7 1/4 X 10 1/4 in Preface
Ch. 1 Towards an Ecological Geography of the Sea
- Progressive exploration of oceanic and shelfecosystems
- The availability of timely global data from satellites
- Internal dynamics of satellite-observed algal blooms
Ch.2 Changing views of how marine ecosystems function
-F rom pristine to modified ecosystems
-Our new understanding of the role of very small organisms
Ch.3 Biogeographic Data in Ecological Analysis
-Taxonomic diversity, the shifting base-line of biogeography
- The useful results from 150 yea rs of marine biogeography
*Biogeographic regions of the pel agos
*Benthis and demersal biogeography
*The b enthic paradox and polar reproductive strategy
Ch.4 Ocean f ronts and other ecological discontinuities
-Fronts and fron tal systems
*Oceanic fronts
*Shelf-edge and up welling fronts
*River plumes and tidal fronts of shelf seas
*The ubiquitous 'horizontal front' at the shallow pycnocli