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Author(s): Robert J. Livingston
ISBN(s): 9780849311109, 0849311101
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 18.05 MB
Year: 2002
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0849311101 
ISBN 13: 9780849311109
Author: Robert J Livingston

Derived 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 with the scientific literature to advance our understanding of how coastal food webs work. The central focus is on the relationship of primary production in the form of species-specific phytoplankton communities with associated food webs of coastal systems and the relationship of tropho-dynamic processes to long-term changes (natural and polluted) in such areas. The impacts of phytoplankton blooms on trophic organization is elucidated.The author, a renowned marine scientist, provides detailed knowledge of the processes that drive coastal ecosystems. He presents an in-depth discussion of a hierarchy of cyclical periods associated with the formation and development of aquatic food webs. Trophic Organization in Coastal Systems will be particularly useful to those involved in research related to the importance of aquatic food webs to an understanding of how aquatic systems function. The principles and processes of trophic organization presented here can serve as a valuable model for research in other regions of the world.

Trophic Organization in Coastal Systems Marine Science 1st Table of contents:

Introduction

  • Food Webs and the Ecosystem Paradigm

  • Trophodynamic Aspects of Ecosystem Processes

  • Food Web Ecology in Coastal Systems

  • Trophic Studies in the NE Gulf of Mexico

The Northeast Gulf of Mexico

  • Background

  • Drainage Basins

  • Coastal Habitats

  • Estuarine/Coastal Systems of the NE Gulf

    • Perdido Bay System

    • Pensacola Bay System

    • Choctawhatchee Bay System

    • Apalachicola Bay System

    • Apalachee Bay System

Long-Term Studies: NE Gulf of Mexico

  • Field Programs

Trophic Organization in Gulf Coastal Systems

  • Approaches to the Study of Trophodynamics

  • Field Collections

  • The Trophic Unit

  • Feeding Variability

  • Spatial Features of Trophic Response

  • Temporal Features of Trophic Response

  • Inadequacy of Species-level Designations in Ecological Studies

  • Trophic Level Designations

  • Trophic Unit Transformation

Structural Components of Trophic Organization

  • Infaunal Macroinvertebrates

    • Descriptive Field Data

    • Habitat Changes

    • Spatial Variation

    • Temporal Variation

    • Predation Experiments

  • Physical Habitat Changes, Predation, and Food Web Relationships

  • Effects of Toxic Agents on Trophic Relationships

  • Long-Term Changes of Trophic Organization

    • Habitat Background

    • Biological Trends

    • Trophic Relationships

    • Dynamic Regression Models

    • Long-Term Trends

Coastal Phytoplankton Organization

  • Freshwater Runoff and Primary Production

  • The Perdido Drainage System

    • Seasonal and Interannual River Flow Patterns

    • Nutrient Loading

    • Nutrient Concentration Gradients

    • Nutrient Limitation

    • Sediment/Water Quality

  • Phytoplankton Changes in Perdido Bay

  • Phytoplankton Changes in Wolf Bay

Food Web Response to Plankton Blooms

  • Introduction

  • Habitat Trends in Perdido Bay

  • Biomass Distribution and Species Richness

  • Trophic Organization

  • Future Analytical Directions

Comparative Aspects of Trophic Organization

  • Overfishing and Pollution in the NE Gulf

  • Spatial Distribution of Food Web Components

  • Spatial Patterns of Primary Productivity

  • Herbivores

  • Omnivores

  • C1 Carnivores

  • C2 Carnivores

  • C3 Carnivores

  • Comparative Aspects of Trophic Organization

  • Temporal Distribution of Trophic Units

  • Baywide Trends of Invertebrates and Fishes

  • Trophic Indices

Regulation and Food Web Factors

  • Pulp Mill Effluents and Food Web Dynamics (Apalachee Bay)

  • Phytoplankton Organization in Apalachee Bay, Florida

  • Mercury in the Penobscot River-Estuary, Maine

  • Scientific Literature

  • Food Web Dynamics of Mercury in the Penobscot System

Trophic Organization and Resource Management

  • Resource Management: the Promise and the Reality

  • The Apalachicola Experiment

  • Freshwater Flows and the Apalachicola Resource

  • Planning and Management Initiatives in the Apalachicola System

Ecosystem Studies: Approaches and Methods

  • Ecosystem Research vs. Patch-Quilt Ecology

  • An Alternate Approach to Ecosystem Studies

    • Tier 1: Establishment of Research Goals

    • Tier 2: Development of the Research Programs

    • Tier 3: Development of Resource Management Programs

    • Tier 4: Review of Research Activities

    • Tier 5: Comparison with Other Systems

    • Tier 6: Development of a Resource Management Program

    • Tier 7: Application of Research Activities to Education

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