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Chapter 1 The Environment.. 1.1 Introduction.. 1.2 Environmental Gradients and Stresses on the Shore.. 1.3 Salient Features of the Shore Environment.. 1.4 Patterns of Zonation on the Shore.. Chapter 2 Hard Shores.. 2.2 Zonation Patterns on Representative Shores.. 2.3 The Causes of Zonation.. 2.4 Hard Shore Microalgae.. 2.5 Hard Shore Micro- and Meiofauna.. 2.6 Rocky Shore Lichens.. 2.7 Hard Shore Macroalgae.. 2.8 Key Faunal Components.. 2.9 Special Habitats.. Chapter 3 Soft Shores.. 3.1 Soft Shores as a Habitat.. 3.2 The Physicochemical Environment.. 3.3 Soft Shore Types.. 3.4 Estuaries.. 3.5 Soft Shore Primary Producers.. 3.6 Soft Shore Fauna.. 3.7 Biological Modification of the Sediment.. 3.8 Microbial Ecology and Organic Detritus.. 3.9 Nutrient Cycling.. 3.10 Estuarine Shelf Interactions.. Chapter 4 Adaptations to Shore Life.. 4.1 Introduction.. 4.2 Ecological Niches on the Shore.. 4.3 The Establishment of Zonation Patterns.. 4.4 The Maintenance of Zonation Patterns.. Chapter 5 Control of Community Structure.. 5.1 Introduction.. 5.2 Hard Shores.. 5.3 Soft Shores.. 5.4 Synthesis of Factors Involved in Controlling Community Structure.. Chapter 6 Energy Flow, Food Webs, and Material Cycling.. 6.1 Introduction.. 6.2 Food Sources.. 6.3 Energy Budgets for Individual Species.. 6.4 Optimal Foraging.. 6.5 Secondary Production.. 6.6 P:B Ratios and Production Efficiency.. 6.7 Relative Contribution of Soft Shore Benthic Infauna to Secondary Production.. 6.8 Community Metabolism.. 6.9 Trophic Structure and Food Webs.. 6.10 Carbon Flow Models.. 6.11 Stable Isotopes and Food Web Analysis.. 6.12 Top-down and Bottom-up Control of Trophic Structure.. Chapter 7 Ecosystem Models.. 7.1 Introduction.. 7.2 Hard Shores.. 7.3 Sand Beaches.. 7.4 Intertidal Mudflat in the Lynher Estuary, Cornwall, U.K.. 7.5 Salt Marshes.. 7.6 Sea Grass Ecosystems.. 7.7 Mangrove Ecosystems.. 7.8 Estuaries.. 7.9 Network Analysis

7.10 Potential Applications of the Ascendency Concept.. 7.11 Emergy Analysis.. Appendix.. References

The Ecology of Seashores explores the complex shore environment. It covers the ways in which representative species have adapted to life in a constantly changing environment in terms of their interactions, the control of community structure, and how energy and materials are cycled in different ecosystems. Written by an eminent marine biologist, this work emphasizes ecological processes and the use of systems analysis in understanding such processes. He gives complete coverage of the ecology of all seashore types: rocky shores, soft shores, sandy beaches, and estuaries at an advanced level. When appropriate, the author uses the energy circuit language of symbols and diagrams developed by H.T. Odum as a basis of understanding. The first comprehensive review and synthesis of the research on shore ecosystems, the book lends order to some of the most complex ecosystem types and presents a wide range of geographical examples. If you are involved in researching or managing coastal zones, The Ecology of Seashores provides exhaustive coverage of the essential background information you need. Inglés