Description
Book SynopsisDerived from an unprecedented research effort covering over 70 field years of field data in a series of studies, Trophic Organization in Coastal Systems represents an alternative approach to coastal research that has been successfully applied to coastal resource management issues. This unique book is based upon a sequence of long-term, interdisciplinary studies of a series of coastal regions in the NE Gulf of Mexico that include nutrient loading, habitat definition, quantified collections of organisms from microbes to fishes, and the determination of the trophic organization that defines the processes that shape the productivity of these areas.
A multidisciplinary team of marine scientists, chemists, physical oceanographers, geologists, hydrologists, engineers, experimental biologists, and taxonomists have created a singular database of changes in a series of Gulf of Mexico coastal systems. This field information, together with field and laboratory experimentation, is integrated
Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Northeast Gulf of Mexico. Long-Term Studies in The NE Gulf of Mexico. Trophic Organization in Gulf Coastal Systems. Structural Components of Trophic Organization. Coastal Phytoplankton Organization. Food Web Response to Plankton Blooms. Comparative Aspects of Trophic Organization. Regulation and Food Web Factors. Trophic Organization and Resource Management. Ecosystem Studies: Approaches and Methods. Conclusions. Summary of Results. References. Appendices Index.
