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...This up-to-date text provides an excellent introduction to polar ecology...The author has considerable experience in this field and both researchers and students of ecology and conservation will find the book of value. Informationen zum Autor Dr. David N. Thomas is Professor in Marine Biology at the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales Bangor. Between 1989 and 1996 he held four research scientist posts in Germany at the University of Bremen, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, University of Oldenburg and Centre for Marine Tropical Ecology, Bremen. He was appointed to his position at the University of Wales-Bangor in July 1996. In 2001 to 2003 he held an Ocean and Climate Research Fellowship at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Germany.G. E. Fogg was Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, School of Ocean Sciences University of Wales, Bangor.Dr. Peter Convey is Research Scientist at the Biological Sciences Division of the British Antarctic Survey.Dr. Christian Fritsen is Assistant Research Professor in the Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Desert Research Institute, Nevada, USA.Dr Josep-Maria Gili is of the Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spanish National Research CouncilDr Rolf Gradinger is Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography at the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, FairbanksProf. Johanna Laybourn-Parry is Dean of Natural Sciences at Keele University. Her research interests centre around polar limnology, in particular carbon cycling, environmental microbiology, protozoan ecophysiology and biological processes on glaciers. Her Antarctic work is conducted with the Australian and US Antarctic programmes while her work in the Arctic is conducted in Svalbard. She has been funded by NERC, The Leverhulme Trust, EPSRC, Industry, the US National Science Foundation and the Australian Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (ASAC). She currently holds a grant from the Leverhulme Trust for work on protozoan feeding selectivity physiology and from ASAC for investigating bacterial biodiversity in Antarctic saline lakes. Dr. Keith Reid is an ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey.Professor David Walton is a chief scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. Klappentext There is an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions, and their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change. This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to polar ecology. The emphasis is on the organisms that dominate these environments although pollution, conservation and experimental aspects are also considered. Zusammenfassung There is an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions, and their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change. This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to polar ecology. The emphasis is on the organisms that dominate these environments although pollution, conservation and experimental aspects are also considered....
