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Population Dynamics of the Reef Crisis
- 1st Edition, Volume 87 - November 13, 2020
- Editor: Bernhard Riegl
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 5 2 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 5 3 0 - 2
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Request a sales quotePopulation Dynamics of the Reef Crisis, Volume 87 in the Advances in Marine Biology series, updates on many topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography. Chapters in this new release cover SCTL disease and coral population dynamics in S-Florida, Spatial dynamics of juvenile corals in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, Surprising stability in sea urchin populations following shifts to algal dominance on heavily bleached reefs, Biophysical model of population connectivity in the Persian Gulf, Population dynamics of 20-year decline in clownfish anemones on coral reefs at Eilat, northern Red Sea, and much more.
- Reviews articles on the latest advances in marine biology
- Authored by leading figures in their respective fields of study
- Presents materials that are widely used by managers, students and academic professionals in the marine sciences
Postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors to Volume 87
- Series Contents
- The population dynamics of the coral reef crisis—Prologue
- Chapter One: Population dynamics of the reef crisis: Consequences of the growing human population
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Humans: Their numbers, distribution, and impacts
- 3: Coral population dynamics in response to human depredation
- 4: Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Two: Projected shifts in coral size structure in the Anthropocene
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The functional implications of coral colony size
- 3: Temporal shifts in the size structure of coral populations
- 4: Modelling changes in size distributions of coral populations
- 5: Tractable questions and the data with which they can be answered
- Chapter Three: Population dynamics of diseased corals: Effects of a Shut Down Reaction outbreak in Puerto Rican Acropora cervicornis
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Material and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Four: Spatial and temporal differences in Acropora cervicornis colony size and health
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Five: Population dynamics and growth rates of free-living mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) in the sediment-stressed reefs of Singapore
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Six: Population fluctuations of the fungiid coral Cycloseris curvata, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Seven: Considering the rates of growth in two taxa of coral across Pacific islands
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Eight: Biophysical model of coral population connectivity in the Arabian/Persian Gulf
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Material and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Nine: Larval connectivity and water quality explain spatial distribution of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks across the Great Barrier Reef
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Chapter Ten: COTSMod: A spatially explicit metacommunity model of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish and coral recovery
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Chapter Eleven: Coral community life histories and population dynamics driven by seascape bathymetry and temperature variability
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Twelve: The timing and causality of ecological shifts on Caribbean reefs
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Thirteen: The rise of octocoral forests on Caribbean reefs
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Historical context
- 3: Octocorals: The right taxon at the right moment
- 4: Resilience and resistance of modern octocoral communities
- 5: Canopies formed by dense stands of octocorals
- 6: Goods and services delivered by octocorals
- 7: The future
- 8: Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Fourteen: Octocoral populations and connectivity in continental Ecuador and Galápagos, Eastern Pacific
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Fifteen: A tropical eastern Pacific invasive brittle star species (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) reaches southeastern Florida
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Conclusions
- No. of pages: 512
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 87
- Published: November 13, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128215296
- eBook ISBN: 9780128215302
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Bernhard Riegl
Dr. Bernhard Riegl is professor at the Nova Southeastern University Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. He is the associate director of the National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI). He received the MSc degree from the University of Vienna (Austria) and the PhD degree from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). He also received the habilitation at Karl-Franzens-University Graz (Austria). He was editor of the international scientific journals Coral Reefs and Sedimentology, and is editor of the book series Coral Reefs of the World and an assoc editor at the journal Scientific Reports.
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Bernhard Riegl is professor at the Nova Southeastern University Halmos College of Natural Sciences and OceanographyRead Population Dynamics of the Reef Crisis on ScienceDirect