Description
Book SynopsisDue to its sensitivity to ecological change, the benthic environment a term commonly used to describe the plants and animals living at the bottom of the sea is becoming a crucial topic in these days of rapid climate change.
Table of ContentsContributors xii
Dedication xiv
Preface to the Fourth Edition xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Chapter 1 Design and Analysis in Benthic Surveys in Environmental Sampling 1
Antony J. Underwood and Maura G. Chapman
Chapter 2 Characterising the Physical Properties of Seabed Habitats 47
Andrew J. Kenny and Ian Sotheran
Chapter 3 Imaging Techniques 97
Chris J. Smith and Heye Rumohr
Chapter 4 Diving 125
Colin Munro
Chapter 5 Macrofauna Techniques 175
Anastasios Eleftheriou and Derek C. Moore
Chapter 6 Meiofauna Techniques 253
Paul J. Somerfield and Richard M. Warwick
Chapter 7 Deep-Sea Benthic Sampling 285
Alan J. Jamieson, Ben Boorman and Daniel O.B. Jones
Chapter 8 Measuring the Flow of Energy and Matter in Marine Benthic Animal Populations 349
Jaap van der Meer, Thomas Brey, Carlo Heip, Peter M.J. Herman, Tom Moens and Dick van Oevelen
Chapter 9 Phytobenthos Techniques 427
Hans Kautsky
References 459
Index 467
Colour plate section 1 falls between pages 126 and 127
Colour plate section 2 falls between pages 302 and 303
