The Prince Edward Islands: Land-Sea Interactions in a Changing Ecosystem
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This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of what is known about the structure, functioning and interactions of marine and terrestrial systems at the Prince Edward Islands. Building on more than 50 years of biological, geological, meteorological, and oceanographic research, it demonstrates not only how inextricably linked marine and terrestrial systems at the islands are, but also how global environmental challenges, such as climate change, biological invasions, and over exploitation, are playing out at the regional and local levels in the Southern Ocean. [doi:10.18820/9781928357063]
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Chapter 1: The Prince Edward Islands in a global context
Authors: Steven L. Chown and P. William Froneman
Chapter 2: Oceanographic setting of the Prince Edward Islands
Authors: Johann R.E. Lutjeharms and Isabelle J. Ansorge
Chapter 3: Climate and climate change
Authors: Peter C. Le Roux
Chapter 4: Geology, geomorphology and climate change
Authors: Jan C. Boelhouwers, K. Ian Meiklejohn, Stephen D. Holness and David W. Hedding
Chapter 5: Biology in the oceanographic environment
Authors: Christopher D. McQuaid and P. William Froneman
Chapter 6: Pelagic predators
Authors: Peter G. Ryan and Marthán N. Bester
Chapter 7: Nutrient dynamics in the vicinity of the Prince Edward Islands
Authors: Valdon R. Smith and P. William Froneman
Chapter 8: Terrestrial and freshwater primary production and nutrient cycling
Authors: Valdon R. Smith
Chapter 9: Terrestrial vegetation and dynamics
Authors: Niek J.M. Gremmen and Valdon R. Smith
Chapter 10: Spatial variation in the terrestrial biotic system
Authors: Melodie A. McGeoch, Peter C. le Roux, Elizabeth A. Hugo and Mawethu J. Nyakatya
Chapter 11: Regional membership: biogeography
Authors: Steven L. Chown, David J. Marshall and Evgeny A. Pakhomov
Chapter 12: Conservation and management
Authors: Marienne S. de Villiers and John Cooper
Chapter 13: Human history
Authors: John Cooper
Chapter 14: Conclusion: change in terrestrial and marine systems
Authors: Steven L. Chown and P. William Froneman