Description:
Climate change is having an increasing impact on estuarine and marine environments worldwide. This handbook provides state-of-the-art coverage of climate change effects on estuarine ecosystems from local, regional, and global perspectives.
Review Quotes:
Over its 32 chapters, this book compiles the knowledge from 75 participating authors, all of whom are established researchers in their respective fields. Readers will find information on the role of climate change
in influencing the multitude of physical and geochemical processes in estuaries, in addition to the response of different types of organisms that primarily inhabit estuaries. Finally, readers will be guided through different possibilities for climate adaptation measures, building resilience, and conservation of estuaries. Overall, this is a very good book to have. It makes for a very useful resource given the extensive amount of material and topics covered. As per its aim, the book will be well suited for a broad readership, including students, researchers, and other professionals, from different fields. It also seems quite well suited as teaching reference material. The authors and editors present herein a very valuable book that is well worth adding to your library.
Deevesh Ashley Hemraj, Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark, in ASLO Bulletin, Nov 2024