The book presents a way to study ecosystems that is not yet available in current textbooks but is resonant with current thinking in the emerging fields of geobiology and Earth System Science. It asks and endeavours to answer the question, "what ...

Fish is the principal source of protein for people in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. While most fish are caught from nature, aquaculture or fish farming is now making a significant contribution to total fish ...

Insectes, crustacés, mollusques, les eaux douces de nos régions abritent une faune riche et diversifiée d'invertébrés, souvent très sensibles aux conditions de milieu. Cette faune est de ce fait de plus en plus utilisée comme indicateur pour le ...

North American and European governments have adopted national programs for environmental monitoring and assessment that include the use of aquatic biota. These programs will use a variety of indicators of environmental health; benthic ...

This volume presents a review of metapopulation biology. It describes key theories of study and applies the best field studies to the conservation of species in fragmented landscapes. The work explains and critically assess the value of the ...

Indifference to behavioral needs of the young caused Mouse Utopia to self-destruct. Can Human Utopia avoid a similar fate? Yes. How? By confronting the Sorcerer. Will we? In time?

The book presents a consistent and complete ecosystem theory based on thermodynamic concepts. The first chapters are devoted to an interpretation of the first and second law of thermodynamics in ecosystem context. Then Prigogine's use of far from ...

Environment, mountain biodiversity, ecological changes.

Genomics is a rapidly growing scientific field with applications ranging from improved disease resistance to increased rate of growth. Aquaculture Genome Technologies comprehensively covers the field of genomics and its applications to the ...