Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition
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Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet--critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of global climate change on these important ecosystems.Authored by a team of world experts from the estuarine science community, this long-awaited, full-color edition includes new chapters covering phytoplankton, seagrasses, coastal marshes, mangroves, benthic algae, Integrated Coastal Zone Management techniques, and the effects of global climate change. It also features an entriely new section on estuarine ecosystem processes, trophic webs, ecosystem metabolism, and the interactions between estuaries and other ecosystems such as wetlands and marshesContent: Chapter One Introduction to Estuarine Ecology (pages 1–18): John W. Day, Alejandro Yanez?Arancibia, W. Michael Kemp and Byron C. CrumpChapter Two Estuarine Geomorphology and Coastal Hydrology (pages 19–38): Gregg A. Snedden, Jaye E. Cable and Bjorn KjerfveChapter Three Estuarine Chemistry (pages 39–83): Thomas S. BianchiChapter Four Estuarine Phytoplankton (pages 85–110): Hans W. Paerl and Dubravko JusticChapter Five Seagrass and Related Submersed Vascular Plants (pages 111–127): Jens Borum, Renee K. Gruber and W. Michael KempChapter Six Coastal Marshes (pages 129–163): Carles Ibanez, James T. Morris, Irving A. Mendelssohn and John W. DayChapter Seven Mangrove Wetlands (pages 165–202): Robert R. Twilley and John W. DayChapter Eight Estuarine Benthic Algae (pages 203–234): Karen J. McGlathery, Kristina Sundback and Peggy FongChapter Nine Estuarine Microbial Ecology (pages 235–261): Linda K. Blum and Aaron L. MillsChapter Ten Estuarine Microbial Food Webs (pages 263–284): Byron C. Crump, Hugh W. Ducklow and John E. HobbieChapter Eleven Estuarine Zooplankton (pages 285–302): Mark C. BenfieldChapter Twelve Estuarine Benthos (pages 303–325): James G. Wilson and John W. FleegerChapter Thirteen Estuarine Nekton (pages 327–355): James H. Cowan, Alejandro Yanez?Arancibia, Patricia Sanchez?Gil and Linda A. DeeganChapter Fourteen The Ecology of Estuarine Wildlife (pages 357–380): Russell GreenbergChapter Fifteen Ecosystem Metabolism (pages 381–416): Jeremy M. Testa, W. Michael Kemp, Charles S. Hopkinson and Stephen V. SmithChapter Sixteen Estuarine Food Webs (pages 417–441): James D. Hagy and W. Michael KempChapter Seventeen Budget Analyses of Estuarine Ecosystems (pages 443–464): Walter R. Boynton and Scott W. NixonChapter Eighteen Fisheries in Lagoon?Estuarine Ecosystems (pages 465–482): Daniel Pauly and Alejandro Yanez?ArancibiaChapter Nineteen Human Impact and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems (pages 483–495): John W. Day, Alejandro Yanez?Arancibia and W. Michael KempChapter Twenty Global Climate Change and Estuarine Systems (pages 497–518): John M. Rybczyk, John W. Day, Alejandro Yanez?Arancibia and James H. CowanChapter Twenty?One Estuarine Ecological Modeling (pages 519–536): Enrique Reyes, Kenneth Rose and Dubravko Justic
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