{"product_id":"dynamics-of-marine-ecosystems-isbn-9781405111188","title":"Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems","description":"The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological–physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global scale. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003econsiders the influence of physical forcing on biological processes in a wide range of marine habitats including coastal estuaries, shelf-break fronts, major ocean gyres, coral reefs, coastal upwelling areas, and the equatorial upwelling system\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einvestigates recent significant developments in this rapidly advancing field\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes new research suggesting that long-term variability in the global atmospheric circulation affects the circulation of ocean basins, which in turn brings about major changes in fish stocks. This discovery opens up the exciting possibility of being able to predict major changes in global fish stocks\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewritten in an accessible, lucid style, this textbook is essential reading for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students studying marine ecology and biological oceanography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Contents. \u003cp\u003ePreface to Third Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to Second Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to First Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Marine Ecology Comes of Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart A: Processes on a Scale of less than 1 Kilometer\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Biology and Boundary Layers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Vertical Structure of the Open Ocean: Biology of the Mixed Layer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Freshwater Run-off and Tidal Mixing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart B: Processes on a Scale of 1-1000 Kilometers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Coastal Upwelling Regions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Fronts in Coastal Waters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Tides, Tidal Mixing, and Internal Waves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart C: Processes on a Scale of Thousands of Kilometers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ocean Basin Circulation: The Biology of Major Currents, Gyres, Rings, and Eddies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Variability in Ocean Circulation: its Biological Consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Oceans and Global Climate Change: Physical and Biological Aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart D: Discussion and Conclusions\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Questions for the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  'The authors have done an admirable job. I will happily recommend this text to my students and colleagues\u003ci\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003e  K J Flynn, University of Swansea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'I have used 'Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems' extensively for my undergraduate oceanography teaching to students from widely different scientific backgrounds. The students found the explanation of the physical processes in this book to be at just the right level, being advanced, up-to-date and clear, but without a lot of complex mathematics. The formulae contained in the book are simple summaries of the physical processes and are easy to use.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paul Russell, University of Plymouth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book is comprehensive, properly organized, thoroughly researched, thoughtfully synthesized and very well written. . . The book should be mandatory reading not just for senior undergraduate and graduate students . . . but also for those empowered to set up and implement policy for ocean governance.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBotanica Marina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDr Ken Mann\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at universities in England and in Canada and has carried out research on various aquatic ecosystems including the River Thames and the kelp beds and estuaries of eastern Canada. He is currently a Research Scientist Emeritus at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr John Lazier\u003c\/b\u003e has been a physical oceanographer at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography since the early 1960s. His principal interest has been the circulation of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, especially the response of the Labrador Sea to decadal changes in the weather. He continues this work as a Research Scientist Emeritus.\u003c\/p\u003e  The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological–physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global scale. \u003ci\u003eDynamics of Marine Ecosystems\u003c\/i\u003e considers the influence of physical forcing on biological processes in a wide range of marine habitats including coastal estuaries, shelf-break fronts, major ocean gyres, coral reefs, coastal upwelling areas, and the equatorial upwelling system. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third edition of \u003ci\u003eDynamics of Marine Ecosystems\u003c\/i\u003e fully considers recent significant developments in this rapidly advancing field. Of particular note is new research suggesting that long-term variability in the global atmospheric circulation affects the circulation of ocean basins, which in turn brings about major changes in fish stocks. 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