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Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes
The volume highlights developments in our understanding of the palaeogeographical, palaeobiological, palaeoclimatic and cryospheric evolution of Antarctica. It focuses on the sedimentary record from the Devonian to the Quaternary Period. It features tectonic evolution and stratigraphy, as well as processes taking place adjacent to, beneath and beyond the ice-sheet margin, including the continental shelf. The contributions in this volume include several invited review papers, as well as original research papers arising from the International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences in Edinburgh, in July 2011. These papers demonstrate a remarkable diversity of Earth science interests in the Antarctic. Following international trends, there is particular emphasis on the Cenozoic Era, reflecting the increasing emphasis on the documentation and understanding of the past record of ice-sheet fluctuations. Furthermore, Antarctic Earth history is providing us with important information about potential future trends, as the impact of global warming is increasingly felt on the continent and its ocean.
Echinoderm Research 2001
The Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates with a fossil record reaching back to the Precambrian. Major elements of the benthic macrofauna, they play a significant role in the dynamics of the ecosystems and are choice biological models in the life sciences, from ecology to genomics. This title offers 50 papers presented at the sixth European Conferences on Echinoderms (ECE), covering population biology, biodiversity, anatomy and functional morphology, physiology and behavior, biological cycles, and resource potential. This book reflects the great diversity of its contributors, offering an opportunity to cover a broad range of important questions in a single, authoritative reference.
Echinoderm Research 2010
La 4ème de couverture porte : "Echinoderms are a vast group of spiny-skinned animals including starfish, brittle-stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, feather stars, sea lilies and sea cucumbers. These relatives of chordates and hemichordates have inhabited the world's oceans for more than 500 million years. Modern members of the Echinodermata are, with over 7 000 species, an integral part of marine communities from the intertidal to the deep sea. Echinoderms play a major ecological role in marine habitats and are of economic importance in fisheries, aqaculture and biomedicine.The present volume contains the abstracts of lectures and posters presented during the 7th European Conference on Echinoderms (ECE) as well as excursion guides.This year's conference was held at the northern campus of the Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany, from October 2-9, 2010. More than 100 biologists, palaeontologists and other scientists from 25 countries participated."
Sea Urchins
Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology, Fourth Edition, Volume 43 expands its coverage to include the entire class of Echinoidea, making this new edition an authoritative reference of the entire class of species. This is a valuable resource that will help readers gain a deep understanding of the basic characteristics of sea urchins, the basis of the great variation that exists in sea urchins, and how sea urchins are important components of marine ecosystems. Updated coverage includes sections on reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology, larval ecology, growth, digestion, carotenoids and disease.
Biodiversity of the Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is vast, in particular, its history, its isolation, and climate, making it a unique "laboratory case" for experimental evolution, adaptation and ecology. Its evolutionary history of adaptation provide a wealth of information on the functioning of the biosphere and its potential. The Southern Ocean is the result of a history of nearly 40 million years marked by the opening of the Straits south of Australia and South America and intense cooling. The violence of its weather, its very low temperatures, the formation of huge ice-covered areas, as its isolation makes the Southern Ocean a world apart. This book discusses the consequences for th...
Les événements d’augmentation de la biodiversité
Contrairement à une idée répandue, la Terre a la capacité de voir sa biodiversité augmenter brusquement. Cet ouvrage présente une méthode d’exploration de l’histoire de la biodiversité au cours des temps géologiques. Il analyse les cas possibles de radiations évolutives dans ses différents contextes. Les événements d’augmentation de la biodiversité détaille particulièrement l’émergence des plans d’organisation anatomique des animaux il y a 500 millions d’années, les radiations des ammonites (des céphalopodes) dans des contextes post-extinction de masse ou non, l’extraordinaire radiation des plantes à fleurs ou l’émergence de nouveaux oursins (des oursins irréguliers) et leur devenir radieux depuis le Jurassique. Cette étude replacera les résultats de ces mondes anciens dans le contexte de la biodiversité actuelle et de son devenir.
Biodiversité de l’océan Austral
La position quasi polaire de l’océan Austral, ses dimensions et son isolement en font un monde à part, défini par la violence des tempêtes, des températures très basses et d'immenses zones englacées. De tels paramètres climatiques et océanographiques ont façonné la biodiversité de cet océan. Endémisme, métabolisme ralenti, longévité, gigantisme, absence de phases larvaires… Autant d’éléments qui caractérisent un extraordinaire laboratoire naturel pour l’exploration des processus adaptatifs, évolutifs et écologiques à l'oeuvre dans des conditions extrêmes. Cet ouvrage présente les investigations scientifiques les plus récentes de l’océan Austral, son histoire climatique et les particularités évolutives de sa biodiversité qui est aujourd’hui confrontée au changement global.
