The Ecology of Sandy Shores

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Omar Defeo (Faculty of Sciences, Montevideo, Uruguay) Anton McLachlan (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)

The Ecology of Sandy Shores

Omar Defeo (Faculty of Sciences, Montevideo, Uruguay), Anton McLachlan (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)

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Academic Press Inc
27 February 2025

Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Applied ecology

The Ecology of Sandy Shores, Fourth Edition provides both a holistic and conceptual introduction for the beginner, yet at the same time gives an in-depth and cutting-edge analysis for the researcher interested in sandy shores. There is no other book covering the ecology of sandy beaches, despite the extent and economic importance of these systems. This guide is designed to both introduce students to the basic principles of sandy shore ecology, to serve as a ready reference for doctoral students and researchers working on these systems, and to provide a handbook for land and coastal managers.

This new edition will focus on humans as part of the sandy beach environment, including aspects such as global change in coastal systems and its impacts on sandy littoral zones through ‘coastal squeeze’. Further, prominence will be given to resource use, such as artisanal fisheries and to the critical area of coastal zone management and governance. Considering these two main issues, the concept of sandy beaches as social-ecological systems will be developed together with an illustrative framework related to this approach.

By: Omar Defeo (Faculty of Sciences Montevideo Uruguay), Anton McLachlan (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780443217548
ISBN 10: 0443217548
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 27 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. The physical environment 3. The interstitial environment 4. Beach and surf zone flora 5. Sandy beach invertebrates 6. Adaptations to sandy beach life 7. Benthic macrofauna communities 8. Benthic macrofauna populations 9. Interstitial ecology 10. Surf zone zooplankton and nekton 11. Other marine and terrestrial vertebrates 12. Energetics and nutrient cycling 13. Coastal dune ecosystems 14. Human impacts 15. Fisheries 16. Climate change 17. Management and conservation

Dr Defeo has been active in the field of marine sciences since receiving his PhD in 1993. His fields of interest are human impact in coastal marine communities and populations, stock assessment and management, population dynamics of exploited marine stocks and sandy beach ecology. He has won many awards for his research and consultancy work, including the 2010 Elsevier Scopus Prize for Uruguay. He has published over 130 works to date. Dr McLachlan has had a long and established career in beach ecology. He has worked around the world and has headed up multiple departments and research institutions including: the Director for the Institute for Coastal Research, Chair of the Dept. of Zoology and has held a number of Dean positions at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. He has over 90 publications to date.

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