Essentials of Ecology

156 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity arctic tundra in northern regions across North America, Asia, and Europe (Fig ...

CONCEPT 7-2 157 nowhere else on earth. They also serve as sanctuaries for animal species driven to migrate from lowland ar- eas ...

158 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity 7-3 How Have We Affected the World’s Terrestrial Ecosystems? CONCEPT 7-3 In m ...

ACADEMIC.CENGAGE.COM/BIOLOGY/MILLER 159 ing in many parts of the world. Figure 7-20 summarizes some of the human impacts on the ...

160 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity What is a forest system and what are the three major types of forests? Descr ...

ACADEMIC.CENGAGE.COM/BIOLOGY/MILLER 161 LEARNING ONLINE Log on to the Student Companion Site for this book at academic.cengage.c ...

Why Should We Care about Coral Reefs? Coral reefs form in clear, warm coastal waters of the tropics and subtropics (Figure 8-1, ...

Links: refers to the Core Case Study. refers to the book’s sustainability theme. indicates links to key concepts in earlier chap ...

164 CHAPTER 8 Aquatic Biodiversity rivers, streams, and inland wetlands). Although some systems such as estuaries are a mix of s ...

CONCEPT 8-2 165 Oceans Provide Important Ecological and Economic Resources Oceans provide enormously valuable ecological and eco ...

166 CHAPTER 8 Aquatic Biodiversity land to the gently sloping, shallow edge of the continen- tal shelf. It makes up less than 10 ...

CONCEPT 8-2 167 Figure 8-6 View of an estuary from space. The photo shows the sediment plume (turbidity caused by runoff) at the ...

168 CHAPTER 8 Aquatic Biodiversity productivity, some coastal ecosystems have low plant diversity, composed of a few species tha ...

CONCEPT 8-2 169 Undisturbed barrier beaches generally have one or more rows of natural sand dunes in which the sand is held in p ...

170 CHAPTER 8 Aquatic Biodiversity Ocean Recreation, no building Beach Recreation Bay or Lagoon Walkways, no building Primary Du ...

CONCEPT 8-3 171 Figure 8-11 Natural capital: some components and interac- tions in a coral reef ecosystem. When these organisms ...

172 CHAPTER 8 Aquatic Biodiversity to analyze and provide the first-ever comprehensive map of the effects of 17 different types ...

CONCEPT 8-3 173 in the Chesapeake Bay area grew from 3.7 million to 16.6 million. And the rate of population increase in the bay ...

174 CHAPTER 8 Aquatic Biodiversity Water Stands in Some Freshwater Systems and Flows in Others Freshwater life zones include sta ...

CONCEPT 8-4 175 Over time, sediment, organic material, and inor- ganic nutrients wash into most oligotrophic lakes, and plants g ...