term Trends of the Offshore Ecosystems -- Chapter 18. Nutrient and Limitation Regimes in Coastal Water Ecosystems -- Part IV. Combining the Aspects: Ecosystem Service Assessment -- Chapter 19. The Human Factor: Coastal Social-Ecological Systems -- Chapter 20. Introduction: The Concept of Ecosystem Service Assessment Applied to Coastal Systems -- Chapter 21. The Missing Links in Ecosystem Service Research -- Chapter 22. Eudaimonic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services -- Chapter 23. Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services -- Chapter 24. Spatial Ecosystem Service Assessment Across the Land-Sea-Interface -- Chapter 25. Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystem Services Provision: Approach and Examples -- Chapter 26. Assessing Temporal Changes in Ecosystem Service Provisions: Conceiving Future Pathways -- Part V. Synthesis: Assessment as a Tool for Managing Coastal Ecosystems? -- Chapter 27. Applying the Integrated Approach -- Chapter 28. Mechanisms of Ecosystem Service Production: An Outcome of Ecosystem Functions and Ecological Integrity in Coastal Lagoons -- Chapter 29. Ecosystem Service Assessment in European Coastal and Marine Policies -- Chapter 30. Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development: The Case for Strong Sustainability -- Chapter 31. Concluding Remarks.

Description / Table of Contents: Identification Key: Freshwater Invertebrates -- Sponges: Porifera -- Cnidarians: Cnidaria -- Flatworms: Platyhelminthes -- Hairybacks: Gastrotricha; Water Bears: Tardigrada -- Rotifers: Rotifera -- Horsehair Worms: Nematomorpha; Roundworms: Nematoda -- Snails, Limpets and Mussels: Mollusca -- Segmented Worms: Annelida -- Aquatic Spiders and Mites: Chelicerata -- Crustaceans: Crustacea -- Springtails: Collembola -- Mayflies: Ephemeroptera -- Dragonflies and Damselflies: Odonata -- Stoneflies: Plecoptera -- Water Bugs: Heteroptera -- Beetles: Coleoptera -- Sialidae, Osmylidae, Sisyridae -- Caddisflies: Trichoptera -- Moths: Lepidoptera -- True Flies: Diptera -- Moss Animals: Bryozoa.

Description / Table of Contents: Intro: Navigating Patagonian freshwaters- and this book -- 1: Are freshwaters wetlands? -- 2: Patagonian Andean lakes and climate change -- 3: Current state and recent changes of glaciers in the Patagonian Andes (35 °S to 55°S) -- 4: Biogeographical patterns of Patagonian freshwater microbiota -- 5: Extreme freshwater ecosystems from Patagonia: The Copahue-Agrio system -- 6: Mercury in aquatic systems of North Patagonia: sources, processes and trophic transfer -- 7: Diversity patterns across aquatic communities from peat bogs -- 8: Hydrologic Systems, water uses and emerging conflicts around freshwater availability in Patagonia -- 9: Land-use effects on aquatic ecosystems: An overview of environmental impacts and tools for ecological assessment -- 10: Patagonian wetlands: vertientes, vegas, mallines,turberas and lagunas -- 11: Fish and fisheries of the Patagonian steppe -- 12: Invasive species: The case of Didymosphenia geminata in Neuquén Province -- 13: Influence of the fish introduction in lakes of the arid Patagonia -- 14: Patagonian cultural limnology: knowledge and water management in Mapuche rural communities -- 15: Political Ecology, water valoration and Water Law deliberation in the Province of Tierra del Nacional de Tierra del Fuego -- 16: Freshwater systems in protected areas in Patagonia -- 17: Amphibians and waterbirds as bridges to conserve aquatic and terrestrial habitat in Patagonia -- 18: Integrated long term conservation strategies to recover the critically endangered Hooded Grebe (Podiceps gallardoi),an endemic waterbird of Austral Patagonia -- Conclusion: Reaching out for the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals in Patagonia.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Who are the marine mammals? -- Chapter 2. Marine mammal acoustics -- Chapter 3. Whaling, seal culling, and the effect of fisheries on marine mammals -- Chapter 4. Plastic debris and its impacts on marine mammals -- Chapter 5. Chemical pollution and diseases of marine mammals -- Chapter 6. How to become a marine mammal scientist.

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: 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: Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Lymnaeid Research -- Chapter 2. General Characteristics of the Family Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 3. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Family Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 4. Conchological and Anatomical Identification of the Lymnaeid Snails -- Chapter 5. Molecular Techniques for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Processes in Lymnaeids -- Chapter 6. The Fossil Record of the Lymnaeidae – Revisiting a 200-myr-Long Story of Success -- Chapter 7. Biogeography of the Living Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 8. Patterns and Processes of Speciation in Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 9. Ecology of Lymnaeid Snails -- Chapter 10. Reproductive Strategies, Genetic Diversity, and Invasive Ability in Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 11. Biology of the Lymnaeidae–Parasite Interaction -- Chapter 12. Overview of Interactions Between Parasitic Digenea and Their Molluscan Hosts, with Special Emphasis on the Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 13. Lymnaeid Snails and the Transmission of Fasciolosis: Understanding the Differential Risks from Local to Global Scale -- Chapter 14. Laboratory Cultures of Lymnaeidae for Parasitological Experiments -- Chapter 15. Control of Fasciolosis-Transmitting Lymnaeids in the Field -- Chapter 16. Conservation of the Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 17. Perspectives: An Integrated Approach on Future Studies of the Lymnaeidae.

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: An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia -- Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems -- Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia -- Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management -- Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia -- Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation -- Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management -- Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges -- Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems -- Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests -- Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia -- Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia -- Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia -- A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia -- Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change -- Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia -- Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends -- Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Dytiscidae: Their Diversity, Historical Importance, Cultural Significance, and Other Musings -- Chapter 2. Larval Chaetotaxy of World Dytiscidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and Implications for the Study of Hydradephaga -- Chapter 3. The Phylogeny and Classification of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) -- Chapter 4. Predaceous Diving Beetle Sexual Systems -- Chapter 5. Morphology, Anatomy, and Physiological Aspects of Dytiscids -- Chapter 6. Chemical Ecology and Biochemistry of Dytiscidae -- Chapter 7. Community Patterns in Dytiscids -- Chapter 8. Predator-Prey Ecology of Dytiscids -- Chapter 9. The Unique Australian Subterranean Dytiscidae: Diversity, Biology, and Evolution -- Chapter 10. Habitats Supporting Dytiscid Life -- Chapter 11. Dispersal in Dytiscidae -- Chapter 12. The Conservation of Predaceous Diving Beetles: Knowns, Unknowns and Anecdotes.

