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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction to Zooplankton | |
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| Adaptations to Planktonic Life | |
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| Feeding | |
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| Locomotion | |
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| Vertical Migrations and Selective Tidal Transport | |
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| Defense | |
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| Adaptations of Planktonic Larvae | |
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| Factors Affecting Zooplankton Distribution | |
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| Plankton Distribution and Ocean Currents | |
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| Coastal Waters | |
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| Thermoclines and Coastal Stratification: Invisible Boundaries | |
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| Cross-Shelf Transport to Nearshore and Estuarine Areas | |
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| Tides and Tidal Currents | |
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| Coastal Embayments | |
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| Salinity and Estuarine Stratification | |
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| Benthic Habitats and Zooplankton Distribution | |
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| Estuarine and Coastal Planktonic Food Webs | |
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| Primary Productivity | |
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| Planktonic Food Webs | |
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| The "Classic" Phytoplankton → Herbivore Food Web | |
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| The Microbial Loop | |
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| Food Web Dynamics | |
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| A Brief History of Zooplankton Research | |
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| Pioneers in Zooplankton Research | |
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| Collection Techniques: Old and New | |
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| Plankton Nets | |
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| Plankton Pumps, Traps, and New Technologies | |
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| Automated Plankton Samplers, Acoustic Technology, and Video Techniques | |
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| Zooplankton and Environmental Quality | |
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| Hypoxia | |
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| Harmful Algal Blooms | |
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| Invasive and Introduced Species | |
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| Climate Change | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Identification and Biology of Common Zooplankton | |
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| How to Use This Book to Identify Zooplankton | |
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| Quick Picks | |
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| Phytoplanton | |
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| Protozooplankton | |
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| Cnidarians: Anemones, Jellyfishes, and Related Metazoans | |
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| Hydrozoans | |
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| Scyphozoans and Cubozoans | |
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| Ctenophores: Comb Jellies and Sea Walnuts | |
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| Rotifers | |
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| Cirripedes: Barnacle Larvae | |
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| Cladocerans and Ostracods | |
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| Copepods | |
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| Mysids: Opossum Shrimps | |
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| Amphipods, Isopods, Tanaidaceans, and Cumaceans | |
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| Decapods: Shrimps, Crabs, and Related Crustaceans | |
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| Stomatopods: Mantis Shrimps | |
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| Sea Spiders, Mites, and Insects | |
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| Annelids: Segmented Worms and Nematodes | |
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| Molluscs: Gastropods, Bivalves, and Cephalopods | |
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| Chaetognaths: Arrow Worms | |
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| Echinodrem Larvae: Starfishes and Sea Urchins | |
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| Less Common Ciliated Invertebrate Larvae | |
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| Lower Chordates: Larvaceans, Sea Squirts, Salps, Doliolids, and Lancelets | |
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| Fish Larvae | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Collecting Zooplankton | |
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| Observing Zooplankton | |
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| Relaxing, Fixing, and Preserving Zooplankton | |
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| Sample Processing and Data Analysis | |
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| Regional Zooplankton Surveys | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Literature Cited | |
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| Index | |