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Expected Effects of Climatic Change on Marine Coastal Ecosystems

J. J. Beukema, w. J. Wolff & J. J. W. M. Brouns Man is changing the biosphere at an ever increasing Netherlands ministery of Housing, Physical Planning rate. Several of these man-made changes are on a and Health (represented by Dr. G. P. Hekstra), chaired worldwide scale, such as the increase in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Beukema, J.J. (Editor), Brouns, J.J.W.M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:Developments in Hydrobiology
Subjects:
Geology
Freshwater And Marine Ecology
Marine Ecology
Freshwater Ecology
Ecology 
Ecology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Expected biological effects of long-term changes in temperatures on benthic ecosystems in coastal waters around The Netherlands.
  • Expected effects of changes in winter temperatures on benthic animals living in soft sediments in coastal North Sea areas.
  • Effects of temperature changes on infaunal circalittoral bivalves, particularly T. tenuis and T. fabula.
  • Expected efffects of temperature changes on estuarine fish populations.
  • Sea-Level Rises.
  • Sea-level changes and tidal-flat characteristics.
  • Long-term beach and shoreface changes, NW Jutland, Denmark: effects of a change in wind direction.
  • Climate change, sea level rise and morphological developments in the Dutch Wadden Sea, a marine wetland.
  • Sea-level rise and coastal sedimentation in central Noord-Holland (The Netherlands) around 5000 BP: a case study of changes in sedimentation dynamics and sediment distribution patterns.
  • Ecological impact of sea level rise oncoastal ecosystems of Mont-Saint-Michel Bay (France).
  • Consequences of sea level rise: implications from the Mississippi Delta.
  • Possible effects of sea level changes on salt-marsh vegetation.
  • Salt marshes in The Netherlands Wadden Sea: rising high-tide levels and accreation enhancement.
  • Inshore birds of the soft coasts and sea-level rise.
  • UV-B Radiation.
  • Effects of increased solar UV-B radiation on coastal marine ecosystems: an overview.
  • Expected changes in Dutch coastal vegetation resulting from enhanced levels of solar UV-B.
  • Introduction.
  • Climatic Changes.
  • Man’s impact on atmosphere and climate: a global threat? Strategies to combat global warming.
  • Ecological interpretation of climate projections.
  • Western European regional climate scenarios in a high greenhouse gas world and agricultural impacts.
  • Elevated Carbon-Dioxide Concentrations.
  • The primary productivity of Puccinellia maritima and Spartina anglica: a simple predictive model of response to climatic change.
  • Direct effects of elevated CO2 concentration levels on grass and clover in ‘model-ecosystems’.
  • Effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment on salt-marsh plants.
  • Temperature Changes.
  • The geographic distribution of seaweed species in relation to temperature: present and past.
  • Expected effects of changing seawater temperatures on the geographic distribution of seaweed species.

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