Ecology Of Snow & Ice Environments
Laybourn-Parry, Johanna; Tranter, Martyn; Hodson, Andrew J.
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Description for Ecology Of Snow & Ice Environments
Paperback. Draws together the current knowledge on life in snow and ice environments. It describes these often complex and highly productive ecosystems, their physical and chemical conditions, and the nature and activity of the organisms that have colonised them. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 black and white illustrations plus an 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPF; PSPM; RGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 456.
Snow and ice environments support significant biological activity, yet the biological importance of some of these habitats, such as glaciers, has only recently gained appreciation. Collectively, these ecosystems form a significant part of the cryosphere, most of which is situated at high latitudes. These ice environments are important sentinels of climate change since the polar regions are presently undergoing the highest rates of climate warming, resulting in very marked changes in the extent of ice caps, glaciers, and the sea ice. Glacial systems are also regarded as an analogue for astrobiology, particularly for Mars and the moons of Jupiter (e.g. ... Read more
Snow and ice environments support significant biological activity, yet the biological importance of some of these habitats, such as glaciers, has only recently gained appreciation. Collectively, these ecosystems form a significant part of the cryosphere, most of which is situated at high latitudes. These ice environments are important sentinels of climate change since the polar regions are presently undergoing the highest rates of climate warming, resulting in very marked changes in the extent of ice caps, glaciers, and the sea ice. Glacial systems are also regarded as an analogue for astrobiology, particularly for Mars and the moons of Jupiter (e.g. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199583089
SKU
V9780199583089
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About Laybourn-Parry, Johanna; Tranter, Martyn; Hodson, Andrew J.
Professor Laybourn-Parry is a Visiting Professor in the Bristol Glaciology Centre at Bristol University. Her research career spans 38 years, the last 22 years being spent researching polar ecosystems with the Australian and US Antarctic programmes in Antarctica and in Spitzbergen in the Arctic. She has produced four books and over 150 articles and reviews. Prior to her retirement in ... Read more
Reviews for Ecology Of Snow & Ice Environments
The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments is an excellent overview of alpine and polar ecosystems ... The book fills the gap and represents a multidisciplinary issue.
Jana Hazdrová, Czech Polar Reports
This is a superbly detailed account of how extremophiles cope with cold environments ... should be in the library
Bulletin of the British Ecological Society ... Read more
Jana Hazdrová, Czech Polar Reports
This is a superbly detailed account of how extremophiles cope with cold environments ... should be in the library
Bulletin of the British Ecological Society ... Read more