Overview
- Environmental change relations in the Mediterranean Sea since its formation and all aspects of life in it and around its shores
- Looks at ways the geology, currents and chemistry of the Sea have affected plant life, fauna and mankind from the distant past, through present patterns, towards likely future scenarios
- Essential to researchers and advanced students focusing on the Mediterranean environment, biota, past, heritage and challenges laying ahead for its diverse dependents?
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Ecology: Taxa and Trophic Levels
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Global Climate Change and Ecosystem Effects
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Mediterranean Man and Sea: Myths, Origins, Challenges and Opportunities
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Reviews
“The editors have done a superb job of bringing together an updated, multidisciplinary survey of the Mediterranean Sea as we know it today. … This book belongs in university libraries and on the desks and bookshelves of all researchers interested in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a credit to the science and study of the Mediterranean Sea, and as such it makes an important contribution to the literature.” (Charles W. Finkl, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 31 (3), May, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mediterranean Sea
Book Subtitle: Its history and present challenges
Editors: Stefano Goffredo, Zvy Dubinsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6703-4Published: 23 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0186-8Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6704-1Published: 09 September 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 678
Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 169 illustrations in colour
Topics: Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Plant Ecology, Environmental Economics