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Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems

Theory and Practice

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. M. J. R. Fasham

    1. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Godalming, Surrey, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 13)

Part of the book sub series: IV Marine Sciences (MARS)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Invited Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Importance of Measuring Rates and Fluxes in Marine Ecosystems

      • Alan Longhurst
      Pages 3-22

    3. Community Measures of Marine Food Networks and their Possible Applications

      • Robert E. Ulanowicz
      Pages 23-47

    4. Thermodynamics of the Pelagic Ecosystem: Elementary Closure Conditions for Biological Production in the Open Ocean

      • Trevor Platt, Marlon Lewis, Richard Geider
      Pages 49-84

    5. The Structure of Aquatic Ecosystems and its Dependence on Environmental Variables

      • J. E. Paloheimo, A. P. Zimmerman, W. G. Sprules, M. A. Gates
      Pages 85-104

    6. Eutrophication of a Coastal Marine Ecosystem — An Experimental Study Using the Merl Microcosms

      • S. W. Nixon, M. E. Q. Pilson, C. A. Oviatt, P. Donaghay, B. Sullivan, S. Seitzinger et al.
      Pages 105-135

    7. Oceanic Nutrient Cycles

      • Joel C. Goldman
      Pages 137-170

    8. State-of-the-Art in the Measurement of Primary Production

      • Winfried W. Gieskes, Gijsbert W. Kraay
      Pages 171-190

    9. Functional Types of Marine Planktonic Primary Producers and Their Relative Significance in the Food Web

      • Malte Elbrächter
      Pages 191-221

    10. Measuring the Metabolism of the Benthic Ecosystem

      • Mario M. Pamatmat
      Pages 223-246

    11. The Measurement of the Enthalpy of Metabolism in Marine Organisms

      • Pierre Lasserre
      Pages 247-269

    12. Bacterial Production in the Marine Food Chain: The Emperor’s New Suit of Clothes?

      • Peter J. leB. Williams
      Pages 271-299

    13. Suspended Marine Bacteria as a Food Source

      • Tom Fenchel
      Pages 301-315

    14. The Biological Role of Detritus in the Marine Environment

      • R. C. Newell
      Pages 317-343

    15. Cycling of Organic Matter by Bacterioplankton in Pelagic Marine Ecosystems: Microenvironmental Considerations

      • Farooq Azam, James W. Ammerman
      Pages 345-360

    16. An Overview of Secondary Production in Pelagic Ecosystems

      • R. Williams
      Pages 361-405

    17. The Quantitative Significance of Gelatinous Zooplankton as Pelagic Consumers

      • Alice L. Alldredge
      Pages 407-433

    18. Fish Production in Open Ocean Ecosystems

      • K. H. Mann
      Pages 435-458

    19. Ecological Efficiency and Activity Metabolism

      • Gary D. Sharp
      Pages 459-474
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About this book

The impetus for the conference held at Bombannes, France in May, 1982 arose out of a Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Working Group on "Mathematical Models in Biological Oceanography". This group was chaired by K.H. Mann and held two meetings in 1977 and 1979. At both meetings it was felt that, although reductionist modelling of marine ecosystems had achieved some successes, the future progress lay in the development of holistic ecosystem models. The members of the group (K.H. Mann, T. Platt, J.M. Colebrook, D.F. Smith, M.J.R. Fasham, J. Field, G. Radach, R.E. Ulanowicz and F. Wulff) produced a critical review of reductionist and holistic models which was published by the Unesco Press (Platt, Mann and Ulanowicz, 1981). One of the conclusions of this review was that, whether holistic or reductionist models are preferred, it is critically important to increase the scientific effort in the measurement of physiological rates for the computation of ecological fluxes. The Working Group therefore recommended that an international meeting should be organized which would attempt to bring together theoretical ecologists and biological oceanographers to assess the present and future capability for measuring ecological fluxes and incorporating these data into models. An approach was made to the Marine Sciences Panel of the NATO Science Committee who expressed an interest in funding such a meeting. They awarded a planning grant and a planning group was formed consisting of M.J.R. Fasham, M.V. Angel, T. Platt, R.E.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Godalming, Surrey, UK

    M. J. R. Fasham

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice

  • Editors: M. J. R. Fasham

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0387-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0389-4Published: 15 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0387-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 744

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oceanography

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