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Activity Rhythms Measurement in Suspension Feeders -- Animal Forest Through the Time: Historical Data to Understand Present Changes in Marine Ecosystems -- Animal Forests of the World: an overview -- Antarctic Marine Animal Forests – Three-Dimensional Communities in Southern Ocean Ecosystems -- Complexity and Biodiversity in Caribbean Coral Reefs -- Connexion of the Animal Forest with Land Ecosystems: The Example of Mangroves -- Corals as Architects of the Oceans -- Diversity and Evolution of Octocoral Animal Forests at Both Sides of Tropical America -- Ecosystem Functions and Services of the Marine Animal Forests -- Ecosystem-based Management: Opportunities and Challenges for Application in the Ocean Forest -- Evolution of the Marine Animal Forest -- Filter-feeding Zoobenthos and Hydrodynamics -- Harvesting and Collection of Animal Forest Species -- Interaction and Competition for Space in the Animal Forest -- Limits of Photoadaptation and Photoacclimation in Symbiotic Corals -- Macroalgae in the Animal Forest: The Example of Coral Reefs and the Mediterranean Coralligene -- Marine Animal Forests in South Atlantic Waters: A New World to Discover -- Neglected Part of the Animal Forest: Hydrozoans as an Example -- Octocoral and Hexacoral Diseases in a Changing Ocean -- Pollution Effects on Tropical Animal Forests -- Role of Fishes in Tropical Coral Reefs -- Secondary Metabolites and Chemical Ecology in the Animal Forest -- Seston Quality and Available Food: Importance in the Benthic Biogeochemical Cicles -- Where Seaweed Forests Meet Animal Forests: the Examples of Macroalgae in Coral Reefs and the Mediterranean Coralligene -- Why Corals Should Care About Ocean Acidification: General Consensus and Misconceptions -- Benthic-pelagic Coupling: New Perspectives in the Animal Forests -- Drawing the Line at Neglected Marine Ecosystems: Ecology of Vermetid Reefs in a Changing Ocean -- Energetics, Particle Capture, and Trophic Ecology of Suspension Feeders -- Importance of Recruitment Processes in the Dynamics and Resilience of Reef Coral Assemblages -- Living in the Canopy of the Animal forest: Physical and Chemical Aspects -- Resilience of the Animal Forest -- Demography of Animal Forests: the Example of Mediterranean Gorgonians -- Genetic Connectivity in Harvested and not Harvested Species: Resilience and Management -- Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems -- Restoration of the Animal Forests: Considering Silviculture Concepts in Coral Transplantation -- Sponge Grounds as Key Marine Habitats: a Synthetic Review of Types, Structure, Functional Roles, and Conservation Concerns -- Threats Affecting the Calcium Carbonate Budget of the Animal Forest -- Animal Forest in the Chilean Fiords: Discoveries and Perspectives in Shallow and Deep Waters -- Animal Forests in Deep Coastal Bottoms and Continental Shelves of the Mediterranean Sea -- Coexistence in Cold Waters: Animal Forests in Seaweed-Dominated Habitats in Southern High-Latitudes -- Conservation and Management of Vulnerable Marine Benthic Ecosystems -- Framework-forming Scleractinian Cold-water Corals Through Space and Time: A Late Quaternary North Atlantic Perspective -- Global Biodiversity in Cold-Water Coral Reef Ecosystems -- Growth Patterns in Long-lived Benthic Suspension Feeders -- Impact of Bottom Fishing on Animal Forests: Science, Conservation and Fisheries Management -- Measuring the Impact of Anthropogenic Activity on Cold-water corals -- Suprabenthic Communities: the Forgotten Biodiversity