Description / Table of Contents: Diversity, Distribution, and Biology of Sea Cucumber -- Nutritional Components of Sea Cucumber and the Biochemical Characteristics of Autolytic Enzymes -- The Functional Components of Sea Cucumber and their Nutritional and Biological Activities -- Traditional Processing Technologies and Products of Sea Cucumber: Historical Review -- The Pretreatment Technology of Raw Sea Cucumber and New Processing Technology of Salted Sea Cucumber -- The New Processing Technology of Dried Sea Cucumber Products -- Ready-to-Eat Sea Cucumber Products and Collagen Stabilization Technology -- The Extraction, Separation Technology and New Product Development of Sulfated Polysaccharides from Sea Cucumber -- The Extraction, Separation Technology and New Product Development of Functional Lipids from Sea Cucumber -- The Extraction, Separation Technology and New Product Development of Collagen Peptides from Sea Cucumber -- The Quality Management Systems and Standards of Sea Cucumber Products -- Food Safety Issues and Regulatory Requirements of Sea Cucumber Products and Their Internationalization.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I - Tropical and Subtropical Brazilian Coastal Zone -- 1. Brazilian Coastal Zone: Mangroves and Salt Marshes -- 2. Zonation and succession of mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems: typical and associated vegetation species -- Part II - The Mangrove Ecosystem -- 3. Variability of Mangroves along the Brazilian Coast -- 4. Ecophysiological and phenology aspects of mangrove species on the Brazilian coast -- 5. Genetic and epigenetic diversity of mangrove plants: markers of adaptation in a changing environment -- 6. A Review on litterfall in Brazilian mangroves -- Part III - The Salt Marsh Ecosystem -- 7. Brazilian salt marshes -- Part IV - The Mangroves and Salt Marshes Associates -- 8. Microbial diversity and microbial food chain -- 9. Brazilian mangrove and salt marsh macroalgal communities -- 10. Invertebrates: Ecology macro and meiofauna associated with mangroves and marshes Brazilian -- 11. Biodiversity, ecology and socioeconomic importance of brachyuran crabs from Brazilian mangroves and salt marshes -- 12. Fish composition in mangroves and salt marshes along the Brazilian coast -- 13. Birds associated with mangroves and salt marshes in Brazil -- 14. Marine mammals and mangroves and mangroves and salt marshes in Brazil: past, present and potencial scenarios -- Part V - Conservation Strategies -- 15. Historical ecology of mangroves: investigating the past to conserve the future -- 16. Economic valuation as a tool for conservation of the Brazilian marine biodiversity of mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems -- 17. Mangrove protected areas in Brazil: controversies and perspectives -- 18. Contributions of environmental education to mangrove conservation -- 19. Magrove and salt marsh ecosystems: what to expect from climate changes -- 20. Coastal zone adaptive management -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Source and Screening of Probiotic Microorganisms -- Application Methods of Probiotics and Options -- Use of Probiotics in Finfish -- Use of Probiotics in Shellfish -- Paraprobiotics in Aquaculture -- Probiotics for Controlling Infectious Diseases -- Probiotics for Biofloc System and Water Quality -- Probiotics as Vaccine Adjuvants -- Modes of Action of Probiotics -- Factors Influencing the Efficacy of Probiotics -- Quality, Safety and Regulatory Issues of Probiotics -- Methods Used for Selecting and Evaluating Probiotics -- Conclusions.

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: 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. Introduction to Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation -- Part I Rangeland Ecosystems and Processes -- 2. Rangelands of Western North America -- 3. A History of North American Rangelands -- 4. Western Rangeland Livestock Production Systems and Grazing Management -- 5. Manipulation of Rangeland Wildlife Habitats -- 6. Role and Management of Fire in Rangelands -- 7. Water is Life: Importance and Management of Riparian Areas for Rangeland Wildlife -- 8. Rangeland Biodiversity -- Part II Species Accounts -- 9. Prairie Grouse -- 10. Sage-Grouse -- 11. Quails -- 12. Rangeland Songbirds -- 13. Wetland Birds of Rangelands -- 14. Avian Predators in Rangelands -- 15. Burrowing Rodents -- 16. Mesocarnivores of Western Rangelands -- 17. Black-tailed and Mule Deer -- 18. White-tailed Deer -- 19. Pronghorn -- 20. Elk -- 21. Feral Equids -- 22. Mountain Ungulates -- 23. American Bison -- 24. Large Carnivores -- 25. Amphibians and Reptiles -- 26. Insects in Grassland Ecosystems -- Part III Social-Ecological Considerations -- 27. Wildlife, Rural Communities, and the Rangeland Livelihoods they Share: Opportunities in a Diverse Economies Approach -- 28. Living with Predators: A 20-year Case Study in the Blackfoot River Watershed of Montana -- 29. A Perspective on Rangeland and Wildlife Disciplines: Similarities Over Differences -- 30. Future of Rangeland Wildlife in North America.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Animals That Stay Together, Hunt Together -- Chapter 2. Social Strategies of the African Lion -- Chapter 3. The Role of Food and Mates in Shaping Asiatic Lion Societies -- Chapter 4. Wolves in a Human World: Social Dynamics of the Northern Hemisphere’s Most Iconic Social Carnivore -- Chapter 5. Hunting Success in the Spotted Hyena: Morphological Adaptations and Behavioral Strategies -- Chapter 6. Hunting Behavior and Social Ecology of African Wild Dogs -- Chapter 7. Social Strategies of a Consummate Marine Predator—Mammal Hunting Killer Whales -- Chapter 8. Mammal Hunting Killer Whales off Monterey, California—A 30-Year Synthesis -- Chapter 9. Sociality and Its Relevance in Group Hunting Mammalian Predators.

