The Ecology of Sandy Shores
- 4th Edition - February 6, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Omar Defeo, Anton McLachlan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 7 5 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 7 5 5 - 5
The Ecology of Sandy Shores, Fourth Edition provides both a holistic and conceptual introduction for the beginner, yet at the same time gives an in-depth and cutting-edge analys… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Ecology of Sandy Shores, Fourth Edition provides both a holistic and conceptual introduction for the beginner, yet at the same time gives an in-depth and cutting-edge analysis for the researcher interested in sandy shores. There is no other book covering the ecology of sandy beaches, despite the extent and economic importance of these systems. This guide is designed to both introduce students to the basic principles of sandy shore ecology, to serve as a ready reference for doctoral students and researchers working on these systems, and to provide a handbook for land and coastal managers.
This new edition will focus on humans as part of the sandy beach environment, including aspects such as global change in coastal systems and its impacts on sandy littoral zones through ‘coastal squeeze’. Further, prominence will be given to resource use, such as artisanal fisheries and to the critical area of coastal zone management and governance. Considering these two main issues, the concept of sandy beaches as social-ecological systems will be developed together with an illustrative framework related to this approach.
This new edition will focus on humans as part of the sandy beach environment, including aspects such as global change in coastal systems and its impacts on sandy littoral zones through ‘coastal squeeze’. Further, prominence will be given to resource use, such as artisanal fisheries and to the critical area of coastal zone management and governance. Considering these two main issues, the concept of sandy beaches as social-ecological systems will be developed together with an illustrative framework related to this approach.
- Comprehensively covers the crucial topic of sandy shores as ecosystems, examined ecologically, environmentally, socially, and economically
- Fully updated edition of the preeminent book on sandy shores
- Focuses on human impacts and beaches as social-ecological systems
- Includes aspects such as global change in coastal systems and its impacts on sandy littoral zones through ‘coastal squeeze’
- Offers the most updated information based on recent scientific findings, presented with an illustrative framework
Students, academics, researchers, and coastal managers – could be purchased by coastal university libraries as well as libraries in all marine and oceanographic institutions, High schools, civil societies interested in coastal conservation, post-secondary educational institutions offering programs in environmental issues
1. Introduction
2. The physical environment
3. The interstitial environment
4. Beach and surf zone flora
5. Sandy beach invertebrates
6. Adaptations to sandy beach life
7. Benthic macrofauna communities
8. Benthic macrofauna populations
9. Interstitial ecology
10. Surf zone zooplankton and nekton
11. Other marine and terrestrial vertebrates
12. Energetics and nutrient cycling
13. Coastal dune ecosystems
14. Human impacts
15. Fisheries
16. Climate change
17. Management and conservation
2. The physical environment
3. The interstitial environment
4. Beach and surf zone flora
5. Sandy beach invertebrates
6. Adaptations to sandy beach life
7. Benthic macrofauna communities
8. Benthic macrofauna populations
9. Interstitial ecology
10. Surf zone zooplankton and nekton
11. Other marine and terrestrial vertebrates
12. Energetics and nutrient cycling
13. Coastal dune ecosystems
14. Human impacts
15. Fisheries
16. Climate change
17. Management and conservation
- Edition: 4
- Published: February 6, 2025
- No. of pages (Paperback): 784
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443217548
- eBook ISBN: 9780443217555
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Omar Defeo
Dr Defeo has been active in the field of marine sciences since receiving his PhD in 1993. His fields of interest are human impact in coastal marine communities and populations, stock assessment and management, population dynamics of exploited marine stocks and sandy beach ecology. He has won many awards for his research and consultancy work, including the 2010 Elsevier Scopus Prize for Uruguay. He has published over 130 works to date.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Sciences, Montevideo, UruguayAM
Anton McLachlan
Dr McLachlan has had a long and established career in beach ecology. He has worked around the world and has headed up multiple departments and research institutions including: the Director for the Institute for Coastal Research, Chair of the Dept. of Zoology and has held a number of Dean positions at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. He has over 90 publications to date.
Affiliations and expertise
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaRead The Ecology of Sandy Shores on ScienceDirect