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Life in the Mediterranean Sea : a look at habitat changes / [edited by] Noga Stambler.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental science, engineering and technology seriesPublisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science, 2012Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781622570935
  • 1622570936
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life in the Mediterranean SeaDDC classification:
  • 577.73/8 22
LOC classification:
  • QH93
Online resources:
Contents:
LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; Contents; Preface; Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity between the Legacy From the Past and a Future of Change; Abstract; Introduction; The Origin of Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity; The Late Tethys and the Mediterranean Paleoendemics; The Pliocene Recolonization and the Origin of the Neoendemics; The Quaternary and the Shaping of the Modern Biota; The Mediterranean Sea Biota of Today; Just One Sea? Biogeographic Subdivisions within the Mediterranean; Patterns and Drivers of Change.
New InhabitantsThe Footprint of Humans; Some Like it Hot (But Some Do Not); Confronting the Acid Bath; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Tectonic Development of the Levant Continental Margin, Eastern Mediterranean; Abstract; Background; Formation of the Margin; Precursors -- Proterozoic to Paleozoic; The Break up -- Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic; Ups and Downs -- Late Mesozoic; Path to Tranquility -- Early Cenozoic; Drum Roll of Activity -- Mid-Cenozoic; Offspring of Collision -- Late Cenozoic; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; References.
The Nile Littoral Cell and Recent Shoreline Change: A ReviewThe Nile River and its Delta; Man's Influence on the Nile River; The Nile Littoral Cell; Sediment Source and Characteristics; Wave Climate; Sediment Transport; The Coasts of the Nile Littoral Cell and Current Anthropogenic Induced Change; The Nile Delta; The Mediterranean Coast of the Sinai Peninsula; The Israeli Coast; River Outlets and Drains along the Nile Littoral Cell; Coastal Structures and Shoreline Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea; Abstract; 1. Introduction.
2. The Observed Forcing and Circulation2.1. Water Masses; 2.2. Exchange through the Straits; 2.3. Surface Heat Flux; 2.4. Surface Water Flux and River Discharge; 2.5. Wind Stress; 2.6. Circulation; 3. Long Term Changes of the Circulation; 3.1. Observed Changes; 3.2. Projection of Future Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; The Upper Mixed Layer; 1. Abstract; 2. Introduction; 3. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 3.1. Generalities; 3.2. The Temporal Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing; 3.3. The Spatial Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing.
3.4. The Surface Salinity Field4. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer: the Observations; 4.1. The Basin Scale, Seasonal Dynamic of Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 4.2. The High Frequencies of Mixed Layer Forcing: The Fall-to-Winter 2001-2002 Transition in the NW Mediterranean; 4.3. The Effect of the 3 Dimensional Process: The Ekman Pumping in the NW Mediterranean; Conclusion; 6. Appendix : Mixed Layer Depth Operational Evaluation; Acknowledgment; References; Nutrient Distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean before and after the Transient Event; Abstract; Introduction; Area of Study and Data Sources.
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English.

LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; Contents; Preface; Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity between the Legacy From the Past and a Future of Change; Abstract; Introduction; The Origin of Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity; The Late Tethys and the Mediterranean Paleoendemics; The Pliocene Recolonization and the Origin of the Neoendemics; The Quaternary and the Shaping of the Modern Biota; The Mediterranean Sea Biota of Today; Just One Sea? Biogeographic Subdivisions within the Mediterranean; Patterns and Drivers of Change.

New InhabitantsThe Footprint of Humans; Some Like it Hot (But Some Do Not); Confronting the Acid Bath; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Tectonic Development of the Levant Continental Margin, Eastern Mediterranean; Abstract; Background; Formation of the Margin; Precursors -- Proterozoic to Paleozoic; The Break up -- Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic; Ups and Downs -- Late Mesozoic; Path to Tranquility -- Early Cenozoic; Drum Roll of Activity -- Mid-Cenozoic; Offspring of Collision -- Late Cenozoic; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; References.

The Nile Littoral Cell and Recent Shoreline Change: A ReviewThe Nile River and its Delta; Man's Influence on the Nile River; The Nile Littoral Cell; Sediment Source and Characteristics; Wave Climate; Sediment Transport; The Coasts of the Nile Littoral Cell and Current Anthropogenic Induced Change; The Nile Delta; The Mediterranean Coast of the Sinai Peninsula; The Israeli Coast; River Outlets and Drains along the Nile Littoral Cell; Coastal Structures and Shoreline Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea; Abstract; 1. Introduction.

2. The Observed Forcing and Circulation2.1. Water Masses; 2.2. Exchange through the Straits; 2.3. Surface Heat Flux; 2.4. Surface Water Flux and River Discharge; 2.5. Wind Stress; 2.6. Circulation; 3. Long Term Changes of the Circulation; 3.1. Observed Changes; 3.2. Projection of Future Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; The Upper Mixed Layer; 1. Abstract; 2. Introduction; 3. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 3.1. Generalities; 3.2. The Temporal Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing; 3.3. The Spatial Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing.

3.4. The Surface Salinity Field4. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer: the Observations; 4.1. The Basin Scale, Seasonal Dynamic of Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 4.2. The High Frequencies of Mixed Layer Forcing: The Fall-to-Winter 2001-2002 Transition in the NW Mediterranean; 4.3. The Effect of the 3 Dimensional Process: The Ekman Pumping in the NW Mediterranean; Conclusion; 6. Appendix : Mixed Layer Depth Operational Evaluation; Acknowledgment; References; Nutrient Distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean before and after the Transient Event; Abstract; Introduction; Area of Study and Data Sources.

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