Ecology of Coastal Waters

Kenneth H. Mann received the first Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography in 1994.

• Preface. 1. The Subject and the Approach.Part One: Estuarine Ecosystems and their Components.2. Estuaries: their Physical Properties in Relation to their Biological Functioning.3. Salt-Marshes.4. Mangroves.5. Seagrass Systems.6. The Fate of Macrophyte Detritus.7. Estuarine Planktonic Systems.8. Estuarine Benthic Systems.9. Fish and Shellfish in Estuaries.10. The Integrated Functioning of Estuaries.Part Two: Coastal Systems: Rocky Shortes and Beaches.11. Intertidal Rocky Shores.12. Subtidal Rocky Shores.13. Sandy Beaches.Part Three: Shelf Ecosystems.14. Planktonic Systems on the Continental Shelves.15. Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems.16. Coral Reefs.17. Fish Production on the Continental Shelves.Part Four: Synthesis.18. The Whole-Ecosystem Approach to Managing Coastal Waters: Questions for the Future.References.Suggestions for Further Reading: recent Developments and More.Advanced Topics.Index.

Praise from Reviewers:"Ecology of Coastal Waters: With Implications for Management, Second Edition is a thorough synthesis that describes the processing of materials in nearshore ecosystems, with an emphasis on the importance of this information for policy issues. The book will be useful as a text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interest in coastal marine ecology and resource management. Ken Mann's style is easy to read and informative.--Merryl Alber, PhD, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia "I found few books that give a broad introduction to this subject. Mann's book appears to fill this gap, and I will very likely adopt it as a text when it is published."--Chris Tanner, PhD, Department of Biology, St. Mary's College of Maryland