Marine Ecology

Sean Connell is a Lecturer at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Bronwyn Gillanders is a Lecturer at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide.

1 Introduction: Australasian Marine Ecology in a Global ContextPart 1 Fundamental Concepts in Marine Ecology2 Early Life Histories of Marine Invertebrates and Fishes3 Recruitment Ecology of Marine Macroalgae4 Negative Interactions: The Influence of Predators and Herbivores on Prey and Ecological Systems5 Negative Interactions: an Overview of Competition among Marine Organisms6 Positive Interactions in Marine Communities7 Natural Disturbance and Regeneration of Marine Benthic CommunitiesPart 2 Australian Biogeography and Connectivity8 Marine Biogeography and Biodiversity of Australia9 Coastal Oceanography and Ecology10 Dispersal and Gene Flow in Australian Marine Environments11 Linking Terrestrial-Freshwater and Marine Environments: an Example from Estuarine SystemsPart 3 Australian Communities12 Open Water: Plankton Ecology13 Coral Reefs: Naturally Dynamic and Increasingly Disturbed Ecosystems14 Subtidal Temperate Rocky Habitats: Habitat Heterogeneity at Local to Continental Scales15 Intertidal Temperate Rocky Shores16 Soft Sediments17 Seagrass18 Mangroves and SaltmarshPart 4 Conservation and Management19 Fisheries and their Management20 Marine Protected Areas21 Water Quality and the Loss of Coral Reefs and Kelp Forests: Alternative States and the Influence of Fishing22 Invasive Marine Species Management and Research23 Climate Change in Marine Ecosystems