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Marine Macroecology

By: Jon D. Witman (Editor), Kaustuv Roy (Editor)

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Paperback | 15 October 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Pioneered in the late 1980s, the concept of macroecology--a framework for studying ecological communities with a focus on patterns and processes--revolutionized the field. Although this approach has been applied mainly to terrestrial ecosystems, there is increasing interest in quantifying macroecological patterns in the sea and understanding the processes that generate them. Taking stock of the current work in the field and advocating a research agenda for the decades ahead, "Marine Macroecology" draws together insights and approaches from a diverse group of scientists to show how marine ecology can benefit from the adoption of macroecological approaches. Divided into three parts, "Marine Macroecology "first provides an overview of marine diversity patterns and offers case studies of specific habitats and taxonomic groups. In the second part, contributors focus on process-based explanations for marine ecological patterns. The third part presents new approaches to understanding processes driving the macroecolgical patterns in the sea. Uniting unique insights from different perspectives with the common goal of identifying and understanding large-scale biodiversity patterns, "Marine Macroecology "will inspire the next wave of marine ecologists to approach their research from a macroecological perspective.

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"Witman and Roy's book could do for marine ecology what Macroecology did for terrestrial ecology. This represents a nice mix of empirical patterns, reviews of established or emerging areas, and theoretical insights." - Jay Stachowicz, University of California, Davis"

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Introduction	p. vii
Macro Eco Logical Patterns In The Sea
Overview of Marine Biodiversity	p. 3
Plankton Papulations and Communities	p. 29
Patterns in Deep-Sea Macroecology	p. 65
Spatial Patterns of Species Diversity in the Shallow Marine Invertebrates: Patterns, Processes, and Prospects	p. 101
Macroecoiogical Patterns among Marine Fishes	p. 122
Marine Algal Communities Bernabe Santelices	p. 153
Processes Underlying Macroecological Patterns
Plankton-Not So Paradoxical After All	p. 195
Basin-Scale Oceanographic Influences on Marine Macroecoiogical Patterns	p. 205
Dispersal and Geographic Ranges in the Sea	p. 227
Temperature and Marine Macroecology	p. 250
Macroecological Theory and the Analysis of Species Richness Gradients	p. 279
Macroecological Changes in Exploited Marine Systems	p. 310
Experimental Approaches to Marine Macroecology
Experimental Marine Macroecology: Progress and Prospects	p. 341
Latitudinal Gradients in Species Interactions	p. 357
The Subtidal Ecology of Rocky Coasts: Local-Regional-Biogeographic Patterns and Their Experimental Analysis	p. 392
Contributors	p. 419
Index	p. 421
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