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| Introduction. Physical Environment | |
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| The Envelope--Shapes, Materials, and Construction | |
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| Temperature--Control of Heating and Cooling | |
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| Water Composition--The Management of Salinity, Hardness, and Evaporation | |
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| Water Motion--Waves, Currents, and Plumbing | |
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| Tides--Simulating the Effects of Sun and Moon | |
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| The Input of Solar Energy--Lighting Requirements | |
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| Substrate--The Management of Rock, Mud, and Sand | |
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| Biochemical Environment | |
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| Metabolism--Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Biological Loading | |
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| Organisms and Gas Exchange--Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and pH | |
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| Nitrogenous Wastes and Nutrients--Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and the Micronutrients | |
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| Control of the Biochemical Environment--Filters, Bacteria, and the Algal Turf Scrubber | |
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| Biological Structure | |
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| Community Structure--The Framework | |
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| Trophic Structure--Ecosystems and the Dynamics of Food Chains | |
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| Primary Producers--Plants that Grow on the Bottom | |
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| Herbivores--Predators of Plants | |
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| Carnivores--Predators of Animals | |
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| Plankton and Planktivores | |
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| The Floating Plants and Animals and Their Predators | |
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| Detritus and Detrivores | |
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| The Dynamics of Muddy Bottoms | |
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| Symbionts and Other Feeders | |
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| Ecological Systems in Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria | |
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| Models of Coral Reef Ecosystems | |
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| A Subarctic Shore--The Maine Coast | |
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| Estuaries--Ecosystem Modeling | |
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| Where Fresh and Salt Waters Interact | |
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| Freshwater Ecosystem Models | |
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| Summary | |
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| Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria as Ecosystem Model--A Synthesis | |
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| Index | |