Marine ecology : concepts and applications /
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Blackwell,
c2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Section 1: The Marine Environment. 1. Introduction to the Marine Environment. 2. Physics and Chemistry of the Open Ocean. 3. Physics and Chemistry of Shallow Coastal Waters. Section 2: Marine Population Ecology. 4. Demography and Population Growth. 5. Population Regulation. 6. Behavioural Ecology and Life History Strategies. Section 3: Marine Community Ecology. 7. Marine Biodiversity. 8. Primary Consumption. 9. Competition and Predation. 10. Dispersal, Settlement and Succession. Section 4: Marine Ecosystem Ecology. 11. Marine Nutrients and Energetics. 12. Marine Primary Production. 13. Temperate Marine Communities (Esturaries, Rocky Shores, Kelp Forest, Sandy beaches). 14. Tropical Marine Communities (Coral Reefs, Mangroves, Seagrass beds). Section 5: Applied Marine Ecology. 15. Overfishing and Sustainable Fisheries. 16. Marine Pollution. 17. Marine Conservation and Management. 18. Experimental Design and Sampling.