Marine Animal Forests, 3 Teile: The Ecology of Benthic Biodiversity Hotspots

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.