{"product_id":"seamounts-isbn-9781405133432","title":"Seamounts","description":"Seamounts are ubiquitous undersea mountains rising from the ocean seafloor that do not reach the surface. There are likely many hundreds of thousands of seamounts, they are usually formed from volcanoes in the deep sea and are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least 0.5 km above the seafloor, although smaller features may have the same origin.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book follows a logical progression from geological and physical processes, ecology, biology and biogeography, to exploitation, management and conservation concerns. In 21 Chapters written by 57 of the world’s leading seamount experts, the book reviews all aspects of their geology, ecology, biology, exploitation, conservation and management. In Section I of this book, several detection and estimation techniques for tallying seamounts are reviewed, along with a history of seamount research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book represents a unique and fresh synthesis of knowledge of seamounts and their biota and is an essential reference work on the topic. It is an essential purchase for all fisheries scientists and managers, fish biologists, marine biologists and ecologists, environmental scientists, conservation biologists and oceanographers. It will also be of interest to members of fish and wildlife agencies and government departments covering conservation and management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupplementary material is available at: www.seamountsbook.info\u003c\/p\u003e  1 Seamount characteristics. \u003cp\u003ePaul Wessel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How many seamounts are there and where are they located?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdrian Kitchingman, Sherman Lai, Telmo Morato and Daniel Pauly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A history of seamount research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul E. Brewin, Karen I. Stocks and Gui Menezes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Physical processes and seamount productivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin White, Igor Bashmachnikov, Javier Arístegui and Ana Martins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Seamount plankton dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmatzia Genin and John F. Dower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Midwater fish assemblages and seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilipe M. Porteiro and Tracey Sutton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Seamount benthos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSarah Samadi, Thomas Schlacher and Bertrand Richer de Forges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Corals on seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlex D. Rogers, A. Baco, H. Griffiths, T. Hart and Jason M. Hall-Spencer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Seamount fishes: ecology and life histories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelmo Morato and Malcolm R. Clark.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Fish visitors to seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection A: Tunas and billfish at seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKim N. Holland and R. Dean Grubbs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection B: Aggregations of large pelagic sharks above seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeodor Litvinov.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Seamounts and cephalopods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalcolm Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Air-breathing visitors to seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection A: Marine mammals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKristin Kaschner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection B: Sea turtles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarco A. Santos, Alan B. Bolten, Helen R. Martins, Brian Riewald and Karen A. Bjorndal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection C: Importance of seamounts to seabirds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid R. Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Biogeography and biodiversity of seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKaren I. Stocks and Paul J.B. Hart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Raiding the larder: a quantitative evaluation framework and trophic signature for seamount food webs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTony J. Pitcher and Cathy Bulman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Modelling seamount ecosystems and their fisheries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeth Fulton, Telmo Morato and Tony J. Pitcher.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Small-scale fishing on seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelder Marques da Silva and Mário Rui Pinho.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Large-scale distant-water trawl fisheries on seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalcolm R. Clark, Vladimir I. Vinnichenko, John D.M. Gordon, Georgy Z. Beck-Bulat, Nikolai N. Kukharev and Alexander F. Kakora.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Catches from world seamount fisheries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReg Watson, Adrian Kitchingman and William Cheung.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Impacts of fisheries on seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalcolm R. Clark and J. Anthony Koslow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Management and conservation of seamounts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eP. Keith Probert, Sabine Christiansen, Kristina M. Gjerde, Susan Gubbay and Ricardo S. Santos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The depths of ignorance: an ecosystem evaluation framework for seamount ecology, fisheries and conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTony J. Pitcher, Telmo Morato, Paul J.B. Hart, Malcolm R. Clark, Nigel Haggan and Ricardo S. Santos\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This book is a very important contribution to the seamount field and I feel safe in predicting that it will be valuable resource for researchers and stakeholders for many years to come.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Conservation\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant and very useful book about a very important topic. An impressive collaboration.\" \u003ci\u003e(Ausmarine)\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A Brilliant and very useful book about a very important topic. An impressive collaboration.\" \u003ci\u003e(Work Boat World)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Tony J. Pitcher\u003cbr\u003e Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelmo Morato\u003cbr\u003e Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul J.B. Hart\u003cbr\u003e Department of Biology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalcolm R. Clark\u003cbr\u003e National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNigel Haggan\u003cbr\u003e Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRicardo S. Santos\u003cbr\u003e Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal\u003c\/p\u003e  Seamounts are ubiquitous undersea mountains rising from the ocean seafloor that do not reach the surface. There are likely many hundreds of thousands of seamounts, they are usually formed from volcanoes in the deep sea and are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least 0.5 km above the seafloor, although smaller features may have the same origin.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book follows a logical progression from geological and physical processes, ecology, biology and biogeography, to exploitation, management and conservation concerns. In 21 Chapters written by 57 of the world’s leading seamount experts, the book reviews all aspects of their geology, ecology, biology, exploitation, conservation and management. 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