Description / Table of Contents: Part1. Coastal, Estuarine and Lake (Brackish) Environments: Introduction, Definition, Processes and Dynamics -- Chapter1. Bibliometric analysis of the literature on coastal sediment pollution -- Chapter2. Coastal flooding in India – An Overview -- Part2. Water quality/ Hydrological Processes -- Chapter3. Appraisal of coastal water quality of two hot spots on Southwest coast of India: A case study of multi-year biogeochemical observations -- Chapter4. Assessment of water quality from the Gundlakamma estuary, Andhra coast, Southeast coast of India -- Chapter5. Evaluation ofPhysico-chemical Parameters of Coastal Water from Pennar River Estuary, East Coast of India: An integrated approach -- Chapter6. Climatic variability and anthropogenic forcing on marine ecosystems: Evidence from the Lakshadweep Archipelago -- Part3. Sediment Characteristics -- Chapter7. Geochemical characterization of suspended sediments in the Nethravati estuary, southwest coast of India: insights to redox processes, metal sorption and pollution aspect -- Chapter8. Geochemical Studies of Ilmenite from Bhimunipatnam to Konada Coastal Sands, North Andhra Pradesh, East Coast of India -- Chapter9. Study of beach sand from Harihareshwar, Shrivardhan and Diveagar beach of Raigad District, Maharashtra, India -- Chapter10. Impact of Seasonal Sediment Dynamics on Beach Morphology: A case study from the Govindampalli-Durgarajupatnam Coast, East Coast of India -- Chapter11. Heavy Minerals Studies of Coastal Sands from Bavanapadu to Kalingapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, East coast of India -- Chapter12. Mineral Chemistry of Ilmenites as a source indicator for coastal sediments between Vamsadhara and Nagavali river mouth, North Coastal, Andhra Pradesh -- Chapter13. Major and trace elements in the Sediments of the Gollumutta Paya Estuary of the Krishna River, East Coast of India -- Part4. Biodiversity/ Bio-indicators/ ecological studies -- Chapter14. Assessment of Trace Metal contamination in Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) from the coast ff South Andaman Island, India -- Chapter15. Analytical approach of Haematology in variation to physical parameters of Indian Mackerel and Yellowfin Tuna from Indian waters -- Chapter16. Geochemistry of Mollusk Shells as proxies of Marine Pollution, East coast of India -- Chapter17. Sedimentary structures of tidal flats in Recent Chandipur East Coast of Orisha, India -- Part5. Climate Change and Anthropocene -- Chapter18. Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index: A case study for Kuwaiti Coast -- Chapter19. Total suspended matter variability in response to tropical cyclone Titli along coastal waters of southeast India using satellite observations: Implications to Climate Change -- Chapter20. Climate Change and its Impact on Depletion of Oxygen Levels on Coastal Waters and Shallow Seas -- Chapter21. Nanoparticle based bioremediation for crude oil removal from marine environment -- Part6. Socio-economic scenarios related to Sustainable Development -- Chapter22. Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Coastal Tourism of Andaman Isles, India: Sustainable Development Scenario -- Chapter23. Spatial planning for sustainable resource use with a special reference to aquaculture development -- Chapter24. Sustainable Aquaculture and Economic Development in Coastal Areas: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India -- Chapter25. Marine and Coastal ecosystem services for Sustainable Development -- Part7. Application of Geospatial tools -- Chapter26. Advanced remote sensing methods for high-resolution, cost-effective monitoring of the coastal morphology using Video Beach Monitoring System (VBMS), CoastSnap and CoastSat techniques -- Chapter27. Coastal morpho-dynamics and Environmental variables of Ennore Creek: An Integrated approach -- Chapter28. A study on dynamics of Krishna river mouth, East coast of India: A Geospatial approach -- Chapter29. Non monsoonal coastal erosion due to the tropical cyclone (OCKHI) and it’s impacts along Thiruvananthapuram coast, Southwest coast of India - A geospatial approach .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Lake Urmia – A Hypersaline Waterbody in a Drying Climate -- Seasonal Variation of Evaporation from Hypersaline Basin of the Urmia Lake -- Sediment distribution pattern in Lake Urmia -- The Vanishing of Urmia Lake: A Geolimnological Perspective on the Hydrological Imbalance of the World’s Second Largest Hypersaline Lake -- Modelling Biogeochemical and Physicochemical Regime Changes During the Drying Period of Lake Urmia -- A Review of Tectonics and Seismotectonics of Urmia Lake, NW Iran -- Local Changes in Meteorological Parameters Caused by Desiccation of the Lake Urmia -- Analysis of the Long-Term Trend of Temperature, Precipitation, and Dominant Atmospheric Phenomena in Lake Urmia -- Hydroclimate of the Lake Urmia Catchment Area: A Brief Overview -- Global and Regional Signals in the Water Level Variation in hypersaline Basin of the Lake Urmia -- Comparative Study of the Major Ion Composition in Eurasian Salt Lakes: Lake Urmia, Lake Issyk-Kul, Aral Sea, and Dead Sea -- Hydro-Meteorological Observations in Hypersaline Basin of Lake Urmia -- Lake Urmia Brine Evolution from 2007 to 2019 -- Salt load impact on Lake Urmia basin volume -- How Climate Change and Human Interaction Alter Chemical Regime in Salt Lakes, Case Study: Lake Urmia, Aral Sea, the Dead Sea, and Lake Issyk-Kul -- Modelling Physical and Chemical Processes of the Hypersaline Lake Urmia: Water Level Decline and Restoration by Water Conveyance -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Historical perspectives of the wetlands with special reference to geomorphic evolution of East Kolkata Wetlands -- Chapter 3-Underlying ecological principles for the functioning of Wetland Ecosystems -- Chapter 4-Basics of Remote Sensing Techniques applicable in the aquatic freshwater system: Classificatory Approaches of East Kolkata Wetlands -- Chapter 5-Biodiversity of East Kolkata wetlands: Concept of biodiversity -- Chapter 6-Ecosystem services and values of Wetlands (East Kolkata Wetlands). Chapter 7-Seasonal Dynamics of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Soil and Water -- Chapter 8-Threats and pollution of wetlands: Special reference to East Kolkata Wetland (E.K.W) -- Chapter 9-Biomonitoring and Bioremediation -- Chapter 10-Sustainable conservation strategy (Waste Water Recycling) -- Chapter 11-Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction - Ponds of Indian Sundarban as an important socio-ecological systems -- Assessment of Pond water quality and its impact on health and local livelihood in the Indian Sundarban -- Role of Fe2+ on the enhancement of Phytoplankton Community in pond system of Indian Sundarban -- Role of controlled lime treatment on the productivity of pond ecosystem. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. River Health and Ecology: Perspective View and Approach -- Chapter2. Arthropods: an important bioindicator to decipher the health of the water of South Asian Rivers -- Chapter3. Anthropogenic stress on river health: with special reference to Kangsabati river, West Bengal, India -- Chapter4. Role of modern biotechnology in the era of river water pollution -- Chapter5. Assessment of chitinolytic bacteria isolated from zooplankton of freshwater ecosystem -- Chapter6. Microplastics in freshwater riverine systems: brief profile, trophic level transfer and probable remediation -- Chapter7. Assessment of River Health through Water and Biological Characteristics -- Chapter8. Estimating Water Quality of the Sundarban Coastal Zone (India) using Landsat Series Satellite Data and Ground Observations -- Chapter9. Anthropogenic impacts on hydro-morphodynamic behaviour in the middle - lower course of Subarnarekha river, India -- Chapter10. Perturbation of the health of riverine ecosystem and its impact on the biogeochemical, ecological and molecular perspectives -- Chapter11. Assessment of habitat quality in quarried reach of alluvial river -- Chapter12. Physicochemical and microbial indicators for water quality assessment in an industrial catchment of river Damodar, India -- Chapter13. Assessment of heavy metal concentration in selected fish species in Subarnarekha River, India -- Chapter14. Assessment of water pollution and aquatic toxicity of the Churni River, India -- Chapter15. River corridor mapping and monitoring using Geospatial Technology -- Chapter16. Micro-plastic pollution in freshwater systems: A potential environmental threat -- Chapter17. Sand and Gravel Mining and its Consequences on Morphometry of Raidak-II River in Eastern Dooars, India -- Chapter18. Resuscitating the regional rivers: a crusade against cauvery crisis and coloured legislations.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Freezing of lakes -- Structure and properties of lake ice -- Thermodynamics of Seasonal lake ice -- Mechanics of lake ice -- Proglacial lakes -- Lake Water Body in the Ice Season -- Ice-Covered Lakes Environment -- Lake ice Climatology -- Future of frozen lakes -- Annex: Ice Properties and Useful Formulae -- References -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Aquaculture -- Fisheries management -- Ecology and protection of aquatic ecosystems -- Fishing.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: The Lakes: Approaches and Records of their Past and Present -- Chapter 1. Basin of Mexico and its lakes: Approaches and Research questions -- Chapter 2. Resources for Reconstructing the Ancient Lakes -- Chapter 3. Geographic Context and the Modern Environment -- Chapter 4. Geological Evolution of the Lacustrine Basins -- Chapter 5. Recent Sediments and Landforms -- Chapter 6. Lacustrine Change in the Late Quaternary -- Part II The lakes: Geography and Environmental Dynamics -- Chapter 7. A Geographic Sketch of the Historic Lakes -- Chapter 8. Models of Lacustrine Dynamics and Environments -- Chapter 9. Cultural Features in the Lacustrine Realm -- Chapter 10. Models of Lacustrine Features and Settlement Development -- PART III Lacustrine Systems in the Evolution of Civilization -- Chapter 11. From the Upper Pleistocene to the Agricultural Beginnings -- Chapter 12. The Lakes during the Agricultural Era -- Chapter 13. Late Aztec Settlement, Hydraulic Management, and Environment -- Chapter 14. The Lakes after 1519: War, Floods, and Drainage -- Chapter 15. Lacustrine Systems and Societies in the Basin of Mexico.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 – Presentation and introduction -- 2 – Dedication (to Genevieve Corwin) -- 3 – Comprehensive Italian annotated bibliography on bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- 4 – Comprehensive Italian annotated bibliography on albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) -- 5 – Comprehensive Italian annotated bibliography on small tunas (or: on small tunas species, tbd) -- 6 – Comprehensive Italian annotated blibliography on tropical tunas species -- 7 – Comprehensive Italian annotated bibliography on swordfish, Xiphias gladius, Linnaeus, 1758 -- 8 – Comprehensive Italian annotated bibliography on Mediterranean spearfish, Tetrapturus belone, Rafinesque, 1810, and other Istiophoridae.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction And Context -- Chapter 1: Introduction And Context -- Part II: Case Studies -- Chapter 2: Kenya Case Study One -- Chapter 3: Guatemala Case Study -- Chapter 4: Ghana Case Study One -- Chapter 5: Pacific Island Case Study -- Chapter 6: Saudi Arabia Case Study -- Chapter 7: Philippines Case Study One -- Chapter 8: Kenya Case Study Two -- Chapter 9: Tanzania Case Study -- Chapter 10: Indonesia Case Study -- Chapter 11: Panama Case Study -- Chapter 12: Philippines Case Study Two -- Chapter 13: Bangladesh Case Study -- Chapter 14: Ghana Case Study Two -- Chapter 15: Ecuador Case Study -- Chapter 16: Thailand Case Study -- Chapter 17: Peru Case Study -- Part III: Evaluation And Synopsis -- Chapter 18: Evaluation And Synopsis.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A brief history of phytoremediation using wetlands (Marinus L. Otte) -- Chapter 2. Phytoremediation using tropical wetlands: Are temperate treatment wetlands sound models? (Daniel Campbell) -- Chapter 3. Tropical and subtropical plant species used for phytoremediation in treatment wetlands (Hernán Ricardo Hadad) -- Chapter 4. Wetlands for bioremediation in Pakistan (Muhammad Afzal) -- Chapter 5. Urban wetlands in the tropics – Taiwan as an example (Wei-Ta Fang) -- Chapter 6. Treatment of urban stormwater through constructed wetlands – experiences and practical guidance for tropical and non-tropical settings (Swapan Paul) -- Chapter 7. Phytoremediation of agricultural pollutants in the Tropics (Megan L. Murray) -- Chapter 8. Wetlands to treat mining tailings in the Tropics of Central and South America (Aurora M. Pat-Espadas) -- Chapter 9. Bioremediation and biofuel production using microalgae (Wei-Ta Fang) -- Chapter 10. Wetlands for remediation in Africa: Threats and opportunities (Oscar Omondi Donde) -- Chapter 11. Cost and benefits of treatment wetlands in the Tropics (Marco A. Rodríguez-Domínguez).

