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The estuarine ecosystem : ecology, threats, and management /

By: McLusky, Donald Samuel.
Contributor(s): Elliott, M. (Michael), 1952 November 3-.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Edition: 3rd ed.Description: viii, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198530919 (hb : alk. paper); 9780198530916:; 9780198530916 (hb : alk. paper); 0198525087 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780198525080 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Estuarine ecology | Ecosystem management | Environmental protectionDDC classification: 577.786
Contents:
The estuarine environment -- Life in estuaries -- Primary producers : plant production and its availability -- Primary consumers : herbivores and detritivores -- The secondary consumers : carnivores -- Estuarine uses and users -- Methods for studying human-induced changes in estuaries -- The management of estuaries.
Summary: For the inhabitants of many of the world's major towns & cities, estuaries provide their first & nearest glimpse of a natural habitat. This text will be of use to advanced undergraduate & graduate students on a general ecology course, & to professional researchers in aquatic/marine ecology & environmental science.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-208) and index.

The estuarine environment -- Life in estuaries -- Primary producers : plant production and its availability -- Primary consumers : herbivores and detritivores -- The secondary consumers : carnivores -- Estuarine uses and users -- Methods for studying human-induced changes in estuaries -- The management of estuaries.

For the inhabitants of many of the world's major towns & cities, estuaries provide their first & nearest glimpse of a natural habitat. This text will be of use to advanced undergraduate & graduate students on a general ecology course, & to professional researchers in aquatic/marine ecology & environmental science.

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