Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America

Juan José Alvarado (Curatore)

Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin (Curatore)

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 2014

This book compiles for the first time the development of echinoderm research in Latin America. The book contains 17 chapters, one introductory, 15 country chapters, and a final biogeographic analysis. It compiles all the investigations published in international and local journals, reports, theses and other gray literature. Each chapter is composed of 7 sections: introduction describes the marine environments, and main oceanographic characteristics, followed by a history of research account divided by specific subjects. The next section addresses patterns of distribution and diversity. A specific section would explain fishery or aquaculture activities. The next sections deal with environmental and anthropogenic threats that are affecting echinoderm, and any conservation or management action. Finally, a section with conclusions, needs and new lines of research. The book will include two appendixes with species lists of all echinoderms with bathimetric data, habitat and distribution.

• Curatore: Juan José Alvarado, Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin
• Editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Anno: 2014
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 658 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783642442964

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