Biomes & Ecosystems

Author Robert Warren Howarth

Publisher Salem Press

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Author

Robert Warren Howarth

Publisher

Salem Press

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Copyright

2013

ISBN13

9781429838184

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This academic, multi-author reference work serves as a general and non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of biomes and ecosystems; to discover the biology and geography of these places around the world; to learn the history of biomes and ecosystems; and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific social and topical articles presented in the work.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Publisher's Note.
About the Editors.
Introduction.
Topic Finder.
List of Contributors.
Illustrations.
1: Overviews.
2: Marine and Oceanic Biomes.
3: Coastal Seas.
4: Coastal Wetlands.
5: Continental Shelves.
6: Coral Reefs and Seagrass Beds.
7: Estuaries, Bays, Lagoons, and Coastal Rivers.
8: High Latitude Oceanic Regions.
9: Intertidal Zones.
10: Tropical and Subtropical Oceanic Regions.
11: Upwelling Ecosystems.
12: Inland Aquatic Biomes.
13: Freshwater Lakes.
14: Great Lakes.
15: Ponds.
16: Rivers.
17: Saline Lakes.
18: Streams.
19: Wetlands.
20: Desert Biomes.
21: Coastal Deserts.
22: Mid-Latitude Deserts.
23: Paleodeserts.
24: Polar Deserts.
25: Rain Shadow Deserts.
26: Trade Wind Deserts.
27: Forest Biomes.
28: Boreal Forests and Taiga.
29: Mediterranean Forests.
30: Montane Forests.
31: Plantation Forests.
32: Subtropical Forests.
33: Temperate Coniferous Forests.
34: Temperate Deciduous Forests.
35: Tropical Rainforests.
36: Tropical Seasonal Forests.
37: Grassland, Tundra, and Human Biomes.
38: Agroecosystems.
39: Montane Meadows.
40: Pasture Lands.
41: Temperate Grasslands.
42: Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands.
43: Tropical Savannas.
44: Tundra Ecosystems.
45: Urban and Suburban Systems.
Title Page.
1: Articles.
2: Acacia-Commiphora Bushlands and Thickets.
3: Acadia Intertidal Zones.
4: Ad Dahna Desert.
5: Aden, Gulf of.
6: Adriatic Sea.
7: Aegean Sea.
8: Alaska Peninsula Montane Taiga.
9: Albemarle-Pamlico Sound.
10: Albert, Lake (Africa).
11: Albertine Rift Montane Forests.
12: Aldabra Atoll.
13: Allegheny Highlands Forests.
14: Alps Conifer and Mixed Forests.
15: Amazon River.
16: Amu Darya River.
17: Amur River.
18: Anatolian Conifer and Deciduous Mixed Forests.
19: Anatolian Steppe, Central.
20: Andaman Sea.
21: Andean Montane Forests, Northwestern.
22: Andean Páramo Grasslands.
23: Andean Puna Grasslands, Central.
24: Andros Barrier Reef.
25: An Nafud Desert.
26: Ant
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