Description / Table of Contents: Section 1 Evolution Genetics & Adaptation -- E2 Genetic structure of the trispine horseshoe crab in Seto Inland Sea SWatanabe2_MS Final edited -- E3 Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of Indian mangrove horseshoe crab (1) -- E4 Population Genetics and Movement Show Metapopulation Dynamics Hallerman Final -- E6 Chan et al_revised 26Sep2020 -- E7 Applying Records Bicknell references -- E7 Applying Records of extant Bicknell final -- E7 Figure_-5 Bicknell Applying records -- E7 Figure_-6 B Bicknell Applying records -- Section 2 Population Dynamics & Ecology -- P1 Watanabe et al_final -- P2 Iwasaki Sediment Molting Relationship of Juvenile Limulus polyphemus Final -- P3 Conservation and Restoration of Estuaries and Coasts Mattei-11-6 -- P4 Xie et al. book chapter-final -- P5 Chan et al 2020 Manuscript_revised - final submission -- P6 Horseshoe crab condition as bycatch in Subang, Indonesia by Supadminingsih_Final edited -- P7 Occurrence and morphometric analysis_ Rahim et al - Final edited copy -- P8 Hayashi YI Preliminary Investigation of Tachypleus tridentatus HSC final (2) -- P9 Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs jasmin Lim and Laura Yap - final edited copy -- P10 An Assessment of Horseshoe Crab Breeeding Habitat and Trends on Long Island_ NY_ 2003 2017 updated 11 11 2020 -- Section 3 Conservation Efforts & Managment Education -- C1 Botton et al. -final Identifying major threats 10 1 2020 -- C2 Akbar John Final The Need to Establish HSC Global Biorepository 9 23 2020 -- C3 EconomicsLAL T Novitsky 10 2 2020 final -- C5 The Power of Citizen Science Mattei et al-Springer Book Chapter-July-27 -- C7 Coastline-Hsc-Ashikin- R1. 05 Oct 2020 final -- C8 Assessing the use of Acoustic sampling for horseshoe crabs-final -- C9 Wu et al. 2020 book chapter-final 20200605 -- C10 Fishery bycatch jeopardizes Indian horseshoe crabs Pati et al - final edited copy -- C13 Meilana et al. final edited MLB July 21 2020,- C14 Kyle Maurelli 2020 manuscript Final -- C16 FUNAI YI ed - imari hsc regulations -- Section 4 BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY -- B1 Temperature and salinity preference Chengetal HSC Springer Book 2019 FINAL -- B2 VanDerwater. Khoder & Botton_July 20_final revised -- B3 Akbar John et al-final-20200907 -- B4 Patterns of Flatworm Ward final -- B5 Hu et al final 2Oct2020 -- B6 Syahira Book Chapter 2020 Final -- B7 MS--Liu et al Final-7-1 -- B8 Colon et al FINAL 7-4-20 -- Special Section SS -- Carl Shuster books -- Dr T and C Shuster Remembering Two Friends -- Remembering Two Friends Final - Dr Tanacredi 2 24 2021 -- Remembering two friends group photo with Mrs Schuster (seated) -- Remembering two friends group photo with Mrs Schuster (seated) -- Remembering two friends pdf docs -- SC - Carl Shuster tribute_July 2020 -- Part V Section A- Powerpoint and Ref in Sci literature -- Part V Section A IUCN SSC HSC Specilist Group -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 1 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A AREAC Public Seminar Series March 5 2003 -- Part V Section A LI Nature Organization Fifth Annual Long Island Natural History Conference -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 3 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Limulus in the Limelight 10 15 2001 Sylvia Earle -- Part V Section A Crisis in Japan The Decimation of the HSC -- Part V Section A HSC Marine Oceanography Lab Spring 2012 Dr. Iwasaki -- Part V Section A Powerpoint 5 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 2 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 6 of 7 HSC NA Asia. - Part V Section A Powerpoints 4 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 7 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section B Unpublished and Long Term Data -- Part V Section B Guide to Raising HSC in Captivity 1 of 11 -- Part V Section B Guide to Raising HSC in Captivity 1 of 11 -- Part V Section B Science Research Project -- Part V Section B Golden Goose Awards Science Mag 2019 -- Part V Section B The Coastal Monitor Winter Spring 2020 Editorial Tanacredi 2020 Status of the HSC -- Part V Section B The Environmental Law Clinic -- Part V Section B Preliminary Population Estimation by Mark-recapture Method -- Part V Section B Data Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping -- Part V Section B Data Flow Diagram of Formal Red List Petitions Process -- Part V Section C Art, HSC Social Context.

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 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: Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Tropical Marine Environments of Brazil and their Responses to Climate Change(JML Dominguez) -- Chapter 2. The wave-dominated deltas of Brazil: quaternary evolution, current status and vulnerability to climate changes(JML Dominguez) -- Chapter 3. The Reef formations of the western tropical South Atlantic Ocean: distribution, current status and impact of climate changes(R Kikuchi) -- Chapter 4. Geodiversity and Biodiversity of the narrow, shallow tropical shelves of northeastern Brazil(H. Vital) -- Chapter 5. Diversity and trophic structure of pelagic ecosystems in the western tropical Atlantic(R Schwamborn) -- Chapter 6. Circulation, biogeochemical cycles and CO2 flux variability in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean(M Araújo).

