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"The purpose of this book is to document the structure and function of tropical marine populations, communities, and ecosystems in relation to environmental factors including climate patterns and climate change, and patterns of oceanographic phenomena such as tides and currents and major oceanographic features, as well as chemical and geological drivers. The book focuses on estuarine, coastal, shelf and open ocean ecosystems. No such book on the tropical marine realm exists for the advanced undergraduate and postgraduate student, researcher, or manager. Another reason for writing this book is to reorient and expand the knowledge base of marine ecology. Several excellent textbooks exist on marine biology and ecology, but they are inadequate in describing life in the tropics; iconic habitats such as coral reefs and mangroves are usually covered only briefly. Until recently this perfunctory treatment was understandable considering that the study of marine ecology has focused on boreal and temperate seas near where the major oceanographic institutes and universities reside. Since the 1980s, however, there has been a drastic rise in the number of journal articles published on aspects in tropical marine ecology to the extent that a textbook focusing on the tropics is now warranted"--

1. Introduction : why marine conservation is necessary : significance, threats and management of the oceans and biodiversity -- 2. The marine environment : physicochemical characteristics : structures and processes : enduring and recurrent factors -- 3. The marine environment : ecology and biology : pelagic and benthic realms and coastal fringing communities -- 4. Approaches to marine conservation : traditional strategies and ecological frameworks -- 5. Representative areas : global to ecoregional : marine conservation at the ecosystem/habitat level -- 6. Habitats and communities : ecoregional to local : reality, variability and scales of relationships -- 7. Distinctive areas : species and ecosystem processes : ecosystem processes : ergoclines and hotspots -- 8. Patterns of biodiversity : species diversity : theories and relationships : global, regional, local -- 9. Species and focal species : keystones, umbrellas, flagships, indicators and others -- 10. Genetic diversity : significance of genetics : from genes to ecosystems -- 11. Coastal zones : components, complexities and classifications -- 12. High seas and deep seas : pelagic and benthic, hydrography and biogeography -- 13. Linking fisheries management with marine conservation objectives through ecosystem approaches : compatibility of exploitation and preservation -- 14. Size and boundaries of protected areas : rationale for function, location, dimensions -- 15. Evaluation of protected areas : the concept of 'value' as applied to marine biodiversity -- 16. Sets of protected areas : integrating distinctive and representative protected areas -- 17. Networks of protected areas : patterns of connectivity in the oceans -- 18. Approaches to the establishment of marine monitoring programmes : stabilizing the baselines -- 19. Remaining problems in marine conservation : present problems, future solutions.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Aquatic Habitat -- Chapter 3. Life Forms of Aquatic Organisms -- Chapter 4. Ecophysiology -- Chapter 5. Populations -- Chapter 6. Interactions -- Chapter 7. Communities and Ecosystems -- Chapter 8. Biogeochemistry -- Chapter 9. Human Impacts.

Intro -- Ecology of Marine Fish -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the editors -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction to the ecology of marine fishes -- Chapter 1: History of the ecology of marine fishes -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The origins of ecology -- 1.3. Main milestones of the ecology theory -- 1.4. Early beginnings of fish ecology across the world -- 1.5. Main technical and technological advances for the study of the ecology of marine fishes -- 1.6. Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 2: The diversity and life-history patterns of marine fishes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Taxonomical diversity -- 2.2.1. The evolution of fish taxonomy -- 2.2.2. Agnatha -- 2.2.3. Chondrichthyes -- 2.2.4. Osteichthyes -- 2.3. Morphological diversity -- 2.4. Habitats, ecological niches and life-history patterns of marine fishes -- 2.5. Main conclusions and future perspectives -- References -- Part II: Life-cycle and Fish-Environment interactions -- Chapter 3: The early life stages of marine fishes -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.1.1. Nomenclature -- 3.2. Reproduction and development: First-year life stages -- 3.2.1. Spawning -- 3.2.2. Eggs -- 3.2.3. Larvae -- 3.2.4. Age-0 juveniles -- 3.3. Ecological processes and vital rates -- 3.3.1. Foundational science in fish early life history: Prerecruitment mortality and the mass culling of individuals -- 3.3.2. Transport and dispersal -- 3.3.3. Growth and condition -- 3.3.4. Habitat dependency -- At larval stage -- At age-0 juvenile stage -- Conceptual integration -- 3.3.5. Predation -- Predation, the individual Russian Roulette -- Population effects -- ELH stages as predators -- Climate change effects -- 3.4. Concluding remarks and perspectives -- References -- Chapter 4: Fish growth: Patterns and modeling -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Overview of fish growth -- 4.2.1. What is growth?.

This book began life as a series of lectures given to second and third year undergraduates at Oxford University. These lectures were designed to give students insights as to how marine ecosystems functioned, how they were being affected by natural and human interventions, and how we might be able to conserve them and manage them sustainably for the good of people, both recreationally and economically. This book presents 10 chapters, beginning with principles of oceanography important to ecology, through discussions of the magnitude of marine biodiversity and the factors influencing it, the functioning of marine ecosystems at within trophic levels such as primary production, competition and dispersal, to different trophic level interactions such as herbivory, predation and parasitism. The final three chapters look at the more applied aspects of marine ecology, discussion fisheries, human impacts, and management and conservation.Other textbooks covering similar topics tend to treat the topics from the point of view of separate ecosystems, with chapters on reefs, rocks and deep sea. This book however is topic driven as described above, and each chapter makes full use of examples from all appropriate marine ecosystems. The book is illustrated throughout with many full colour diagrams and high quality photographs.The book is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students at colleges and universities, and it is hoped that the many examples from all over the world will provide global relevance and interest.Both authors have long experience of research and teaching in marine ecology. Martin Speight's first degree was in marine zoology at UCNW Bangor, and he has taught marine ecology and conservation at Oxford for 25 years. His research students study tropical marine ecology from the Caribbean through East Africa to the Far East. Peter Henderson is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, and is Director of Pisces Conservation in the UK. He has worked on marine and freshwater fisheries, as well as ecological and economic impacts and exploitation of the sea in North and South America as well as Europe.

With contributions from an impressive group of Argentinean and German oceanographers, this book examines classical ecological issues relating to marine ecosystems in the context of climate change. It paints a picture of marine ecology at the crossroads of global warming and examines the fundamentals of marine ecology

"This textbook is organized into three parts. The first explores processes that generate pattern in benthic communities. The middle examines the ecology of specific marine benthic community types, ranging from rocky shores and soft substrate habitats to kelp forests and coral reefs. The close examines conservation and management issues, emphasizing how profoundly marine communities are impacted by humans"--