Marine Ecological Processes

I Primary Producers in Marine Environments.- 1 Producers and Processes Involved in Primary Production.- 2 Factors Affecting Primary Production.- II Consumers in Marine Environments.- 3 Dynamics of Populations of Consumers.- 4 Competition for Resources Among Consumers.- 5 Feeding and Responses to Food Abundance.- 6 Food Selection by Consumers.- 7 Processing of Consumed Energy.- III Structure and Dynamics of Marine Communities.- 8 Trophic Structure 1: Controls in Benthic Food Webs.- 9 Trophic Structure 2: Components and Controls in Water Column Food Webs.- 10 Taxonomic Structure: Species Diversity.- 11 Spatial Structure: Patchiness.- 12 Development of Structure in Marine Communities: Colonization and Succession.- IV Functioning of Marine Ecosystems.- 13 The Carbon Cycle: Production and Transformations of Organic Matter.- 14 Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystem Stoichiometry.- 15 Seasonal Changes in Marine Ecosystems.- 16 Long-Term and Large-Scale Change in Marine Ecosystems.- References.

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