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- A comprehensive introduction to ocean ecology and a new way of thinking about ocean life Marine ecology is more interdisciplinary, broader in scope, and more intimately linked to human activities than ever before.
- About the Author: J. Emmett Duffy is director of the Smithsonian Institution's Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO program.
- 464 Pages
- Science, Life Sciences
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About the Book
"A comprehensive introduction to ocean ecology and a new way of thinking about ocean life"--Book Synopsis
A comprehensive introduction to ocean ecology and a new way of thinking about ocean life
Marine ecology is more interdisciplinary, broader in scope, and more intimately linked to human activities than ever before. Ocean Ecology provides advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners with an integrated approach to marine ecology that reflects these new scientific realities, and prepares students for the challenges of studying and managing the ocean as a complex adaptive system. This authoritative and accessible textbook advances a framework based on interactions among four major features of marine ecosystems--geomorphology, the abiotic environment, biodiversity, and biogeochemistry--and shows how life is a driver of environmental conditions and dynamics. Ocean Ecology explains the ecological processes that link organismal to ecosystem scales and that shape the major types of ocean ecosystems, historically and in today's Anthropocene world.- Provides an integrated new approach to understanding and managing the ocean
- Shows how biological diversity is the heart of functioning ecosystems
- Spans genes to earth systems, surface to seafloor, and estuary to ocean gyre
- Links species composition, trait distribution, and other ecological structures to the functioning of ecosystems
- Explains how fishing, fossil fuel combustion, industrial fertilizer use, and other human impacts are transforming the Anthropocene ocean
- An essential textbook for students and an invaluable resource for practitioners
About the Author
J. Emmett Duffy is director of the Smithsonian Institution's Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO program. He is the coeditor of Evolutionary Ecology of Social and Sexual Systems: Crustaceans as Model Organisms. Twitter @JEmmettDuffyDimensions (Overall): 11.2 Inches (H) x 8.6 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 4.6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 464
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: Life Sciences
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Theme: Ecology
Format: Hardcover
Author: J Emmett Duffy
Language: English
Street Date: August 10, 2021
TCIN: 84028052
UPC: 9780691161556
Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-1113
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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