Ecology of Tropical OceansThis book breaks new ground with the integration of geography, oceanography, plankton and benthic biology, as well as fish, to present a comprehensive account of the ecology of the tropical ocean. Proceeding from a description of the geomorphology, sediments, and vegetation of tropical continental shelves and the oceanography of tropical regions, the authors describe the benthos, plankton, and fish communities of tropical seas. An examination of the production of plant and animal life in tropical oceans is presented together with the numerical population biology of fish and invertebrates. |
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Chapter | 1 |
Chapter 3 | 27 |
Biological Communities of Tropical Oceans | 62 |
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abundance Africa algae algal assemblages benthic benthos biological biomass carangids catches clupeoids coast coastal continental shelf copepods coral reefs crustacea demersal demersal fish depth diet distribution diversity dominated eastern tropical Pacific ecological ecosystem equatorial estuaries fish communities fish fauna fisheries genera growth Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Thailand habitat herbivores important Indian Ocean Indo-Pacific inshore invertebrates islands juvenile lagoons larvae latitudes layer Longhurst longiceps lutjanids Lutjanus marine mesopelagic mesopelagic fish migration Nemipterus neritic northern nutrients occur offshore open ocean organic oxygen P/B ratios Pauly pelagic penaeids phytoplankton plankton plant population predators prey production rates recruitment reef fish region relatively Sardinella Saurida sciaenids seasonal shelves shoals shrimp Sierra Leone skipjack sparids spawning species squid stocks studies subtropical surface temperature thermocline tion tropical fish tropical oceans tropical seas tuna upwelling variability West western Atlantic western Pacific yellowfin zone zooplankton