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• ISBN: 019924975X
• ISBN: 9780199249756
• Physical Description: xxi, 557 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005.

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General Note:

INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (p. (520)-541) AND INDEX.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [520]-541) and index.

Includes web resources.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Patterns in the marine environment -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Biogeography -- 1.3. Biodiversity -- 1.4. Abundance and size -- Further reading -- pt. 1. Processes -- 2. Primary production processes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Photosynthesis -- 2.3. Respiration --- 2.4. Heterotrophic metabolism -- 2.5. Light in water -- 2.6. Light and photosynthesis -- 2.7. Supply of inorganic nutrients -- 2.8. The main limiting nutrients for growth -- 2.9. Algal growth -- 2.10. Seasonal trends in primary production -- 2.11. Global trend in primary production -- 2.12. Primary production in seaweeds and seagrasses -- 2.13. Measurement of primary production -- Further reading -- 3. Microbial production and the decomposition of organic material -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The microbial powerhouse -- 3.3. The ecological context in which the micro-organisms are embedded -- 3.4. The decomposition process -- 3.5. The microbial network -- 3.6. The dynamics of bacterial growth and its measurement -- 3.7. Respiration and the release of nutrients -- 3.8. The seasonal cycle of production and consumption -- 3.9. The distribution of respiration in the global ocean -- Further reading --

pt. 2. Systems -- 4. Estuarine ecology -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Estuarine organisms -- 4.3. Productivity and food webs -- 4.4. Diversity patterns in estuaries -- 4.5. Other 'brackish-water' systems -- Further reading -- 5. Rocky and sandy shores -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What is the shore? -- 5.3. Environmental gradients and the shore -- 5.4. Causes of zonation -- 5.5. The organization of shore communities -- 5.6. The shore network -- 5.7. The future of rocky and sandy shores -- Further reading -- 6. Pelagic ecosystems -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Definitions and environmental features -- 6.3. Pelagic inhabitants : consequences of size -- 6.4. Temporal and spatial variability in pelagic ecosystems -- 6.5. Sampling the open ocean -- 6.6. Pelagic fisheries -- 6.7. Regime shifts in pelagic marine ecosystems -- 6.8. The future for pelagic marine ecosystems -- Further reading -- 7. Continental shelf seabed -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Definitions and environmental features -- 7.3. The seabed habitat and biota -- 7.4. Functional roles of the biota -- 7.5. Food webs in shelf systems -- 7.6. Characterization of seabed communities -- 7.7. Specific habitats -- Further reading -- 8. The deep sea -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Definitions and environmental features -- 8.3. Food supply to the deep sea -- 8.4. The organisms of the deep sea -- 8.5. Hydrothermal vents, islands in the deep sea -- Further reading -- 9. Mangrove forests and seagrass meadows -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Mangrove forests -- 9.3. Seagrass meadows -- Further reading -- 10. Coral reefs -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Reef development and distribution -- 10.3. Corals and coral communities -- 10.4. Coral reef productivity and food chains -- 10.5. Reef fauna -- 10.6. Threats to coral reefs -- 10.7. Reef growth and bioerosion -- 10.8. Dynamics of reef animals -- 10.9. Reefs and human society -- Further reading -- 11. Polar regions -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. What is pack ice? -- 11.3. Arctic vs Antarctic pack ice -- 11.4. Life in a block of ice -- 11.5. Sea-ice edges -- 11.6. Polar benthos -- 11.7. Polar bentho-pelagic coupling -- 11.8. Endemism in polar benthos -- 11.9. Gigantism in polar waters -- 11.10. Birds and mammals -- 11.11. Climate change and pack-ice regions -- Further reading --

pt. 3. Impacts -- 12. Fisheries -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Global fisheries -- 12.3. Fish production -- 12.4. Fished species and their fisheries -- 12.5. Fish population biology -- 12.6. Fishing methods -- 12.7. Fish stock assessment -- 12.8. The management process -- 12.9. Environmental impacts of fishing -- 12.10. Ecosystem-based fishery management -- 12.11. The future of fisheries -- Further reading -- 13. Aquaculture -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Aquaculture past and present -- 13.3. How do we produce food from the sea? -- 13.4. What is cultivated and where? -- 13.5. Food requirements and constraints -- 13.6. The role of biotechnology -- 13.7. Negative effects of biotechnology -- 13.8. Cultivation systems -- 13.9. Cultivation of fish in cages -- 13.10. Cage cultivation : a lousy system? -- 13.11. Breaking away from the coastal margin -- 13.12. Shrimp cultivation : the gold rush -- 13.13. Shrimp farming and mangroves -- 13.14. Cultivation of molluscs -- 13.15. Ranching at sea -- 13.16. A conservation role for aquaculture? -- Further reading -- 14. Disturbance, pollution, and climate change -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Ecological role of disturbance -- 14.3. Measuring the effects of human activities -- 14.4. Agents of change -- 14.5. Climate change -- 14.6. Interaction of multiple factors -- Further reading -- 15. Conservation -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Why conserve? -- 15.3. What to conserve -- 15.4. Economics of conservation -- 15.5. Conservation policy and legislation -- 15.6. Conservation in action -- 15.7. The future -- further reading -- Weblinks.

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