Two features characterize all natural communities. First, they are dynamic systems. The
densities and age-structures of populations change with time, as do the relative abundances …

Larvae have been difficult to study because their small size limits our ability to understand
their behavior and the conditions they experience. Questions about larval transport focus …

Ecologists have long debated the importance of trophic interactions in determining
distributions and abundances of organisms. Those ecologists who agree that trophic …

Bottom trawling and use of other mobile fishing gear have effects on the seabed that
resemble forest clearcutting, a terrestrial disturbance recognized as a major threat to …

This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding,
updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing …

This paper applies concepts of landscape ecology and patch dynamics to lotic systems. We
present a framework for the investigation of pattern and process in lotic ecosystems that …

Coexistence mechanisms that require environmental variation to operate contribute
importantly to the maintenance of biodiversity. One famous hypothesis of diversity …

Field surveys were conducted in Core and Back Sounds, North Carolina, USA, to relate the
physical setting of seagrass beds, as measured by a wave exposure index (REI), tidal …

The principle objective of this book is to review the biological characteristics of estuaries.
The volume has been as a text for undergraduates and graduate students as well as …

Construction behaviour occurs across the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom and affects
the survival of both builders and other organisms associated with them. Animal Architecture …