The oceans represent a vast complex and poorly understood ecosystem. Marine Ecological
Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader with a
lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts approaches and methods of this evolving
discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage this book focuses on the processes controlling
marine ecosystems communities and populations and demonstrates how general ecological
principles--derived from terrestrial and freshwater systems as well--apply to marine
ecosystems. Global warming and increased eutrophication and wetland destruction in recent years
has made the study of ecological processes even more important for the preservation of marine
environments. This thoroughly updated and expanded edition will provide students of marine
ecology marine biology and oceanography with numerous illustrations examples and references
which clearly impart to the reader the current state of research in this field: its
achievements as well as unresolved controversies.
