Third Edition
edited by Anastasios Eleftheriou
Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos provides comprehensive information on the tools and techniques available to those working in areas where the declining health of the sea, depletion of marine resources and the biodiversity of marine life are major concerns.
Contents
- Design and Analysis in Benthic Surveys
- Variability in Benthic Populations
- Appropriate Replication
- Size of Sampling Unit
- Independence in Sampling
- Multivariate Measures of Assemblages
- Transformations and Scales of Measurement
- Data-Checking and Qualtiy Control
- Detecting Environmental Impacts as Statistical Interactions
- Precautionary Principles and Errors in Interpretations
- Precision and Size of Samples
- Gradients and Hierarchies in Sampling
- Combining Results from Different Places or Times
- Sediment Analysis and Seabed Characterisation
- Particle (Grain) Size Analysis
- Sediment Characterisation
- Remote Acoustic Sensing
- Imaging Techniques
- Acoustic Imaging
- Video
- Photography
- Carrier Platforms
- Special Applications
- Laboratory Imaging
- Image Analysis
- Diving Systems
- Diving Systems
- Saturation Diving and Underwater Habitats
- Data Collection and Recording
- Underwater Survey and Sampling Techniques
- Macrofauna Techniques
- Littoral Observation and Collection
- Remote Collection
- Working Sampling Gear at Sea
- Efficiency of Benthos Sampling Gear
- Choice of a Sampler
- Treatment and Sorting of Samples
- Data Recording
- Meiofauna Techniques
- Sample Collection
- Fixation and Preservation
- Sample Processing
- Storage and Preservation
- Sample Splitting
- Biomass Determination
- C/N-Stoichiometry and Biochemical Indicators
- Energy Flow Measurements
- Production
- Cultivation of Marine and Brackish-Water Meiobenthos
- Experimental Techniques
- Deep-Sea Benthic Sampling
- Benthic Sampling from Research Ships
- Free-Fall Equipment
- Sampling From Manned Submersibles
- Processing Deep-Sea Sediment Samples
- Measuring the Flow of Energy and Matter in Marine Benthic Animal Populations
- Energy and Mass Budgets of Individual Organisms
- Methods for Estimating the Energy Budget of and Individual Organism
- From the Individual to the Population
- From Populations to Communities
Index
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