دانلود کتاب Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries & Conservation

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Seamounts are ubiquitous undersea mountains rising from the ocean seafloor that do not reach the surface. There are likely many hundreds of thousands of seamounts, they are usually formed from volcanoes in the deep sea and are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least 0.5 km above the seafloor, although smaller features may have the same origin.

This book follows a logical progression from geological and physical processes, ecology, biology and biogeography, to exploitation, management and conservation concerns. In 21 Chapters written by 57 of the world’s leading seamount experts, the book reviews all aspects of their geology, ecology, biology, exploitation, conservation and management. In Section I of this book, several detection and estimation techniques for tallying seamounts are reviewed, along with a history of seamount research.

This book represents a unique and fresh synthesis of knowledge of seamounts and their biota and is an essential reference work on the topic. It is an essential purchase for all fisheries scientists and managers, fish biologists, marine biologists and ecologists, environmental scientists, conservation biologists and oceanographers. It will also be of interest to members of fish and wildlife agencies and government departments covering conservation and management.

Supplementary material is available at: www.seamountsbook.info

Content:
Chapter 1 Seamount Characteristics (pages 1–25): Paul Wessel
Chapter 2 How Many Seamounts are There and Where are They Located? (pages 26–40): Adrian Kitchingman, Sherman Lai, Telmo Morato and Daniel Pauly
Chapter 3 A History of Seamount Research (pages 41–61): Paul E. Brewin, Karen I. Stocks and Gui Menezes
Chapter 4 Physical Processes and Seamount Productivity (pages 62–84): Martin White, Igor Bashmachnikov, Javier Aristegui and Ana Martins
Chapter 5 Seamount Plankton Dynamics (pages 87–100): Amatzia Genin and John F. Dower
Chapter 6 Midwater Fish Assemblages and Seamounts (pages 101–116): Filipe M. Porteiro and Tracey Sutton
Chapter 7 Seamount Benthos (pages 117–140): Sarah Samadi, Thomas Schlacher and Bertrand Richer de Forges
Chapter 8 Corals on Seamounts (pages 141–169): Alex D. Rogers, Amy Baco, Huw Griffiths, Thomas Hart and Jason M. Hall?Spencer
Chapter 9 Seamount Fishes: Ecology and Life Histories (pages 170–188): Telmo Morato and Malcolm R. Clark
Chapter 10A Fish Visitors to Seamounts: Tunas and Bill Fish at Seamounts (pages 189–201): Kim N. Holland and R. Dean Grubbs
Chapter 10B Fish Visitors to Seamounts: Aggregations of Large Pelagic Sharks Above Seamounts (pages 202–206): Feodor Litvinov
Chapter 11 Seamounts and Cephalopods (pages 207–229): Malcolm Clarke
Chapter 12A Air?Breathing Visitors to Seamounts: Marine Mammals (pages 230–238): Kristin Kaschner
Chapter 12B Air?Breathing Visitors to Seamounts: Sea Turtles (pages 239–244): Marco A. Santos, Alan B. Bolten, Helen R. Martins, Brian Riewald and Karen A. Bjorndal
Chapter 12C Air?Breathing Visitors to Seamounts: Importance of Seamounts to Seabirds (pages 245–251): David R. Thompson
Chapter 13 Biogeography and Biodiversity of Seamounts (pages 252–281): Karen I. Stocks and Paul J.B. Hart
Chapter 14 Raiding the Larder: A Quantitative Evaluation Framework and Trophic Signature for Seamount Food Webs (pages 282–295): Tony J. Pitcher and Cathy Bulman
Chapter 15 Modelling Seamount Ecosystems and their Fisheries (pages 296–332): Beth Fulton, Telmo Morato and Tony J. Pitcher
Chapter 16 Small?Scale Fishing on Seamounts (pages 333–360): Helder Marques da Silva and Mario Rui Pinho
Chapter 17 Large?Scale Distant?Water Trawl Fisheries on Seamounts (pages 361–399): Malcolm R. Clark, Vladimir I. Vinnichenko, John D.M. Gordon, Georgy Z. Beck?Bulat, Nikolai N. Kukharev and Alexander F. Kakora
Chapter 18 Catches from World Seamount Fisheries (pages 400–412): Reg Watson, Adrian Kitchingman and William W. Cheung
Chapter 19 Impacts of Fisheries on Seamounts (pages 413–441): Malcolm R. Clark and J. Anthony Koslow
Chapter 20 Management and Conservation of Seamounts (pages 442–475): P. Keith Probert, Sabine Christiansen, Kristina M. Gjerde, Susan Gubbay and Ricardo S. Santos
Chapter 21 The Depths of Ignorance: An Ecosystem Evaluation Framework for Seamount Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation (pages 476–488): Tony J. Pitcher, Telmo Morato, Paul J. B. Hart, Malcolm R. Clark, Nigel Haggan and Ricardo S. Santos