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SECTION I – IN THE BEGINNING -- CHAPTER 1. WADING IN ̶ INTRODUCTION TO THE FISH-BIRD -- General Discussion of Penguins and Substance of the Book -- An Impressive Number of Penguin Species: Evolution of Their Unique Capabilities -- Penguin Species Radiation and the Ontogeny of Their Watery World -- Penguin Evolution: Body Size and Climate -- Penguin Evolution: Radiation into Vacant Niches -- Penguin Evolution: Body Size and Crossing the Sea-Land Boundary -- CHAPTER 2. LAND AHOY! A TIRESOME BUSINESS -- Crossing the Land-Ocean Interface is Affected by Body Size -- Why and How Often do Penguins Come Ashore? -- Tying Land-life to the At-sea Life of Fish-Birds: Foraging and Breeding -- Success Vary with Prey Availability -- Molt ̶Necessary, Brief Respite from the Sea -- SECTION II – PENGUIN MARINE HAUNTS AND FOOD HABITS -- CHAPTER 3.FISH-BIRDS AT HOME IN THEIR OCEAN HABITATS -- Oceanographic Fronts and Water Masses Important to Penguins: General Discussion -- Penguins Require High Productivity Water Masses -- Large Scale: Oceanographic Boundaries and At-sea Distributions of Penguins -- Southern Boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current -- Emperor and King penguins -- Adélie and Chinstrap penguins -- Antarctic Polar Front and Subantarctic Front -- Gentoo and Yellow-eyed penguins -- Macaroni and Royal penguins -- Northern and Southern Rockhopper, Fiordland, Snares penguins -- Subtropical Front and Continental Boundary Currents -- Galápagos, Humboldt, Magellanic, African penguins -- Little penguins -- Meso- and Small-Scale Ocean Processes Facilitating Penguin Exploits -- Island wakes -- Headland wakes -- Shelves and banks -- Submarine canyons -- Shelfbreak fronts -- Marginal ice zones -- Thermo-/haloclines -- CHAPTER 4. SEA FOOD ̶ THE FISH-BIRD MENU -- General Considerations -- Diet Quality: Survival in Cold Water -- Energy density of prey -- Prey size may or may not differ by penguin size -- Prey availability -- Diet Comparison among Penguin Species -- Polar/subpolar, mesopelagic penguins -- Subpolar, demersal/benthic, continental-shelf penguins -- Temperate, upper water column, continental-insular shelf penguins -- Polar, upper water column, continental shelf/slope penguins -- Subpolar, upper water column, continental slope/pelagic penguins -- Polar, upper water column, continental slope/pelagic penguins -- CHAPTER 5. ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DIET COMPOSITION -- Intraspecific Competition among Penguins -- Foraging Range is Key: General Discussion -- Penguin Species’ Central-Place Foraging Range Patterns -- Sex Differences in Foraging -- Interspecific Competition Involving Penguins -- Penguins Eat A lot! -- Competition between Penguin Species -- Competition between penguins and other seabirds -- Competition between penguins and marine mammals -- Competition between penguins and industrial fisheries -- SECTION III – THE HARDWARE OF A FISH-BIRD -- CHAPTER 6. THE SLIPPERY SHAPE, HOT AIR AND THE POWERHOUSE – HOW FISH-BIRDS SWIM -- Water – Hard Taskmaster -- The Four Forces Relevant to Penguins -- Vertical Forces – Weight and Upthrust -- Buoyancy: How Much Air Do Penguins Hold? -- Buoyancy and Bergmann’s Rule revisited -- Horizontal Forces: Drag -- The Interplay of Drag and Upthrust in Gliding Penguins -- The Drag Devil is in the Detail -- The Penguin Powerhouse -- How Penguins Swim -- The Effect of Upthrust and Body Angle on Penguin Thrust and Lift Forces -- Top Speeds; Power and Upthrust -- The Energy Costs of Swimming -- General considerations -- Specific considerations -- ’Sensible’ Swim Strategies and Costs of Transport -- Cruising speed and integrating speed with the cost of transport, -- and beyond -- CHAPTER 7. HOT PENGUINS ̶ COLD WATER -- Resting and Floating Penguins -- The Metabolic Rate of Floating Penguins -- Patterns of Heat Loss to the Sea -- Overall Body Insulation/Conductance -- The Nature of Penguin Insulation -- Active Penguins -- Activity Produces Heat -- Greater Depths Impose a Higher Heat Tax -- Consuming Prey Imposes a Heat Tax -- Embracing The Fish in the Fish-bird -- CHAPTER 8. FISH-BIRDS – THE INSIDE STORY -- Diving Physiology -- Surface issues – Uptake of oxygen -- Oxygen Management Underwater -- Role of the Air Spaces -- Gas Exchange to Body Tissues -- The Aerobic Dive Limit and Beyond -- The Importance of Size in Dive Performance -- Duration -- Depth -- Penguins Under Pressure – Beating the Squeeze and the Bends -- Barotrauma -- Beating the Bends -- A Gut Reaction in Fish-Birds -- Gastric Emptying -- Rotting Food -- The Eyes Have It -- SECTION IV – THE SOFTWARE OF FISH-BIRDS -- CHAPTER 9. EMBRACING THE DEPTHS - THE PENGUIN DIVE -- Submergence -- The time underwater – basic dive descriptors -- Dive profiles -- Dive distance-depth profiles -- Dive aspect ratios -- Horizontal dive directionality/tortuosity -- The Multifunctionality of Dives -- Basic dive types -- T-dives for travelling -- V-dives (water column assessment) -- P-dives (parabolic – prospecting with no prey capture) -- Po-dives (parabolic dives with circular trajectory) -- U-dives (depth-directed prospecting) -- W-dives/Up-dives (U-dives with prey pursuit) -- Depth Duration Effects Over Multiple Dives -- CHAPTER 10. FISH-BIRD STRATEGIES ̶ THE SEARCH FOR FICKLE PREY -- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – How Fish-Birds Search for Prey -- Heading in the Right Direction -- Dealing with Prey Patchiness -- In-depth Considerations: -- Time-based efficiency -- Energy-based efficiency -- Superficial Considerations: Surface Pauses and Inspired Tactics -- Being Picky about Food -- Fish-Birds and Smart Strategies -- CHAPTER 11. THE FINAL SECONDS – HOW FISH-BIRDS CAPTURE PREY -- Prey Acquisition, a Departure from the Dive ‘Norm’ -- Performance Metrics for Prey Capture -- Catching Solitary Prey -- Changing buoyancy with depth affects prey capture strategies -- Prey pursuit against interfaces -- Exploiting Aggregated Prey -- Crustaceans -- Fish -- Non-corralling feeding behavior -- Clarity on Limitations of Penguin Vision -- SECTION V – PENGUINS IN A FICKLE ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 12. TURNING THE TABLES – FISH-BIRDS ON THE MENU -- Basic Law of the Sea: Big Fish Eat Little Fish -- Seals as Predators -- Seals’ hunting behavior -- Penguins avoiding seals -- Fur Seals as Predators -- Sea Lions as Predators -- Killer Whales as Predators -- Sharks as Predators -- CHAPTER 13. PENGUINS ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING OCEAN -- Penguins Have Always Been Challenged by a Changing Ocean -- Prehistoric response to a changing ocean -- Possible prehistoric changes to penguins’ food web -- The Anthropocene: How will Penguins Cope, Now Also Dealing with Humans? -- Response to long-term climate change -- Response to short-term ocean climate variation -- Response to marine pollution -- CHAPTER 14. NOT FORGETTING ̶ -- The Social Side - Behavior and Communication at Sea -- Penguin flock fusion/cohesion -- Penguin flock fission/fragmentation -- Navigation -- Long range -- Medium to short-range -- Understanding the Daily ‘Wash’ -- Air flux in diving penguins, an aspect of ‘washing’ -- Are Auks Really ‘Northern Penguins’? -- Research Tags – the Flip Side for Evolutionarily-Honed Fish-Birds -- SECTION VI -- CHAPTER 15. PENGUINS ̶ WHY THE HYPE? -- Sources of Hype -- Us -- Many people -- Researchers -- The Transition -- The fascination of species -- Beyond the transition -- Role in Ecosystems -- Biomimicry -- Our Last Word.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Climate Change and the Ocean -- 1 Introduction to Climate Change -- 2 Warming, Acidification and Deoxygenation of the Ocean -- 3 Blue Carbon -- 4 Fishes and Carbon -- 5 Whales and Climate -- Part II Fisheries and Food from the Ocean -- 6 State of the World’s Fisheries—Legal Overfishing -- 7 Fish Crimes (Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing) -- 8 Aquaculture: Farming Food from the Sea -- 9 Shark Fishing and Shark Finning -- 10 The Move to Sustainable Seafood -- Part III Ocean Pollution -- 11 Plastic and the Ocean -- 12 Shipping and the Ocean -- 13 Oil Spills -- 14 Ocean Noise Pollution -- Part IV Threatened and at Risk Ocean Habitats -- 15 The Deep Sea -- 16 Coral Reefs -- 17 Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: Our Last Great Wilderness -- 18 Top of theWorld—The Arctic Ocean -- 19 Coastal Habitats -- Part V How We Manage the World’s Oceans -- 20 Ocean Governance -- 21 Marine Protected Areas -- 22 Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Blue Economy -- 23 Leveraging Innovation for Ocean Conservation -- Part VI Humans and the Ocean -- 24 Oceans and Communities -- 25 Tourism and the Ocean -- 26 The Aquarium Trade -- 27 Marine Animal Welfare: A Growing Concern -- 28 Ocean and Human Health -- Part VII Diversity and Inclusion in the Ocean Space -- 29 Gender and the Ocean: Marine Resources and Spaces for All -- 30 Racial-Gender Disparities, and the Impacts of Coloniality in Ocean Science on BIPOC Women -- 31 Lived Experiences: Editors’ Note -- Part VIII Inspiring Voices -- 32 Inspiring Voices: Inka Cresswell, Jamila Janna, Merrisa Naidoo, Louisa Ponnampalam, Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy, Jo Ruxton MBE, Marilyn Slett, Patima Tungpuchayakul -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Ecology And Evolution -- Chapter 1: Trait-Based Ecology With Diatoms -- Chapter 2: The Population Genetics And Evolutionary Potential Of Diatoms -- Chapter 3: An Integrated View Of Diatom Interactions -- Chapter 4: Ancient Diatom Dna -- Part 2: Genomics -- Chapter 5: Structure And Evolution Of Diatom Nuclear Genes And Genomes -- Chapter 6: Reconstructing Dynamic Evolutionary Events In Diatom Nuclear And Organelle Genomes -- Chapter 7: Epigenetic Control Of Diatom Genomes: An Overview From In Silico Characterisation To Functional Studies -- Part 3: Cell Biology -- Chapter 8: Life-Cycle Regulation -- Chapter 9: Cellular Hallmarks And Regulation Of The Diatom Cell Cycle -- Chapter 10: Cell Biology Of Organelles -- Chapter 11: Structure And Morphogenesis Of The Frustule -- Chapter 12: Biomolecules Involved In Frustule Biogenesis And Function -- Chapter 13: Silicic Acid Uptake And Storage By Diatoms -- Chapter 14: Adhesion And Motility -- Part 4: Primary Metabolism -- Chapter 15: Photosynthetic Light Reactions In Diatoms. I. The Lipids And Light-Harvesting Complexes Of The Thylakoid Membrane -- Chapter 16: Photosynthetic Light Reactions In Diatoms. Ii. The Dynamic Regulation Of The Various Light Reactions -- Chapter 17: Carbohydrate Metabolism -- Chapter 18: Lipid Metabolism In Diatoms -- Chapter 19: Comparative And Functional Genomics Of Macronutrient Utilization In Marine Diatoms -- Chapter 20 Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Micronutrient Utilization In Marine Diatoms -- Part 5: Cell Signalling And Interactions -- Chapter 21: Sensing And Signalling In Diatom Responses To Abiotic Cues -- Chapter 22: An Ocean Of Signals: Intracellular And Extracellular Signalling -- Chapter 23: The Diatom Microbiome: New Perspectives For Diatom-Bacteria Symbioses -- Chapter 24: Diatom Viruses -- Part 6: Genetic And Metabolic Engineering -- Chapter 25: Genetic Engineering In Marine Diatoms: Current Practices And Emerging Technologies -- Chapter 26: Constraint-Based Modelling Of Diatoms Metabolism And Quantitative Biology Approaches.  .

Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION: THE REEF PHENOMENON -- INTO THE INTIMACY OF CORALS, BUILDERS OF THE SEA -- 1 TAXONOMIC AFFILIATION -- 1.1 Systematic classification of cnidarians -- 1.2 Scleractinians -- 2 MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY -- 2.1 Polyp anatomy -- 2.2 Reproduction -- 2.2.1 Sexual reproduction -- 2.2.2 Asexual reproduction -- 2.3 Anatomy of calcareous skeletons -- 2.4 Coral colonies -- 2.4.1 Corallite arrangement -- 2.4.2 Colony morphology -- 3 SYMBIOSIS -- 4 BIOMINERALIZATION -- 4.1 Calicoderm and biomineralization -- 4.2 Skeletons and biomineralization -- 4.3 Interface between calicoderm and skeleton -- 4.4 Principles of calcification -- 5 NUTRITION -- 5.1 Prey capture -- 5.2 Food -- 5.3 Autotrophy -- THE MODERN TIMES -- 1 BIOZONATION -- 2 REEF MORPHOTYPES -- 2.1 Fringing reefs -- 2.2 Barrier reefs -- 2.3 Atolls -- 2.4 Bank reefs -- 2.5 High carbonate islands -- 3 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION -- 3.1 Ecological control -- 3.2 Tectonic control -- 3.3 Eustatic control -- 3.4 Topographic control -- 4 REEF GROWTH -- 4.1 Vertical growth strategies -- 4.1.1 Controlling factors -- 4.1.2 Give-up growth -- 4.1.3 Keep-up growth -- 4.1.4 Catch-up mode -- 4.2 Lateral growth -- 5 MORPHO-SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES -- 5.1 Bioconstruction -- 5.2 Erosion -- 5.3 Bioaccumulation -- 5.4 Cementation -- 6 INTERNAL STRUCTURE -- 6.1 Nature and distribution of facies -- 6.1.1 Framework facies -- 6.1.2 Detrital facies -- 6.1.3 Facies distribution and hydrodynamics -- 6.2 The different structural models -- 7 A BRIEF HISTORY OF REEF DEVELOPMENT -- 7.1 The climatic context -- 7.2 History of reef development since the last deglaciation -- 7.3 Reef history throughout the Pleistocene -- 8 RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- 8.1 Record at the coral colony scale -- 8.1.1 Temperature -- 8.1.2 Salinometry -- 8.1.3 Rainfall -- 8.1.4 pH measurement -- 8.1.5 Photometry -- 8.1.6 Current measurement -- 8.2 Record at the scale of a reef edifice -- 8.2.1 Reef flats and micro-atolls -- 8.2.2 Arrangement of coral communities -- 8.2.3 Arrangement of reef edifices -- THE LONG MARCH OF CORALS -- 1 THE TIME OF THE ORIGINS -- 1.1 Early Earth and the first traces of life -- 1.2 Evolution of the atmosphere -- 1.3 Geochemical model of the early ocean -- 1.4 Emergence of biomineralization -- 1.5 The early calcifying organisms and cnidarians -- 1.6 The earliest corals -- 1.7 The appearance of scleractinian corals -- 2 THE TIME OF DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.1 Coral-algae symbiosis -- 2.1.1 Acquiring photosymbiosis -- 2.1.2 Evidence of photosymbiosis -- 2.1.3 Symbiosis and coloniality -- 2.2 A brief history of coral and reef building -- 2.2.1 Paleozoic times -- 2.2.2 Mesozoic times -- 2.2.3 Cenozoic times -- THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE REEF PHENOMENON -- 1 CAUSES -- 1.1 Causal relationships -- 1.2 Gas emissions and volcanic products -- 1.3 Methane emissions -- 1.4 Thermogenic gases -- 1.5 The fall of celestial bodies -- 1.6 Behaviour of organisms facing environmental disturbances -- 1.7 Disturbances induced by CO2 and ocean acidification -- 1.8 Thermal shocks -- 1.9 Disturbances induced by ocean deoxygenation -- 2 THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL CRISES -- 2.1 The Cambrian crises -- 2.2 The major crisis of the Ordovician end -- 2.3 The minor crises of the Silurian -- 2.4 The successive crises of the Devonian -- 2.5 The Permian crises -- 2.6 The Triassic crises -- 2.7 The lower Jurassic crisis -- 2.8 The Jurassic–Cretaceous transition (J–K) -- 2.9 The Cretaceous–Paleogene crisis -- 2.10 The Paleocene–Eocene crisis -- 2.11 The Eocene–Oligocene transition -- 2.12 The Oligocene end to the Plio-Quaternary -- 3 THE RESPONSE OF CORALS AND REEFS TO CRISES: FROM EXTINCTION TO RECOVERY -- 3.1 At the Ordovician end -- 3.2 During the Silurian -- 3.3 During the Devonian -- 3.4 At the Permian -- 3.5 At the Permian–Triassic boundary -- 3.6 From the middle to the end of the Triassic -- 3.7 During the Jurassic -- 3.8 From the upper Jurassic to the lower Cretaceous -- 3.9 At the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) transition -- 3.10 From the Paleocene to the Eocene -- 3.11 From the Oligocene to the Miocene -- 3.12 During the Plio-Quaternary -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- CORAL REEFS IN THE FACE OF THEIR FATE -- 1 DISRUPTIVE AGENTS IN ACTION -- 1.1 Carbon dioxide and rising surface water temperatures -- 1.2 Carbon dioxide and its effects on the carbonate cycle -- 1.3 Carbon dioxide and ocean acidification -- 1.4 The other disruptive agents -- 2 THE RESPONSE OF CORALS AND CORAL REEFS -- 2.1 Temperature rise of surface waters -- 2.2 To acidification -- 2.3 To other disruptive agents -- 3 THE EVOLUTION OF CORAL ISLETS -- 3.1 The modes of low-lying island formation -- 3.2 Future evolution of low-lying islands: maintenance, reduction, or destruction? -- CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDICE.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Meta-Observation -- 2. What it Means to be El Niño Ready -- 3. Case study overviews -- 4. Africa -- 4.1 Ethiopia -- 4.2 Kenya -- 4.3 South Africa -- 4.4 Zimbabwe -- 5. Asia -- 5.1 China -- 5.2 Vietnam -- 5.3 The Philippines.

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: Part I. Introduction -- An Introduction to Reservoir Ecotoxicology -- Part II. Environmental Characteristics in Reservoir Ecosystems -- Characterization of Reservoir Ecosystem -- Main Sources and Distribution of Pollutants in the Reservoir -- Migration and Transformation of Pollutants in the Reservoir -- Harmful Algal Bloom in the Reservoir -- Microplastics Pollution in the Reservoir: Occurrence, Extraction, and Characterization -- Distribution of Microorganisms in the Reservoir -- Part III. Study Methods of Ecotoxicology in the Reservoir -- Ecotoxicity Test Methods of Primary Producers in the Reservoir -- Ecotoxicology Methods of Reservoir Water Using Invertebrates -- Ecotoxicology Methods of Reservoir Water Using Fish -- Ecotoxicology Methodology of Sediment Toxicity in the Reservoir -- Mesocosm Study in the Reservoir Ecosystem -- Part IV. Ecotoxicological Effects and Mechanism of Pollutants in the Reservoir -- Molecular Toxicity Mechanism of Heavy Metals in the Reservoir -- Molecular Toxicity Mechanism of Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) in the Reservoir -- Molecular Toxicity Mechanism of Microplastics in the Reservoir -- Molecular Toxicity Mechanism of Plasticizers in the Reservoir -- Molecular Toxicity Mechanism of PPCPs in the Reservoir -- Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) of Pollutants in the Reservoir -- Invasive Alien Species Problem in the Reservoir -- Part V. Conclusions -- Final Thoughts and Concluding Remarks.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Protein Requirement -- Chapter 3. Utilization of Proteinaceous Nutrients -- Chapter 4. Peptides or Amino Acids? -- Chapter 5. Amino Acid Functions and Requirements -- Chapter 6. Simple Amino Acids: Gly, Ala, Asp, Gln -- Chapter 7. The Versatile Amino Acid: Tryptophan -- Chapter 8. A Bunch of Amino Acids: Phe, Tyr, Branched-Chain AAs, Ser, Thr -- Chapter 9. Sulfur Amino Acids -- Chapter 10. Basic Amino Acids and Prolines -- Chapter 11. Taurine -- Chapter 12. Nonprotein Amino Acids -- Chapter 13. Glucose -- Chapter 14. Glucose Homeostasis -- Chapter 15. Glucose Intolerance -- Chapter 16. Carbohydrate Transport -- Chapter 17. Protein Sparing by Carbohydrates -- Chapter 18. Carbohydrate Preference and Metabolism -- Chapter 19. Regulatory Potential of Carbohydrates -- Chapter 20. Oligosaccharides -- Chapter 21. Starch -- Chapter 22. Non-Starch-Polysaccharides & Fibers -- Chapter 23. Lipids -- Chapter 24. Lipid Homeostasis -- Chapter 25. Protein Sparing by Lipids -- Chapter 26. Fatty Acids -- Chapter 27. Essential Fatty Acids -- Chapter 28. Biosynthesis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids -- Chapter 29. PUFAs in Reproduction and Behavior -- Chapter 30. Trophic Transfer of PUFAs -- Chapter 31. Sterols, Phospholipids, Wax Esters -- Chapter 32. Vitamin A -- Chapter 33. Vitamin B -- Chapter 34. Vitamin C -- Chapter 35. Vitamin D -- Chapter 36. Vitamin E -- Chapter 37. Vitamin K -- Chapter 38. Nucleotides -- Chapter 39. Exogenous Enzymes -- Chapter 40. Intraspecific Variability.

Description / Table of Contents: Diagnosing the Problem -- Cultivate Shellfish to Remediate the Atmosphere -- Aquaculture: Prehistoric to Traditional to Modern -- The High Seas Solution -- Farming Giant Clams in 2021: a Great Future for the ‘Blue Economy’ of Tropical Islands -- Coccolithophore Cultivation and Deployment -- Comparing industrial and biotechnological solutions for carbon capture and storage -- What should be done.

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: Chapter 1. Sex and Behavior -- Chapter 2. Genetic Tools to Investigate the Consequences of Sex -- Chapter 3. Skulls, Teeth, and Sex -- Chapter 4. Cetacean Evolution: Copulatory and Birthing Consequences of Pelvic and Hindlimb Reduction -- Chapter 5. Sexual Anatomy of Female Cetaceans: Art and Science Contribute Insights into Functionality -- Chapter 6. Interspecific Comparison of Reproductive Strategies -- Chapter 7. Non-Conceptive Sexual Behavior in Cetaceans: Comparison of Form and Function -- Chapter 8. Play, Sexual Display, or Just Boredom Relief? -- Chapter 9. Sexual Behaviors of Odontocetes in Managed Care -- Chapter 10. Infanticide and Sexual Conflict in Cetaceans -- Chapter 11. Drone Perspectives on Cetacean Mating and Sex -- Chapter 12. Inter- and Intrapopulation Variation in Bottlenose Dolphin Mating Strategies -- Chapter 13. Sex and Sexual Strategies in Deep-Diving Risso's Dolphins -- Chapter 14. Sociosexual Behavior of Nocturnally Foraging Dusky and Spinner Dolphins -- Chapter 15. Life History Parameters, Sociobiology, and Reproductive Strategies of Pilot Whales -- Chapter 16. Sex in Killer Whales: Behavior, Exogamy and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies in the Ocean’s Apex Predator -- Chapter 17. Beaked Whale Sexual Dimorphism, Mating Strategies, and Diversification -- Chapter 18. Sexual Behavior and Anatomy in Porpoises -- Chapter 19. Sperm Whale Reproductive Strategies: Current Knowledge and Future Directions -- Chapter 20. Reproductive Tactics in Baleen Whales -- Chapter 21. Gray Whale Sex, Reproductive Behavior, and Social Strategies -- Chapter 22. Bowhead Whale Reproductive Strategies -- Chapter 23. Right Whale Sexual Strategies and Behavior -- Chapter 24. Cetacean Sociality, Reproduction, and Conservation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Wetlands -- Chapter 2. The Causal Factor Approach to Wetland Ecology -- Chapter 3. Duration of Flooding is the Most Important Causal Factor -- Chapter 4. Flood Pulses -- Chapter 5. Fertility -- Chapter 6. Natural Disturbance -- Chapter 7. Competition -- Chapter 8. Herbivory -- Chapter 9. Burial -- Chapter 10. Salinity -- Chapter 11. Roads -- Chapter 12. Coarse Woody Debris -- Chapter 13. Invasive Species are an Emerging Causal Factor -- Chapter 14. Human Population Size -- Chapter 15. The Global Context for Wetland Protection and Restoration -- Chapter 16. Some Review Questions for Managers.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Ecosystem services provided by various coastal ecosystems -- Chapter2. Sediment biogeochemistry in the coastal ecosystem -- Chapter3. Biogeochemical processes of natural organic matter in coastal ecosystems -- Chapter4. Role of the coastal ecosystem as a natural buffer and carbon sink -- Chapter5. Biogeochemical response of coastal systems to natural calamities -- Chapter6. Impact of agricultural activities on the coastal ecosystem: Nutrient contamination and Eutrophication -- Chapter7. Heavy metal contamination in coastal ecosystems -- Chapter8. Microplastic and emerging contaminants in coastal ecosystems -- Chapter9. Impact of urbanization and industrialization on the coastal ecosystem -- Chapter10. Effect of climate change on the coastal ecosystem -- Chapter11. Biodiversity in coastal habitats -- Chapter12. Coastal Ecosystems and human well being -- Chapter13. Application of various technologies and strategies for the conservation of coastal ecosystem -- Chapter14. Government policies and Society involvement for the management of aquatic ecosystem -- Chapter15. Coastal Ecosystems of India, their Conservation and Management Policies: A Review.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to water quality science -- Chapter 2: Aquatic sampling -- Chapter 3: Basic physicochemical properties of water -- Chapter 4: Transparency of water column -- Chapter 5: Carbonate Chemistry of Water -- Chapter 6: Essential Nutrients of Natural Water -- Chapter 7: Biological Productivity -- Chapter 8: Aquatic Pollution -- Chapter 9: Statistical analysis of environmental data -- Chapter 10: Basic Calculations for data analysis.