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- The Coral Tree at the End of the World: Introductory Notes to Coralline Mythology and Folklore from the Indian and Pacific Oce... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coral as Landscape -- 3 Coral as Sacred Place -- 4 Coral as Being -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Marine Animal Forests of South Africa: Importance for Bioregionalization and Marine Spatial Planning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Oceanography, Biogeography and Biodiversity of Mainland South Africa´s Exclusive Economic Zone -- 3 Marine Animal Forest Ecosystems: Marine Benthic Eco-engineers in South Africa -- 3.1 Sponge Grounds -- 3.2 Shallow-Water Subtropical Coral Communities -- 3.3 Cold-Water Coral Reefs and Coral Communities -- 3.4 Octocoral Gardens -- 3.5 Sea Anemones -- 3.6 Bryozoan Thickets -- 3.7 Ascidians -- 4 Threats to South African Marine Animal Forests and Their Mitigation -- 4.1 Seabed Impacts Caused by Offshore Fishing and Mining in South Africa -- 4.2 Climate Change -- 5 Identifying and Protecting Important Areas of Marine Habitat and Biodiversity -- 5.1 Marine Protected Areas -- 5.2 Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems -- 5.3 Marine Spatial Planning -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Coral and Reef Fish Communities in the Thermally Extreme Persian/Arabian Gulf: Insights into Potential Climate Change Effects -- 1 Coral Reefs Around the Globe Are Facing Major Challenges in the Face of Climate Change, with Changing Environmental Conditio... -- 2 The Gulf Is the World´s Hottest Sea Each Summer and Is, Thus, a Natural Laboratory to Understand How Climate Change Might Af... -- 3 The Cost of Surviving in an Extreme Environment Is Low Diversity and Limited Three-Dimensional Structure of Corals.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to consider issues related to gamification through the non-game aquarium context and explore how the intention of aquarium visitors to play a game that imparts knowledge about marine animals and promotes the conservation of these animals is influenced by visitors' attitudes toward marine animals, motivations to visit the aquarium and perceptions of the game's benefits.Design/methodology/approachThis study surveyed individuals who have visited Taiwan's National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium at least once in the past three years and who use smartphones. They were shown a description of a hypothetical game scenario that they were asked to imagine to be available while at the aquarium. The partial least squares method was used to analyze the data from 225 returns.FindingsThe study shows that gamification can satisfy a visitor's desire to learn and enjoy the aquarium simultaneously. Gamification is limited by the visit motivation and the attitudes toward marine animals that visitors bring with them. The usefulness of gamification is limited when visitors desire relaxation during the visit.Originality/valueThis study considers the application of gamification in the context of aquariums and the tourism field and the non-technology-related antecedents to the use of gamification. Gamification is not silver bullet for every situation, and a good understanding of potential users is important for its success and targeting of players. The importance of intrinsic benefits over extrinsic benefits is confirmed. Thus, this study addresses several gaps in the gamification literature.

Climate change is already transforming the seascapes of our oceans by changing the energy availability and the metabolic rates of the organisms. Among the ecosystem-engineering species that structure the seascape, marine animal forests (MAFs) are the most widespread. These habitats, mainly composed of suspension feeding organisms, provide structural complexity to the sea floor, analogous to terrestrial forests. Because primary and secondary productivity is responding to different impacts, in particular to the rapid ongoing environmental changes driven by climate change, this paper presents some directions about what could happen to different MAFs depending on these fast changes. Climate change could modify the resistance or resilience of MAFs, potentially making them more sensitive to impacts from anthropic activities (i.e. fisheries and coastal management), and vice versa, direct impacts may amplify climate change constraints in MAFs. Such changes will have knock-on effects on the energy budgets of active and passive suspension feeding organisms, as well as on their phenology, larval nutritional condition, and population viability. How the future seascape will be shaped by the new energy fluxes is a crucial question that has to be urgently addressed to mitigate and adapt to the diverse impacts on natural systems. ; Funding Agency European Union (EU) 327845 ICTA "Unit of Excellence" (MinECo) MDM2015-0552 CALMED project CTM2016-79547-R AGAUR Generalitat de Catalunya (MERS) 2017 SGR 1588 National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

The existence of Bintan Regency is surrounded by the ocean which is an ecosystem of marine animals. One of them is venomous marine animals such as constipated fish, lepu fish, jellyfish and others. Bintan Regency has a sea tribe community that lives on the coast and has its own culture in social life including treatment due to venomous marine animal stings. Handling emergencies due to venomous marine animal stings should be done with medical treatment. The results of field studies still found sea tribe communities who use traditional treatments. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of the sea tribe community regarding the handling of emergencies due to venomous marine animal stings on the coast of Bintan Regency, Riau Islands. The method used was a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. Data collection was conducted with In-depth Interview. Participants were 10 marine tribesmen who had been stung by venomous marine animals. In Panglong Village, Bintan Regency, Riau Islands by purposive sampling. The research data were analyzed using the Colaizii approach. The results of this study obtained 4 themes, namely 1) seeking initial treatment with manipulative or body-based practices in reducing the effects of venomous marine animal stings, 2) biological-based practices are most commonly used in handling emergencies due to venomous marine animal stings, 3) combining beliefs with CAM practices in handling emergencies due to venomous marine animal stings, 4) overcoming ineffective treatment to medical service facilities in search of healing. The conclusion of this study is that the sea tribe community has experience using traditional medicine based on the tribe's beliefs and choosing medical treatment if the initial treatment is not effective. It is hoped that after this study, counseling can be conducted on emergency treatment due to venomous marine animal stings in collaboration with local health services

