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Network Analysis in Marine Ecology

Methods and Applications

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. F. Wulff

    1. Institute of Marine Ecology, Askö Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. J. G. Field

    1. Marine Biology Research Institute Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

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  3. K. H. Mann

    1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

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Part of the book series: Coastal and Estuarine Studies (COASTAL, volume 32)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Need to Analyze Ecological Networks

      • John G. Field, Fredrik Wulff, Kenneth H. Mann
      Pages 3-12

  3. Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. A Detailed Guide to Network Analysis

      • James J. Kay, Lee A. Graham, Robert E. Ulanowicz
      Pages 15-61

    3. Construction of Flow Networks Using Inverse Methods

      • Alain F. Vézina
      Pages 62-81

    4. A Generic Simulation Model for Treating Incomplete Sets of Data

      • Robert E. Ulanowicz
      Pages 82-89

    5. Dealing with the “Mixed Units” Problem in Ecosystem Network Analysis

      • Robert Costanza, Bruce Hannon
      Pages 90-115

  4. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Network Information Indices with an Estuarine Model

      • James N. Kremer
      Pages 119-131

    3. Network Analysis of Simulated Succession after an Upwelling Event

      • J. G. Field, C. L. Moloney, C. G. Attwood
      Pages 132-158

    4. Derivation and Analysis of Flow Networks for Open Ocean Plankton Systems

      • Hugh W. Ducklow, M. J. R. Fasham, Alain F. Vézina
      Pages 159-205

    5. Network Analysis of the North Inlet Salt Marsh Ecosystem

      • Milton L. Asmus, Henry N. McKellar Jr.
      Pages 206-219

    6. Analysis of the Flow Network in an Estuarine Benthic Community

      • Richard M. Warwick, Philip J. Radford
      Pages 220-231

    7. A Comparative Anatomy of the Baltic Sea and Chesapeake Bay Ecosystems

      • Fredrik Wulff, Robert E. Ulanowicz
      Pages 232-256

  5. Discussion and Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Network Analysis in Marine Ecology: An Assessment

      • Kenneth H. Mann, John G. Field, Fredrik Wulff
      Pages 259-282

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 283-287
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About this book

This book arises from a workshop on the application of network analysis to ecological flow networks. The purpose is to develop a new tool for comparison of ecosystems, paying particular attention to marine ecosystems. After a review of the methods and theory, data from a variety of marine habitats are analyzed and compared. Readers are shown how to calculate such properties as cycling index, average path length, flow diversity, indices of ecosystem growth and development and the origins and fates of particular flows. This is a highly original contribution to the growing field of ecosystem theory, in which attention is paid to the properties of the total, functioning ecosystem, rather than to the properties of individual organisms. New insights are provided into the workings of marine systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Marine Ecology, Askö Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

    F. Wulff

  • Marine Biology Research Institute Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    J. G. Field

  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

    K. H. Mann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Network Analysis in Marine Ecology

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Applications

  • Editors: F. Wulff, J. G. Field, K. H. Mann

  • Series Title: Coastal and Estuarine Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75017-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-75019-9Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-75017-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0724-5890

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 284

  • Topics: Ecology

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