Book description
Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on
the planet--critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic
animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology,
Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical aspects of
estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of
organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the
environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of
global climate change on these important ecosystems.
Authored by a team of world experts from the estuarine science
community, this long-awaited, full-color edition includes new chapters
covering phytoplankton, seagrasses, coastal marshes, mangroves,
benthic algae, Integrated Coastal Zone Management techniques, and the
effects of global climate change. It also features an entriely new
section on estuarine ecosystem processes, trophic webs, ecosystem
metabolism, and the interactions between estuaries and other
ecosystems such as wetlands and marshes
John W. Day, Jr. is a Distinguished Professor in the Dept. of
Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and the Coastal Ecology Institute at
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Byron C. Crump is an Assistant Professor at the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory,
Cambridge, Maryland
W. Michael Kemp is a Professor at Horn Point Laboratory,
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore
Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia is a Research Scientist and Full
Professor as well as Head of the Program of Coastal Resources at the
Instituto de Ecología, A. C. (INECOL), Mexico
