Overview
- Unique textbook on sea ice ecology and Arctic marine ecology
- Offers specialized teachings to higher level university and PhD students
- Focus on sea ice in a global context and climate changes in the Arctic
Part of the book series: Springer Polar Sciences (SPPS)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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The book on sea ice ecology is the ecology of sea ice algae and other microorganism as bacteria, meiofauna, and viruses residing inside or at the bottom of the sea ice, called the sympagic biota. Organisms as seals, fish, birds, and Polar bears relies on sea ice but are not part of this biota. A distinct feature of this ecosystem, is the disappearance (melt) every summer and re-establishing in autumn and winter. The book is organized seasonally describing the physical, optical, biological, and geochemical conditions typical of the seasons: autumn, winter, and spring. These are exemplified with case studies based on author’s fieldwork in Greenland, the Arctic Ocean, and Antarctica but focused on Arctic conditions. The sea ice ecosystem is described in the context of climate change, interests, and effects of a decreasing summer ice extent in the Arctic Ocean. The book contains an up to date description of most relevant methods and techniques applied in sea ice ecology research.
This book will appeal to university students at Masters or PhD levels reading biology, geosciences, and chemistry.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Arctic Sea Ice Ecology
Book Subtitle: Seasonal Dynamics in Algal and Bacterial Productivity
Authors: Lars Chresten Lund-Hansen, Dorte Haubjerg Søgaard, Brian Keith Sorrell, Rolf Gradinger, Klaus Martin Meiners
Series Title: Springer Polar Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37472-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37471-6Published: 08 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37474-7Published: 09 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37472-3Published: 07 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2510-0475
Series E-ISSN: 2510-0483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 178
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polar Geography, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Climate Change, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes