Aquatic Food Webs: An ecosystem approach

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Andrea Belgrano (, National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) Ursula M. Scharler (, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, University of Maryland, USA)

Aquatic Food Webs

An ecosystem approach

Andrea Belgrano (, National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA), Ursula M. Scharler (, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, University of Maryland, USA), Jennifer Dunne (, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA) , Robert E. Ulanowicz (, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, USA)

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Oxford University Press
07 April 2005

Ecological science, the Biosphere; Hydrobiology

This volume provides a current synthesis of theoretical and empirical food web research. Whether they are binary systems or weighted networks, food webs are of particular interest to ecologists in providing a macroscopic view of ecosystems. They describe interactions between species and their environment, and subsequent advances in the understanding of their structure, function, and dynamics are of vital importance to ecosystem management and conservation. Aquatic Food Webs provides a synthesis of the current issues in food web theory and its applications, covering issues of structure, function, scaling, complexity, and stability in the contexts of conservation, fisheries, and climate. Although the focus of this volume is upon aquatic food webs (where many of the recent advances have been made), any ecologist with an interest in food web theory and its applications will find the issues addressed in this book of value and use. This advanced textbook is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in community, ecosystem, and theoretical ecology, in aquatic ecology, and in conservation biology.

Edited by: Andrea Belgrano ( National Center for Genome Resources Santa Fe New Mexico USA), Ursula M. Scharler (, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, University of Maryland, USA), Jennifer Dunne (, Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA), Robert E. Ulanowicz (, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 647g
ISBN: 9780198564836
ISBN 10: 019856483X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 April 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrea Belgrano is a Researcher at the National Center for Genome Resources, University of New Mexico. Ursula Scharler is a Fellow of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center at the University of Maryland. Jennifer Dunne is an ecologist with interests in computational ecology and ecoinformatics. She is a co-founder and the assistant director of the Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab, a visiting researcher at the Santa Fe Institute, and a principal investigator at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Robert E. Ulanowicz is Professor of Theoretical Ecology with the University of Maryland's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. His current interests include network analysis of trophic exchanges in ecosystems, information theory as applied to ecological systems, the thermodynamics of living systems, causality in living systems, and modelling subtropical wetland ecosystems in Florida and Belize .

Reviews for Aquatic Food Webs: An ecosystem approach

This book gives a good background for all those interested in the theory and modelling aspects of aquatic food webs. There are certainly lessons to be learnt here for many. Journal of Plankton Research, Volume 28, Number 10 This is an important synthesis for foodweb ecologists to read and an accessible text for other ecologists. Mark Young, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 2006, 37:1 Graduate students and professionals interested in communities and ecosystems, particularly those who work on food webs or in aquatic systems, will be well served to take a look at this book. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, April 2006.