TY - CHAP AU - Shingo Kato AU - Akihiko Yamagishi ED - Oscar Grillo ED - Gianfranco Venora Y1 - 2011-11-14 PY - 2011 T1 - Microbial Biodiversity and Biogeography on the Deep Seafloor N2 - As everybody knows, the dynamic interactions between biotic and abiotic factors, as well as the anthropic ones, considerably affect global climate changes and consequently biology, ecology and distribution of life forms of our planet. These important natural events affect all ecosystems, causing important changes on biodiversity. Systematic and phylogenetic studies, biogeographic distribution analysis and evaluations of diversity richness are focal topics of this book written by international experts, some even considering economical effects and future perspectives on the managing and conservation plans. BT - Changing Diversity in Changing Environment SP - Ch. 16 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/23654 DO - 10.5772/23654 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -