| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Physical Environment | |
| The Envelope: Physical Parameters and Energy State | |
| Substrate: The Active Role of Rock, Mud, and Sand | |
| Water Composition: Management of Salinity, Hardness, and Evaporation | |
| The Input of Solar Energy: Lighting Requirements | |
| The Input of Organic Energy: Particulates and Feeding | |
| Biochemical Environment | |
| Metabolism: Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Biological Loading | |
| Organisms and Gas Exchange: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, pH, and Alkalinity | |
| The Primary Nutrients - Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Silica: Limitation and Eutrophication | |
| Biomineralization and Calcification: A Key to Biosphere and Ecosystem Function | |
| Control of the Biochemical Environment: Filters, Bacteria, and the Algal Turf Scrubber | |
| Biological Structure | |
| Community Structure: Biodiversity in Model Ecosystems | |
| Trophic Structure: Ecosystems and the Dynamics of Food Chains | |
| Primary Producers: Plants That Grow on the Bottom | |
| Herbivors: Predators of Plants | |
| Carnivores: Predators of Animals | |
| Plankton and Planktivores: Floating Plants and Animals and Their Predators | |
| Detritus and Detritivores: The Dynamics of Muddy Bottoms | |
| Symbionts and Other Feeders | |
| Ecological Systems in Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria | |
| Models of Coral Reef Ecosystems | |
| A Subarctic Shore: The Maine Coast | |
| Estuaries: Ecosystem Modeling Where Fresh and Salt Waters Interact | |
| Freshwater Ecosystem Models | |
| The Environment and Ecological Engineering | |
| The Culturing of Organisms and Communities for the Aquarium Hobby | |
| Controlled Ecosystems and Wastewater Management | |
| Summary | |
| Microcoms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria as Ecosystem Models: A Synthesis | |
| Index | |
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