Note: Literaturangaben

Note: Cover -- Ecology of Coastal Marine Sediments: Form, Function, and Change in the Anthropocene -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: The environment -- Chapter 1: The sedimentary environment -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Sediment grain size plus -- 1.3 Flow, waves and the benthic boundary layer -- 1.4 Consequences of the BBL on bio-physical processes -- 1.5 Organic matter -- 1.6 Light and benthic primary production -- 1.7 Sediment biogeochemistry -- 1.8 Nutrient cycling -- 1.9 Close out -- References -- Chapter 2: Benthic animals and plants and what they do to sediments -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Size -- 2.3 Living position -- 2.3.1 Epibenthos -- 2.3.2 Infauna -- 2.3.3 Fringing vegetation -- 2.4 Feeding modes of benthic animals -- 2.4.1 Suspension feeders -- 2.4.2 Deposit feeders -- 2.4.3 Predators and scavengers -- 2.5 Mobility -- 2.5.1 Bioturbation -- 2.5.2 Sediment destabilisation -- 2.6 Habitats formed by organism-environment interactions -- 2.7 Close out -- References -- Chapter 3: Disturbance, patches and mosaics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Disturbance events -- 3.3 Disturbance regimes -- 3.4 Recovery processes -- 3.5 Dispersal -- 3.6 From patch dynamics to meta-communities -- 3.7 Close out -- References -- Part II: Designing research -- Chapter 4: Design and the philosophy of sampling -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Philosophical considerations -- 4.2.1 World views -- 4.2.2 Rigour and generality -- 4.2.3 Attributing cause and effect -- 4.3 Scale -- 4.3.1 Theory of scale -- 4.3.2 Scale-related design questions -- 4.4 Mobility -- 4.4.1 Mobility-related design questions -- 4.5 Context-dependencies -- 4.5.1 Environmental factors -- 4.5.2 Species interactions -- 4.5.3 Context-dependent effects on design -- 4.6 Indirect effects -- 4.7 Close out -- References -- Chapter 5: Data collection methods and statistical analyses. , 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Data collection methods -- 5.2.1 What area or duration are data being collected over? -- 5.2.2 What is the data resolution? -- 5.2.3 How far apart should replicates be placed? -- 5.2.4 Replication and cost considerations -- 5.3 Statistical analyses -- 5.3.1 Making use of variability -- 5.3.2 Analysing for non-linear responses -- 5.3.3 The quest for generality -- 5.3.4 Prediction vs exploration vs theory testing -- 5.4 Close out -- References -- Part III: Communities -- Chapter 6: Describing assemblages and biodiversity of sediment-living organisms -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 What is biodiversity? -- 6.3 How do we measure biodiversity? -- 6.4 Biodiversity and scale -- 6.5 What have we learnt about biodiversity? -- 6.5.1 Rarity and commonness -- 6.5.2 General predictors of biodiversity -- 6.5.3 Connectivity, resilience and recovery -- 6.6 Close out -- References -- Chapter 7: Biotic interactions -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Bad neighbours, good neighbours and corporate raiders in soft sediments -- 7.2.1 Competition -- 7.2.2 Interference/inhibition -- 7.2.3 Predation -- 7.2.4 Parasitism and disease -- 7.2.5 The role of facilitation -- 7.2.6 Adult-juvenile interactions -- 7.3 Self-organisation -- 7.4 Weak interactions -- 7.5 Connectivity -- 7.6 Ecosystem interaction networks -- 7.7 Close out -- References -- Chapter 8: Temporal variations in benthic assemblages and processes -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Studies of temporal variation -- 8.2.1 Process studies -- 8.2.2 Monitoring -- 8.3 What are the scales and types of temporal variability we observe? -- 8.3.1 Fast and slow processes -- 8.3.2 Seasonality -- 8.3.3 Longer-term patterns and their drivers -- 8.4 What we have learnt from temporal variability studies -- 8.4.1 What you see depends on when you are -- 8.4.2 Variable species abundances, variable community composition?. , 8.5 Resilience and tipping points -- 8.6 Detecting patterns and trends -- 8.7 Close out -- References -- Part IV: Functioning -- Chapter 9: Ecosystem functions and the work of soft sediments -- 9.1 Introduction-the wide, wide world of functions -- 9.2 Approaches to studying functions -- 9.2.1 Burrowing into rates and exchanges -- 9.2.2 Functions and traits -- 9.2.3 Functions and systems approaches -- 9.3 Examples of key ecosystem functions in soft-sediment habitats -- 9.3.1 Primary production -- 9.3.2 Secondary production -- 9.3.3 Organic matter processing and ecosystem metabolism -- 9.3.4 Physical structuring of sedimentary habitats by marine organisms -- 9.4 Resilience, functional redundancy-and stability -- 9.5 Functional dynamics-connections and patches -- 9.5.1 Capturing rapid dynamics -- 9.5.2 Capturing broad-scale spatial dynamics in ecosystem functions -- 9.6 Multifunctionality -- 9.7 From ecosystem function to ecosystem services -- 9.8 Close out -- References -- Chapter 10: Biodiversity-ecosystem function -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Theoretical considerations and challenges -- 10.3 What elements of biodiversity relate to function? -- 10.4 What functions? Singular or multiple? -- 10.5 Scaling up BEF relationships -- 10.6 From BEF to BES -- 10.7 Close out -- References -- Part V: Anthropocene -- Chapter 11: Human impacts -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Direct and indirect effects -- unintended consequences -- 11.2.1 Direct and indirect effects on biodiversity -- 11.3 Local to global impacts -- unrecognised consequences -- 11.3.1 Organic enrichment and hypoxia -- 11.3.2 Over-fishing and bottom disturbance -- 11.3.3 Terrestrial sediment inputs -- 11.3.4 Plastic pollution -- 11.4 Multiple stressors and cumulative effects -- 11.4.1 Habitat fragmentation and homogenisation. , 11.5 How can we study impacts in the world of cumulative effects and sliding baselines? -- 11.5.1 Sliding baselines -- 11.5.2 Integrating multiple studies -- 11.5.3 Non-random species loss -- 11.5.4 Biological traits -- 11.6 Managing impacts in a multi-use world -- 11.7 Close out -- References -- Chapter 12: Climate change and seafloor ecology -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Ecosystem responses and drivers -- 12.2.1 Temperature -- 12.2.2 Ocean acidification -- 12.3 Improving our understanding of responses -- 12.4 Mitigation -- 12.5 Close out -- References -- Chapter 13: Restoration of soft-sediment habitats -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The what, why, how and where of restoration -- 13.2.1 What? -- 13.2.2 Why? -- 13.2.3 How? -- 13.2.4 Where? -- 13.3 Restoration, bioremediation and ecological infrastructure -- 13.4 Restoration in ecosystem networks -- 13.5 Linking to social engagement and blue economies -- 13.6 Close out -- References -- Glossary -- Index.