Marine Ecology: Concepts and Applications

Acknowledgments ix

1 The physical template 1

2 Marine biodiversity 27

3 Primary production and chemosynthesis 49

4 Primary consumption: marine herbivores and detritivores 65

5 Predators, parasites, and pathogens 83

6 Competition and succession 107

7 Dispersal and settlement 129

8 The exploitation and maintenance of marine and estuarine fisheries 153

9 Threats to marine ecosystems: the effects of man 169

10 Marine conservation 203

Appendix 239

References 251

Index 271