The Estuarine Ecosystem

For the inhabitants of many of the world's major towns and cities, estuaries provide their first and nearest glimpse of a natural habitat. Despite the attempts of man to pollute or reclaim it, the estuarine ecosystem continues to provide a fascinating insight into a natural world where energy is transformed from sunlight into plant material, and then through the steps of a food chain is converted into a rich food supply for birds and fish. The book provides a concise readable introduction to estuarine ecology. First published in 1981, it soon established itself as the principle textbook of choice in the UK & NW Europe. This new edition builds upon the strengths of the earlier editions but has been thoroughly revised throughout. The new co-author brings a human impact dimension to the revised book. It is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students (particularly taught masters) who have had a general ecology course, but no further training in estuarine science. It will be useful to both professional researchers and practical managers in marine ecology and environmental science who seek a compact but comprehensive introduction to estuarine ecology.

ISBN 0198525087   Pages 224 ISBN13 9780198525080 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 512 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Oxford Biology Publication date 29 Apr 2004   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress 2004049214   Width (mm) 190 DEWEY 577.786   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		The estuarine environment		1
2		Life in estuaries		19
3		Primary producers : plant production and its availability		34
4		Primary consumers : herbivores and detritivores		53
5		The secondary consumers : carnivores		73
6		Estuarine uses and users		92
7		Methods for studying human-induced charges in estuaries		137
8		The management of estuaries		158
		Reading list		190
		Index		209

Fortunately, the content remains, not unchanged, but the essentials preserved and supplemented ... all the things the students liked in the previous editions - the simple Figures and Tables, the clear and concise expositions - are still there, but augmented with the new syntheses. Bulletin of the Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association ... a concise and relatively comprehensive introduction to estuarine ecology for the non-specialist. Aquaculture International

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