Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Producers and Processes Involved in Primary Production....Pages 3-37
Factors Affecting Primary Production....Pages 38-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-78
Dynamics of Populations of Consumers....Pages 79-94
Competition for Resources Among Consumers....Pages 95-118
Feeding and Responses to Food Abundance....Pages 119-146
Food Selection by Consumers....Pages 147-176
Processing of Consumed Energy....Pages 177-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-220
The Consequences of Competition Among Producers and Consumption by Herbivores....Pages 221-243
The Consequences of Competition Among Prey and Consumption by Predators....Pages 244-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-272
Transformations of Organic Matter: The Carbon Cycle....Pages 273-311
Nutrient Cycles: Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Sulfur....Pages 312-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-344
Taxonomic Structure: Species Diversity....Pages 345-364
Spatial Heterogeneity: Structure Over Space....Pages 365-383
The Structure of Marine Communities Over Time: Long and Short-Term Changes....Pages 384-413
The Structure of Marine Communities Over Time: Colonization and Succession....Pages 414-443
Back Matter....Pages 444-547