Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems

This book contains the papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Institute on "Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems", held at Heraklion-Crete, Greece, from September 23-27, 1983. A workshop rather than a conference, it was sponsored by the Eco-Sciences Special Programme Panel, in cooperation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, Maria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1985, 1985
Edition:1st ed. 1985
Series:I Ecology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Ecological Factors and their Biogeographic Consequences in the Mediterranean Ecosystems
  • The Mediterranean Benthos: Reflections and Problems Raised by a Classification of the Benthic Assemblages
  • On the Biogeography of the Benthic Algae of the Mediterranean
  • Distribution and Ecology of Endemic Elements in the Mediterranean Fauna (Fishes and Echinoderms)
  • Mediterranean Sea Meiobenthos
  • The Deep Mediterranean Benthos
  • The Eastern Mediterranean Shelf Ecosystem in Global Connexion Including some Biological and Geological Implications
  • Effects of Pollution and Man-Made Modifications on Marine Benthic Communities in the Mediterranean: A Review
  • The Effects of the Geological and Physico-chemical Factors on the Distribution of Marine Plants and Animals in the Mediterranean
  • Environmental Control of the Mesoscale Distribution of Primary Producers and its Bearing to Primary Production in the Western Mediterranean
  • Phytoplankton Production in Oligotrophic Marine Ecosystems: the Mediterranean Sea
  • Deep Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll Maxima in the Western Mediterranean
  • Features and Peculiarities of Zooplankton Communities from the Western Mediterranean
  • The Zooplankton Communities of the Eastern Mediterranean (Levantine Basin, Aegean Sea): Influence of Man-Made Factors
  • Processes of Differentiation Between Mediterranean Populations of the Super-Species Tisbe clodiensis Battaglia and Fava (1968) (Copepoda)
  • Evolutionary and Zoogeographical Remarks on the Mediterranean Fauna of Brachyuran Crabs
  • The Impact of the Lessepsian (Suez Canal) Fish Migration on the Eastern Mediterranean Ecosystem
  • Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems: Establishment of Zooplanktonic Communities in Transitional and Partly Isolated Areas
  • Contributors
  • Species Index