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Format:
Paperback
584 pp.
460 illustrations, 195 mm x 265 mm

ISBN-13:
9780198717850

Copyright Year:
2021

Imprint: OUP UK

Marine Ecology

Processes, Systems, and Impacts, Third Edition

Edited by Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, Simon Jennings and David Thomas

Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a carefully balanced and stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed, and the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation.

Readership : Advanced undergraduate students studying a core or optional course on marine ecology or marine biology.

1. David Barnes: Patterns in the Marine Environment
2. David Thomas: Primary Production Processes
3. Hermanni Kaartokallio: Microbial Production and the Decomposition of Organic Material
4. Jan Hiddink: Secondary Production
5. Martin Attrill: Estuaries
6. Martin Attrill and Michel Kaiser: Rocky and Sandy Shores
7. Andrew Brierley: Pelagic Ecosystems
8. Michel Kaiser: Continental Shelf Seabed
9. Kerry Howell: The Deep Sea
10. Martin Attrill: Mangrove Forests and Seagrass Meadows
11. Nick Graham: Coral Reefs
12. David Thomas: Polar Regions
13. Simon Jennings: Fisheries
14. Michel Kaiser: Aquaculture
15. Michel Kaiser: Pollution, Disturbance and Environmental Monitoring
16. Simon Jennings: Conservation
17. Michel Kaiser and Martin Attrill: Climate change
18. Michel Kaiser: Sea and Society

Online Resource Centre
Instructor Resources
- Figures available to download
Student Resources
- Sample exam questions and answers
- Exam and essay writing advice
- Secondary production calculator
- Hyperlinked bibliography
- Additional images
- Web link library

Professor Michel J. Kaiser is affiliated with the Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, Heriot-Watt University.

Professor Martin J. Attrill is with the Marine Institute, University of Plymouth.

Dr. Simon Jennings is affiliated with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

Dr. David N. Thomas is affiliated with the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University.

Making Sense in the Life Sciences - Margot Northey and Patrick von Aderkas
The Biology of Rocky Shores - Dr. Colin Little, Dr. Gray A. Williams and Dr. Cynthia D. Trowbridge
Ecology of Marine Sediments: - The late John S. Gray and Michael Elliott
Marine Biology - Jeffrey S. Levinton
Marine Ecology - Sean D. Connell and Bronwyn M. Gillanders

Special Features

Unique systems-orientated approach offers a truly modern and global perspective.
An engaging box program helps support students in their learning through the rich provision of features such as 'Techniques' boxes and 'Current Focus' boxes.
Real-world based pedagogy outlines practical applications of processes and how they relate to various ecological systems, as well as highlighting and combatting issues relating to climate change, conservation, and the human impact on our marine environment.
Online resources provide further support for lecturers and students, including a hyperlinked bibliography, exam and essay writing advice and sample questions, a secondary production calculator, a web link library and downloadable images from the book.

New to this Edition

A new chapter on climate change that looks towards future challenges, since the importance of understanding and conserving the marine environment has never been more apparent.
A new chapter on the value of the ocean to society covering key topics including food security and natural capital.
Short screencast tutorials have been added online to help explain key concepts from the book.