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FUNDAMENTALS OF
AQUATIC ECOLOGY

Edited by

R.S.K. Barnes

and

K.H. Mann

Contents

Part 1: Introduction

Organisms and Ecosystems

Part 2: Aquatic ecosystems

Ecology of Water Columns

Ecology of Coastal Ecosystems

Ecology of Deep-water Zones

Lakes and Oceans as Functional Wholes

Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Ecology

Part 3: Aquatic Individuals and Communities

Community Organization in Marine and Freshwater Environments

Reproduction, Life Histories and Dispersal

Speciation and Biogeography

Specialist Aquatic Feeding Mechanisms

Part 4: Habitat Types Peculiar to Aquatic Systems

Reefs

Streams and Rivers: One-way Flow Systems

Part 5: Human Effects

Impacts of Man’s Activities on Aquatic Systems

Prep./ Khaled Shrief

REV./ Fatma Essam

Manage./ Huda Hosney