Marine Ecological Processes
This book includes a comprehensive review of the processes controlling marine ecosystems, communities, and populations, as well as introduces concepts, approaches, and methods in the fast-changing fields of marine ecology and oceanography. This third edition maintains the structure of previous editi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 2015 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Primary producers in the sea
- Production: the formation of organic matter
- Factors affecting primary production
- Dynamics of Populations of Consumers
- Competition for Resources Among Consumers
- Feeding and Responses to Food Abundance
- Food Selection by Consumers
- Processing of Consumed
- Trophic Structure 1: Controls in Benthic Food Webs
- Trophic Structure 2: Components and Controls in Water Column Food Webs
- Taxonomic Structure: Species Diversity
- Spatial Structure: Patchiness
- Development of Structure in Marine Communities: Colonization and Succession
- The Carbon Cycle: Production and Transformations of Organic Matter
- Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystem Stoichiometry
- Seasonal Changes in Marine Ecosystems
- Long-Term and Large-Scale Change in Marine Ecosystems