Marine Metapopulations

Systematically applies metapopulation theory directly to marine systems. This work gives perspectives on various marine organisms and ecosystems, from coastal estuaries to shallow reefs to deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

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Technological improvements have greatly increased the ability of marine scientists to collect and analyze data over large spatial scales, and the resultant insights attainable from interpreting those data vastly increase understanding of poplation dynamics, evolution and biogeography. Marine Metapopulations provides a synthesis of existing information and understanding, and frames the most important future directions and issues.