Young readers will love learning about animals and their habitat with Protecting Ocean Animals. This book explores oceans, the animals that live there like sharks and zooplankton, and conservationists like Eugenie Clark that worked to protect animals. Bright, full-page photos of wildlife and easy-to-read text fill the pages of this fun title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO

More than 70% of the earth's surface is covered by water, making it an ideal and abundant resource for studying species diversity, faunal communities, and ecosystems. India's massive coastline (5,044 miles) means it plays a major role in housing these faunal communities. Of the 32 animal phyla, 15 are represented in India's marine ecosystem, covering more than 15,000 species. Marine and coastal ecosystems of India provide supporting services in the form of wide range of habitats. Major ecosystems such as estuaries, mangroves, coral reefs, lagoons, seaweeds and sea grasses serve as nurseries for both inshore and offshore fishes and others, many of which are supposed to be commercially exploited. Marine Faunal Diversity in India describes different marine faunal group ranges from sponges, corals, mollusks, crabs, fishes, reptiles, birds, marine mammals, mangrove fauna and tsunami impact on marine faunal diversity. The chapters, written by reputed experts in their respective fields, illustrate diversity and distribution of marine faunal communities. Key aspects of the ecology and conservation of this important ecosystem are also discussed. Marine Faunal Diversity in Indiaprovides marine biologists and related researchers with access to the latest research and field studies from this major region. Provides the latest field research on marine faunal diversity throughout the vast and species-rich Indian region Brings together expertise from top marine biology researchers in the country Covers a diverse array of aquatic environments, including coastal and island areasDiscusses conservation ecology of marine faunal groups

Chapter 1. Introduction to Marine Biology -- Part I Japanese Marine Flora and Fauna -- Chapter 2. Japanese Marine Life -- Chapter 3. Basic Taxonomy of Marine Organisms -- Chapter 4. Marine Plankton -- Chapter 5. Marine Algae and Plants -- Chapter 6. Marine Animals -- Chapter 7. Distribution of marine species on the marine seashore -- Part II Cell and Developmental Biology -- Chapter 8. Marine organisms and life science -- Chapter 9. Gametes and fertilization -- Chapter 10. Development of Marine Invertebrates -- Chapter 11. Development of marine fish: several procedures for the observation of embryonic development -- Chapter 12. Development of Marine Algae -- Chapter 13. Animal Larvae and Evolution -- Part III Marine Zoology -- Chapter 14. Contribution of marine animals in physiology, endocrinology and ethology -- Chapter 15. Physiology -- Chapter 16. Endocrinology -- Chapter 17. Animal Behavior -- Part IV Marine Ecology -- Chapter 18. Marine Ecology Introduction -- Chapter 19. Marine Ecology – Temperate to Tropical -- Chapter 20. Marine Ecology – Intertidal/Littoral Zone -- Chapter 21. Marine Ecology – Sea Shelf to Deep Sea -- Chapter 22. Marine Ecology – Survey Techniques in Marine Ecology -- Chapter 23. Experimental Design in Marine Ecology -- Part V Marine Environmental Science -- Chapter 24. Marine Environmental Science Introduction -- Chapter 25. Elemental Circulation -- Chapter 26. Human Impact -- Chapter 27. Survey Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences -- Chapter 28. Experimental Design in Marine Environmental Sciences -- Part VI Selected Topics in Marine Biology -- Chapter 29. Marine Data -- Chapter 30. Biologging -- Chapter 31. Marine Microbes. Chapter 32. Marine Conservation. .

Marine environment is a habitant for several species and significantly plays an essential role in the food cycle and climate regulation. Several species including fish and invertebrates that are used as food for humans. Marine larvae species also contain metabolites and are useful for protection and cure of several diseases.