Description / Table of Contents: SECTION 1: CONCEPTUAL FRAMING -- Chapter 1: Introduction- water security / NBS-NAS context -- Chapter 2: Natural Assurance Schemes: NAS making a case for NBS for risk reduction and prevention -- Chapter 3: The Assurance and the Insurance Value of Ecosystems -- SECTION 2: ASSESSMENT, TOOLS AND METHODS -- Chapter 4: Methodologies to assess and map NBS effect -- Chapter 5: Risk perception in implementation of NBS -- Chapter 6: Economic assessment of NBS for water-risk reduction and co-benefits -- SECTION 3: INTEGRATION PROCESSES -- Chapter 7: Integrated Decision Support for Adaptive Planning -- Chapter 8: Business models for NBS implementation -- Chapter 9: Developing an implementation strategy for hybrid water security strategies: closing the implementation gap -- SECTION 4: DEMONSTRATION IN CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 10: ROMANIA Lower Danube Case Case Study -- Chapter 11: SPAIN Medina Case Case Study -- Chapter 12: UNITED KINGDOM Thames Case Case study -- Chapter 13: FRANCE Brague Case Study -- Chapter 14: FRANCE Lez Case Study -- Chapter 15: SLOVENIA Glinscica Case Study -- Chapter 16: THE NETHERLANDS Rotterdam Case Study -- Chapter 17: DENMARK Copenhagen Case Study -- Chapter 18: POLAND Lodz Case study.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Tilapia Fish For Future Sustainable Aquaculture -- Chapter 2: Health Management For Sustainable Tilapia Farming -- Chapter 3: Effects Of Feed Additives On Tilapia Reproduction -- Chapter 4: Intestinal Microbiota Of Tilapia: Characterization And Modulation -- Chapter 5: Probiotics And Their Application In Tilapia Culture -- Chapter 6: Prebiotics And Synbiotics In Nile Tilapia Culture -- Chapter 7: Medicinal Plants In Tilapia Aquaculture -- Chapter 8: Alternative Protein Sources For Sustainable Tilapia Farming -- Chapter 9: Sustainable Tilapia Farming, The Role Of Culture Systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 : DRD Environmental Change -- Chapter 1 – The Danube Delta Environment Changes Generated by Human Activities (Laura Tiron Duţu, Nicolae Panin, Florin Duţu, Adrian Popa, Gabriel Iordache, Iulian Pojar, Irina Catianis) -- Chapter 2 - Danube Delta Lakes as Sinks for Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Changes (Irina Catianis ,Adriana Maria Constatinescu, Dan Vasiliu, Albert Scrieciu Adrian Stănică) -- Chapter 3 - Assessment of Climate Conditions and Changes Detected over the Historical Period (1961-2013) (Adina-Eliza CROITORU, Csaba Horvath, Titus-Cristian Man) -- Par 2: Water and Waste Management -- Chapter 4 - Water Management on the Territory of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Petru-Dragos Morar, Dana Rus, Abdelazim Negm) -- Chapter 5 - Integrated Waste Management in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Petru-Dragoș Morar) -- Part 3: Societal Dimensions: Demographics, Health and Education -- Chapter 6 - Specificity of the Demographic Dynamics in the Danube Delta (Cristian Constantin Drăghici, Alexandra Grecu Cosmin Olteanu Alexandru Paru , Gruia Andreea Karina, Gabriel Dascălu) -- Chapter 7 - Infrastructure evolution and spatial dimension of the population health state from the Danube Delta (Marian Marin, Iulia Nedelcu, Donatella Carboni , Anca Bratu , Secil Omer, Alexandra Grecu) -- Chapter 8 - The Danube Delta: Opportunities of Content Exploitation as Language Learning Experiences (Dana Rus) -- Part 4 : Integrated Sustainable Development -- Chapter 9 - The Societal Benefits as Results of Managing the Danube Delta Landscape and Changing the Stakeholders’ Behaviours (Camelia Ionescu, Corina Gheorghiu, and Tanvi Walawalkar) -- Chapter 10 - Climate Suitability for Sustainable Economic Growth Through Tourism in the Danube Delta (Adina-Eliza Croitoru, Adina-Viorica Rus, Titus-Cristian Man, Victor Malairău, Alexandru Matei) -- Chapter 11 - The Structural Dynamics of the Local Economy in the Danube Delta (Daniel Peptenatu, Andreea Karina Gruia, Alexandra Grecu, Camelia Teodorescu, Marian Marin, Raluca Dinescu, Cătălin Răzvan Dobrea , Razvan Mihail Papuc, Cosmin Olteanu) -- Chapter 12 - The Role of Tourism Activities in the Integrated Economic Development of the Danube Delta (Radu-Daniel Pintilii, Andreea Karina Gruia, Alexandra Grecu, Oana Crețu, Donatella Carboni) -- Chapter 13 - Danube Delta Integrated Sustainable Development Strategy (Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Mihnea Cristian Popa, Daniel Peptenatu, Abdelazim Negm).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - General Geology of Bidong Island, Terengganu -- Chapter 2 – Sustainable Economic Development of Bidong Island -- Chapter 3 – Historic Vietnamese Settlement of Bidong Island -- Chapter 4 – Species Richness of Plants in Bidong Island -- Chapter 5 - Community Structure and Diversity of Trees in Coastal Forest of Bidong Island, Terengganu -- Chapter 6 – Decapoda Crustaceans at the South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia -- Chapter 7 – Checklist of Lichens From Bidong Island, Terengganu -- Chapter 8 – Diversity of Birds in Bidong Island.-Chapter 9 – Rapid Assessment of Terrestrial Fauna of Bidong Island, Malaysia -- Chapter 10 – Impact of Tropical Storm Pabuk on Intertidal Gastropods in Bidong Island, Malaysia -- Chapter 11 – Lunar Cycle Drives Migration of Zooplankton in Coral Reef of Bidong Island -- Chapter 12 – Modern Benthic Foraminifera in the Coral Reefs of Bidong Island, Terengganu -- Chapter 13 – Meiofauna from the Shipwrecks of Bidong Island, South China Sea -- Chapter 14 – Fish Distribution in Tropical Bidong Island, South China Sea Under Influence from Nearshore Sea Acidification -- Chapter 15 – Host Preferences and Colouration of Christmas Tree Worms, Spirobrancus corniculatus from Bidong Island -- Chapter 16 – Cellular Stress Response of Scleractinian Coral Acropora robusta and Acropora florida in Bidong Island, Malaysia -- Chapter 17 – Effects of pH on the Early Life Histories of Crown–of–Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster Cf Solaris) in Bidong Island, Terengganu, South China Sea -- Chapter 18 – Metals Concentration in Coral Reef Fishes of Bidong Island During the 2017 to 2019 Marine Biology Fieldwork Course -- Chapter 19 – Heavy Metals in Surficial Sediment from Bidong Island, Southern South China Sea.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction Nature-based solutions for urban water management: challenges and opportunities in the context of Asia -- Chapter 2: Types of Nature-based Solutions for water, their functions and suitability -- Chapter 3: Constructed floating wetlands for the treatment of surface waters and industrial wastewaters -- Chapter 4: Nature based solutions for water management in England: contribution to biodiversity net-gain in urban areas -- Chapter 5: Applications of Nature-based Solutions in Urban Water Management in Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, a review -- Chapter 6: Wastewater pollution in urban canals of Vietnam: Restoration using nature-based solutions -- Chapter 7: Nature-based solutions for domestic wastewater treatment in the Philippines -- Chapter 8: Application of Floating Wetlands as a Nature Based Solution for Water Reclamation of Urban Lakes in Sri Lanka and Development of an Appropriate Assessment Criterion -- Chapter 9: Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in following Global Standard for NbS: The Bangladesh Perspective.