Living Along Gradients: Past, Present, Future
Author : Ulrich Bathmann
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2020-02-24
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ISBN : 288963468X
Author : Ulrich Bathmann
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2020-02-24
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ISBN : 288963468X
Author : Stefano Goffredo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 39,67 MB
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319313053
This volume presents a broad panorama of the current status of research of invertebrate animals considered belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, such as hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, and coral. In this book the Cnidarians are traced from the Earth’s primordial oceans, to their response to the warming and acidifying oceans. Due to the role of corals in the carbon and calcium cycles, various aspects of cnidarian calcification are discussed. The relation of the Cnidaria with Mankind is approached, in accordance with the Editors’ philosophy of bridging the artificial schism between science, arts and Humanities. Cnidarians' encounters with humans result in a broad spectrum of medical emergencies that are reviewed. The final section of the volume is devoted to the role of Hydra and Medusa in mythology and art.
Author : Jennifer R Morgan
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 38,46 MB
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832528481
Author : Clare Bambra
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1447330382
HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE BMA BOOK AWARDS 2017 Americans live three years less than their counterparts in France or Sweden. Scottish men survive two years less than English men. Across Europe, women in the poorest communities live up to ten years less than those in the richest. Revealing gaps in life expectancy of up to 25 years between places just a few miles apart, this important book demonstrates that where you live can kill you. Clare Bambra, a leading expert in public health, draws on case studies from across the globe to examine the social, environmental, economic and political causes of these health inequalities, how they have evolved over time and what they are like today. Bambra concludes by considering how health divides might develop in the future and what should be done, so that where you live is not a matter of life and death. Danny Dorling provides a foreword.
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Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128176105
Carbon Dioxide, Volume 37 in the Fish Physiology series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Historic, current-day and future CO2 environments and their dynamics in marine and freshwater ecosystems, CO2 sensing, Acid-base physiology and CO2 homeostasis: regulation and compensation, CO2 and calcification processes in fish, The physiology of behavioral impacts of high CO2, Effects of high CO2 on metabolic rates, aerobic scope and swimming performance, Internal spatial and temporal CO2 effects: feeding and alkaline tide, O2 in aquaculture: CO2 dynamics and fish health, and much more. - Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors - Presents the latest release in the Fish Physiology series - Updated release includes the latest information on Carbon Dioxide
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Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
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Author : Jens Kallmeyer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 26,85 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 3110493675
Vents and seeps are the epitome of life in extreme environments, but there is much more to these systems than just black smokers or hydrocarbon seeps. Many other ecosystems are characterized by moving fluids and this book provides an overview of the different habitats, their specific conditions as well as the technical challenges that have to be met when studying them. The book provides the current state of the art and will be a valuable resource for everybody that has an interest in such environments.
Author : R M Harrison
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782628924
The first concerns that come to mind in relation to pollution from road vehicles are direct emissions of carbon dioxide and toxic air pollutants. These are, of course, important but the impacts of road traffic are altogether more substantial. This volume of the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology Series takes a broader view of the effects on the environment and human health, excluding only injury due to road traffic accidents. By looking across the environmental media, air, water and soil, and taking account also of noise pollution, the volume addresses far more than the conventional atmospheric issues. More importantly, however, it examines present and future vehicle technologies, the implications of more extensive use of batteries in electric vehicles and the consequences of recycling vehicles at the end of use. Finally, examples of life-cycle analysis as applied to road vehicles are reviewed. This book is a comprehensive source of authoritative information for students studying pollution, and for policy-makers concerned with vehicle emissions and road traffic impacts more generally.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251384533
Mountains are home to a variety of ecosystems that provide vital services directly to 1.1 billion people and billions of others living in connected lowland areas. Half of humanity depends on mountains for the provision of freshwater alone. Mountain ecosystems cool local temperatures, increase water retention, provide carbon storage, and reduce the risk of erosion and landslides. Mountain forests, wetlands and grasslands also host and support half the world’s biodiversity hotspots. But the world’s mountain ecosystems are under attack due to their particular sensitivity to the planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and pollution and waste. Evidence shows that mountain ecosystems are affected at a faster rate than many other terrestrial habitats. This publication, jointly developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme, analyses several mountain ecosystem restoration projects and recommends how the UN Decade’s Ten Principles for Ecosystem Restoration can be applied to mountain ecosystems. Mountain restoration success stories from initiatives that have been selected or shortlisted as the UN Decade’s World Restoration Flagships are also highlighted. As the theme of International Mountain Day 2023 is “Restoring Mountain Ecosystems”, this publication provides an important contribution in addition to celebrating the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions 2023–2027.
Author : Mary E. Wharton
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081318679X
The Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky is a shining jewel of geography—synonymous in the minds of many with the state of Kentucky. It is unique in many respects: the character of its land, its native vegetation, and its indigenous animal life. The way of life developed by its human inhabitants over the past two hundred years, especially its focus on the Thoroughbred horse, is also unique. The interaction of these two forces—natural and human—is the focus for this important work. The book includes color plates of representative plant and animal species and typical habitats. The annotated lists of 474 animal and nearly 1,200 plant species describe habitat, frequency, and distribution. Bluegrass Land and Life is a book that will delight all who share an interest in the Bluegrass region's past and present and a concern for its future.