Marine Ecological Processes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Primary Producers in Marine Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. Producers and Processes Involved in Primary Production

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      Pages 3-35

   3. Factors Affecting Primary Production

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      Pages 36-83

3. Consumers in Marine Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Dynamics of Populations of Consumers

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      Pages 87-105

   3. Competition for Resources Among Consumers

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      Pages 107-131

   4. Feeding and Responses to Food Abundance

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      Pages 133-163

   5. Food Selection by Consumers

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      Pages 165-201

   6. Processing of Consumed Energy

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      Pages 203-243

4. Structure and Dynamics of Marine Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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   2. Trophic Structure 1: Controls in Benthic Food Webs

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      Pages 247-274

   3. Trophic Structure 2: Components and Controls in Water Column Food Webs

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      Pages 275-304

   4. Taxonomic Structure: Species Diversity

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      Pages 305-324

   5. Spatial Structure: Patchiness

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      Pages 325-353

   6. Development of Structure in Marine Communities: Colonization and Succession

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      Pages 355-381

5. Functioning of Marine Ecosystems

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      Pages 383-383

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   2. The Carbon Cycle: Production and Transformations of Organic Matter

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      Pages 385-424

   3. Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystem Stoichiometry

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      Pages 425-466

   4. Seasonal Changes in Marine Ecosystems

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      Pages 467-497

Marine Ecological Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader - particularly the graduate student - with a lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts, approaches, and methods of this evolving discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book focuses on the processes controlling marine ecosystems, communities, and populations and demonstrates how general ecological principles - derived from terrestrial and freshwater systems as well - apply to marine ecosystems. Numerous illustrations, examples, and references clearly impart to the reader the current state of research in this field; its achievements as well as unresolved controversies.

• Ocean
• aquatic
• biodiversity
• carbon cycle
• development
• ecological principles
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• food web
• marine
• nutrient cycle
• oceanography
• process
• species diversity

"No question that this superb second edition...will receive much appreciation. It provides an excellent source of information and inspiration for both students and professional marine biologists." Crustaceana

• Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, USA

  Ivan Valiela

• Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, USA

  Ivan Valiela

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