Marine Ecology Processes, Systems, and Impacts

by Kaiser, Michel J.; Attrill, Martin J.; Jennings, Simon; Thomas, David N.; Barnes, David K. A.; Brierly, Andrew S.; Polunin, Nicholas V.; Raffaelli, David G.; Williams, Peter J. le B.

• ISBN13: 9780199249756
• ISBN10: 019924975X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book offers a carefully balanced, stimulating survey of marine ecology that introduces the key processes and systems that form the marine environment and examines the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation. Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts is ideal for undergraduate courses in marine biology or marine ecology. A companion website: http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199249756/ offers downloadable images from the text and a library of weblinks for students. An Instructor's Manual is available to adopters. ·Employs many examples from around the world to put concepts and issues in a real-world context ·Presents detailed case studies throughout the text

Table of Contents

Marine Ecology: An Introduction

Patterns in the Marine Environment Processes

Primary Production Processes

Microbial Production Systems

Estuarine Ecology

Rocky and Sandy Shores

Pelagic Ecosystems

Continental Shelf Seabed

The Deep Sea

Mangrove Forests and Sea Grass Meadows

Coral Reefs

Polar Regions Impacts

Fisheries

Aquaculture

Disturbance, Pollution, and Climate Change

Conservation

References

Appendix

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