Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Marine Ecological Processes

  • Book
  • © 1995

Overview

Authors:
  1. Ivan Valiela

    1. Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, USA
      Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Primary Producers in Marine Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Producers and Processes Involved in Primary Production

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 3-35

    3. Factors Affecting Primary Production

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 36-83

  3. Consumers in Marine Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Dynamics of Populations of Consumers

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 87-105

    3. Competition for Resources Among Consumers

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 107-131

    4. Feeding and Responses to Food Abundance

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 133-163

    5. Food Selection by Consumers

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 165-201

    6. Processing of Consumed Energy

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 203-243

  4. Structure and Dynamics of Marine Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Trophic Structure 1: Controls in Benthic Food Webs

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 247-274

    3. Trophic Structure 2: Components and Controls in Water Column Food Webs

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 275-304

    4. Taxonomic Structure: Species Diversity

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 305-324

    5. Spatial Structure: Patchiness

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 325-353

    6. Development of Structure in Marine Communities: Colonization and Succession

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 355-381

  5. Functioning of Marine Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 383-383
      Download chapter PDF

    2. The Carbon Cycle: Production and Transformations of Organic Matter

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 385-424

    3. Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystem Stoichiometry

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 425-466

    4. Seasonal Changes in Marine Ecosystems

      • Ivan Valiela
      Pages 467-497
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Marine Ecological Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader - particularly the graduate student - with a lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts, approaches, and methods of this evolving discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book focuses on the processes controlling marine ecosystems, communities, and populations and demonstrates how general ecological principles - derived from terrestrial and freshwater systems as well - apply to marine ecosystems. Numerous illustrations, examples, and references clearly impart to the reader the current state of research in this field; its achievements as well as unresolved controversies.

Reviews

"No question that this superb second edition...will receive much appreciation. It provides an excellent source of information and inspiration for both students and professional marine biologists." Crustaceana

Authors and Affiliations

  • Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, USA

    Ivan Valiela

  • Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, USA

    Ivan Valiela

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Ecological Processes

  • Authors: Ivan Valiela

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4125-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2840-5Published: 02 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4125-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 696

  • Additional Information: Originally published in the series: Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences

  • Topics: Ecology, Life Sciences, general, Ecosystems, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Zoology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation