Ecology of Marine Bivalves : An Ecosystem Approach, Second Edition.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Historical/Geological Setting -- Ecosystems -- Thermodynamics and Ecosystems -- Structural Properties -- Ecosystem Processes and Biodiversity -- Feedback -- Multiple or Alternate States -- Scaling -- System Types -- Book Organization -- References -- Chapter 2 Historical Ecology of Bivalves -- Introduction -- Natural Reefs and Human Constructs -- Case Study: The Oyster Shell Rings -- Interpreting Shell Rings through Time -- Comparing Past to Present Systems -- Clues from History -- References -- Chapter 3 Physical Environmental Interactions -- Introduction -- Temperature -- Salinity -- Temperature-Salinity and Other Factor Combinations -- Acidification -- Water Flow -- Tides -- Sediments -- References -- Chapter 4 Organismic Scale Processes -- Introduction -- Feeding -- Suspension-Feeding -- The Bivalve Filter and Pump -- Filtration and Particle Quality -- Larviphagy -- Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) -- Filtration and Particle Size -- Clearance Rate Models -- Deposit Feeding -- Microbial Stripping -- Cellulase Activity and Detritus Feeding -- Particle Selection -- Proportion of Foods -- Optimal Foraging for Food in the Sediments -- Shipworms -- Symbiotic Nutrition -- Photoautotrophic Symbioses -- Chemoautotrophic Symbioses -- Production (P) -- Production Due to Growth (Pg) -- Growth Measurement -- Shell Growth -- Longevity -- Production Due to Reproduction (Pr) -- Growth Models -- Respiration (R) -- Kleiber's Law -- Excretion -- References -- Chapter 5 Population Processes -- Introduction -- Life Cycle -- Statistical Measures of Populations -- Density -- Reproduction -- Population Growth -- Bivalves as Open or Metapopulations -- Life and Fecundity Tables -- Mortality -- Abiotic Mortality -- Predation -- Competition-Induced Mortality.

Aggregated Distributions -- Zonation -- Diseases and Parasites -- Population Energy Budgets -- References -- Chapter 6 Ecosystem Grazing -- Introduction -- Grazing Theory as Applied to Bivalves -- Conceptualizing Grazing -- The Classical Population Dynamics Approach -- The Turnover Time/Turnover Rate Approach -- Turnover Time -- Carrying Capacity -- Water Residence Time -- Primary Production Time -- Bivalve Clearance Time -- Methods Used to Estimate System Grazing -- Upstream-Downstream Observations -- Free-Flow Designs -- Laboratory Flumes -- Field Flumes -- Tunnels -- Revised List of Bivalve-Dominated Ecosystems Used to Compare Grazing and Other Characteristics -- Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, and Maryland -- Delaware Bay, Delaware -- Bay of Marennes-Oléron, France -- Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island -- North Inlet, South Carolina -- Oosterschelde Estuary, The Netherlands -- Ria de Arosa, Spain -- San Francisco Bay, California -- Sylt, Eastern Wadden Sea, Germany -- Western Wadden Sea, The Netherlands -- Ecosystem Comparisons -- A Mini Case Study -- References -- Chapter 7 Ecosystem Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling -- Introduction -- Methods for Measuring System Metabolism -- Chamber Measurements -- Free-Flow Measurements -- Tunnel Studies -- Nutrient Cycling -- Theoretical Background -- Nutrient Cycles -- Carbon -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus -- Silicon -- System Nutrient Turnover -- Coupling Metabolism and Nutrients -- Conclusions -- The Case of the Missing Nitrogen -- References -- Chapter 8 Ecosystem Experiments -- Introduction -- Models -- System Simulation Models -- SMOES: Simulation Model Oosterschelde Ecosystem -- Model Formulation -- Model Analysis -- Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Model and Oysters -- Ecosystem Field Experiments -- Incidental Ecosystem Scale Experiments -- Designed Ecosystem Scale Experiments -- Case Study.

Comparison of Coastal, Estuarine, and Marine Ecosystems Dominated by Bivalve Suspension-Feeders -- References -- Chapter 9 Ecosystem Health, Restoration, and Services -- Introduction -- Ecosystem Services -- Bivalves as Components of Ecosystem Health -- Bivalves as Monitors -- Bivalves as Integrators -- Bivalve Responses -- Shell Movements -- Mortality -- Shell and Tissue Growth -- Bivalve Scope for Growth (SFG) -- Systems Measures -- Ecosystem Services -- System Valuation -- Invasions by Bivalves -- Biodiversity -- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Productivity -- Invasion, Extinction, and Biodiversity -- A Case Study: The Wadden Sea and the Invasion of Crassostrea gigas -- Biology of Crassostrea gigas -- The Spread of Crassostrea gigas -- Reef Building -- Invaders and their Ecosystems -- Contributors to Successful Environments -- Positive Implications of Crassostrea gigas -- Climate Change-Possible Effects -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Exploring the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health, this book describes live and computer simulated experiments, mesocosm studies and field manipulation experiments.

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