Marine ecological processes

摘要: Contents Preface to the Third Edition Second First Part I Primary production in marine environments Chapter 1 producers sea 1.1 Phytoplankton 1.2 Benthic 2 Production: formation of organic matter 2.1 Photosynthesis 2.2 Chemosynthesis 2.3 Measurement producer biomass and primary 2.4 Contributions by different 3 Factors affecting Light The Uptake Availability Nutrients Temperature Interactions with Other Distribution Production Over World Ocean II Consumers Marine Environments Dynamics Populations 3.1 Elements Mathematical Description Growth 3.2 Survival Life Tables 3.3 Fecundity 3.4 Some Properties Table Variables 3.5 Reproductive Tactics 4 Competition for Resources Among 4.1 Population Finite 4.2 Nature 4.3 Density-Dependent Control Abundance 4.4 Versus Density-Independent Effects on 4.5 Resource Partitioning 4.6 Niche Breadth Species Packing 5 Feeding Responses Food 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Functional Response Prey Density 8.3 Mechanisms Communities 9 Trophic Structure 2: Components Controls Water Column Webs 9.1 Columns 9.2 Microbial 9.3 Classic Microplankton Web 9.4 Speculations as Larger Predators 10 Taxonomic Structure: Diversity 10.1 10.2 10.3 Affecting 10.4 Integration Consequences 11 Spatial Patchiness 11.1 Scales 11.2 Distributions 11.3 Sources 11.4 Ecological 11.5 Problem Upscaling 12 Development Communities: Colonization Succession 12.1 12.2 Processes 12.3 Case Histories 12.4 Interaction at Different Stages 12.5 Generalized IV Functioning Ecosystems 13 Carbon Cycle: Transformations Organic Matter 13.1 Inorganic 13.2 Cycle Aerobic 13.3 Anoxic 14 Nutrient Cycles Ecosystem Stoichiometry 14.1 Phosphorus 14.2 Nitrogen 14.3 Sulfur 14.4 Energetics 15 Seasonal Changes 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 16 Long-Term Large-Scale Change Ecosystems"/p> 16.1 16.2 Atmospheric 16.3 Depletion Fishery Stocks 16.4 Eutrophication 16.5 Toxic Contamination 16.6 Spread Exotic 16.7 Harmful Algal Blooms 16.8 Interception Freshwater Inputs Sediment Loads 16.9 Multiple Concert: Black Sea 16.10 Implications Long-Term, References Index