Overview
- This is an unique volume addressing Patagonian aquatic ecosystem’s functions and services
- It explores the past, present and future of ecosystem functions and services in Patagonian coastal ecosystems
- The book will focus on local/regional-scale changes seeking an integral approach that encompasses various levels and processes
- This volume seeks to establish the state of the art on patagoian coastal ecosystem population, climate, resources, atmospheric / ocean circulation, food webs, biological diversity, pollution, over-fishing
Part of the book series: Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia (NSSP)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Abiotic Environment of the Patagonian Coast
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Biodiversity and Ecological Interactions in Coastal Patagonia
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Human Beings and Their Relation with the Environment and Biodiversity in Coastal Patagonia
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About this book
The book then presents an overview of how organisms that constitute the aquatic food webs have changed through time and how they likely will soon change due to global change processes and anthropogenic pressures. In this regard it offers a wealth of information such as long-term patterns in physical / atmospheric processes, biodiversity and the distribution of marine organisms, as well as the results of experimental studies designed to understand their responses under future scenarios shaped by both climate change and anthropogenic pressures. The book also covers various aspects of the past, present and potential future relationship of human beings with Patagonian coastal environments, including the utilization of sea products, tourism, and growth of cities.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Maite Narvarte is a CONICET researcher and professor at the Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Her work focuses on marine conservation, providing information for environmental conservation decision-making. She has authored many peer-reviewed articles and governmental reports, covering topics from the factors contributing to the unsustainability of Patagonian shellfisheries to the role of coastal gregarious species as ecosystem engineers, relevant in reducing risks to coastal protection and habitat quality.
Raul González is a CONICET researcher and professor at the Universidad Nacional del Comahu. His research mainly focuses on fisheries, including fish biology/ecology, stock assessment, ecosystem indicators and sustainability. He was the Director of the Almirante Storni Institute of Marine Biology and Fisheries, a member of the Advisory Commission on Biodiversity and Sustainability of the Argentine Ministry of Science and Technology, and a member of the Livestock and Fisheries Technology Commission of the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion.
Virginia E. Villafañe is a CONICET researcher at the Estación de Fotobiología Playa Unión. She holds an M. Sc. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a Ph.D. from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the effects of increased ultraviolet-B levels on phytoplankton, as well as stressors related to global change. She has been studying the impacts of these variables on diverse aspects of plankton metabolism in various marine and freshwater environments, e.g. Antarctica, high-altitude lakes, cenotes, southern China, and the Barents and Baltic Seas, for the past several years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Change in Atlantic Coastal Patagonian Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: A Journey Through Time
Editors: E. Walter Helbling, Maite A. Narvarte, Raul A. González, Virginia E. Villafañe
Series Title: Natural and Social Sciences of Patagonia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86676-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86675-4Published: 22 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86678-5Published: 23 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86676-1Published: 21 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-3463
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3471
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 463
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecology, Oceanography, Biodiversity, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban Ecology