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Informationen zum Autor John W. Day, Jr. is Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at Louisiana State University, where he has taught since 1971. He is coeditor (with W. Conner) of The Ecology of the Barataria Basin , Louisiana: An Estuarine Profile , and coeditor (with Charles Hall) of Ecological Modeling in Theory and Practice (Wiley, 1977). Professor Day received his PhD in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina in 1971. Charles A. S. Hall is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Forestry at the State University of New York at Syracuse. He is coeditor (with John Day) of Ecosystem Modeling in Theory and Practice (Wiley, 1977) and co-author (with Cutler Cleveland and Robert Kaufmann) of Energy and Resource Quality: The Ecology of the Economic Process (Wiley, 1986). Professor Hall received his PhD in zoology from the University of North Carolina in 1970. W. Michael Kemp is Associate Professor at Horn Point Environmental Laboratories of the University of Maryland, where he has worked since 1978. He has held positions at the University of Copenhagen, the University of Aarhus, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Kemp has written or coauthored numerous articles for professional journals, and he is a frequent participant in international conferences. Professor Kemp received his PhD in systems ecology from the University of Florida in 1977. Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia is Research Scientist and Professor at the Institute of Marine Science and Limnology at the National University of Mexico, where he has been a faculty member since 1975. He is the editor of Taxonomy, Ecology, and Structure of Fish Communities in Coastal Regions with Ephemeral Inlets on the Pacific Coast of Mexico , and Fish Community Ecology in Estuaries and Coastal Regions . Dr. Yanez-Arancibia has written more than 40 scientific articles, and he has presented over 35 papers at international conferences. Professor Yanez-Arancibia received his PhD in marine science from the National University of Mexico in 1977. Klappentext Estuaries are critical to the life cycles of fish and other aquatic animals. This book is a comprehensive synthesis of the field of estuarine ecology, incorporating much new research not covered by other books. The authors provide up-to-date information on the structure and function of estuaries, integrating the various components and processes of these key ecosystems. They also present a classification of estuaries based on ecological principles. Estuarine Ecology is suitable as a text, for it presents all relevant background material--and it is complete and well-referenced enough to serve as a standard reference. Specific environmental impacts are addressed and classified. Initial chapters describe the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, with emphasis on nutrient cycling, and show how these fundamental factors provide a setting for the study of estuarine ecology. Middle chapters address estuarine plants, microbial ecology, estuarine consumers, and fish life-history patterns. Considerable information is provided on rates, patterns, and factors controlling primary production; the role of detritus in coastal systems (a topic that has been important in estuarine ecology for thirty years); and estuarine consumers (zooplankton, benthos, nekton, and wildlife). Of special note is the importance of estuaries in supporting fisheries. Estuarine Ecology also deals with the effects of civilization on estuaries, including commercial fishing, and the side effects of industry and development. The authors examine traditional approaches to fisheries management, then present a modern ecological viewpoint. In the final chapter they present a general classification of the effects of human activities on estuarine ecology and give examples of each. Estuarine Ecolog...
