Shallow Seas

Peter Hayward

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English

William Collins
26 April 2016

Ecological science, the Biosphere; Marine biology; Oceanography (seas); Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Sea life & the seashore

Series: Collins New Naturalist Library

Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities.

The margins of the continents, especially broad in the North Atlantic region, are drowned by shallow seas, creating a sea floor environment which is part of the wider and deepening benthic realm – the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. These ‘shelf seas’ are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. In his latest New Naturalist volume, Peter Hayward addresses some aspects of the natural history of the benthic environment of the shelf seas of northwest Europe and its biological communities.

Away from rocky coastlines the seafloor is rather flat, often muddy, beneath turbid water with low or no visibility. Benthic faunas mostly live within the sediment of the seafloor, or are sparsely and patchily distributed upon it, and if at all motile are likely to withdraw into burrows or move quickly away on disturbance. Yet, dredges and grabs reveal an often extraordinary diversity and density of animals, suggestive of complex interacting communities. This is not a textbook of marine benthic ecology, nor is it a comprehensive review of the benthic communities of the northwest European shelf seas. Rather, it describes the natural history of some benthic habitats and associations characteristic of our region.

By: Peter Hayward
Imprint: William Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Book 131
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 880g
ISBN: 9780007307302
ISBN 10: 0007307306
Series: Collins New Naturalist Library
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 26 April 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter J. Hayward is Senior Lecturer in marine biology at the University of Wales Swansea. He is editor, co-author or author of 13 books on marine biology, including the Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe and Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore of Britain and Northern Europe. He has published around 100 papers on the marine Bryozoa, which are his particular research interest. He is zoological editor of the Journal of Natural History, and a frequent contributor to BBC Wildlife.

Reviews for Shallow Seas

Praise for Peter Hayward's previous volume on Seashore: 'Scientifically accurate throughout, and there are plenty of interesting insights' British Wildlife Praise for the New Naturalist series: 'A glory of British publishing' The Sunday Times 'Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements of modern publishing' The Sunday Times 'The series is an amazing achievement' The Times Literary Supplement 'The books are glorious to own' Independent