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INTRODUCTION; Food Webs and the Ecosystem Paradigm; Trophodynamic Aspects of Ecosystem Processes; Food Web Ecology in Coastal Systems; Trophic Studies in the NE Gulf of Mexico; ; THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO; Background; Drainage Basins; Coastal Habitats; Estuarine/Coastal Systems of the NE Gulf; Perdido Bay System; Pensacola Bay System; Choctawhatchee Bay System; Apalachicola Bay System; Apalachee Bay System; ; LONG-TERM STUDIES: NE GULF OF MEXICO; Field Programs; ; TROPHIC ORGANIZATION IN GULF COASTAL SYSTEMS; Approaches to the Study of Trophodynamics; Field Collections; The Trophic Unit; Feeding Variability; Spatial Features of Trophic Response; Temporal Features of Trophic Response; Inadequacy of Species-level Designations in Ecological Studies; Trophic Level Designations; Trophic Unit Transformation; ; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF TROPHIC ORGANIZATION; Infaunal Macroinvertebrates; Descriptive Field
Data; Habitat Changes; Spatial Variation; Temporal Variation; Predation experiments; Physical Habitat Changes, Predation,
And Food Web Relationships; Effects of Toxic Agents on Trophic Relationships; Long-Term Changes of Trophic Organization; Habitat Background; Biological Trends; Trophic Relationships; Dynamic Regression Models; Long-Term Trends; ; COASTAL PHYTOPLANKTON ORGANIZATION; Freshwater Runoff and Primary Production; The Perdido Drainage System; Seasonal and Interannual River Flow Patterns; Nutrient Loading; Nutrient Concentration Gradients; Nutrient Limitation; Sediment/Water Quality; Phytoplankton Changes in Perdido Bay; Phytoplankton Changes in Wolf Bay; ; FOOD WEB RESPONSE TO PLANKTON BLOOMS; Introduction; Habitat Trends in Perdido Bay; Biomass Distribution and Species Richness; Trophic Organization; Future Analytical Directions; ; COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF TROPHIC ORGANIZATION; Overfishing and Pollution in the NE Gulf; Spatial Distribution of Food Web Components; Spatial Patterns of Primary
Productivity; Herbivores; Omnivores; C1 Carnivores; C2 Carnivores; C3 Carnivores; Comparative Aspects of Trophic Organization; Temporal Distribution of Trophic Units; Baywide Trends of Invertebrates and Fishes; Trophic Indices; ; REGULATION AND FOOD WEB FACTORS; Pulp Mill Effluents and Food Web Dynamics (Apalachee Bay); Phytoplankton Organization in Apalachee Bay, Florida; Mercury in the Penobscot River-Estuary, Maine; Scientific Literature; Food Web Dynamics of Mercury in the Penobscot System; ; TROPHIC ORGANIZATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; Resource Management: the Promise and the Reality; The Apalachicola Experiment; Freshwater Flows and the Apalachicola Resource; Planning and Management Initiatives in the Apalachicola System; ; ECOSYSTEM STUDIES: APPROACHES AND METHODS; Ecosystem Research vs.
Patch-Quilt Ecology; An Alternate Approach to Ecosystem Studies; Tier 1: Establishment of Research Goals; Tier 2: Development of the Research Programs; Tier 3: Development of Resource Management Programs; Tier 4: Review of Research Activities; Tier 5: Comparison with Other Systems; Tier 6: Development of a Resource Management Program; Tier 7: Application of Research Activities to Education; ; CONCLUSIONS; SUMMARY OF RESULTS; ; APPENDIX I: Field/Laboratory Methods Used for the CARRMA Studies (1971 -- 2002); ; APPENDIX II: Trophic Organization of Infaunal and Epibenthic Macroinvertebrates and Fishes; ; APPENDIX III: Statistical Analysis Used in the Long-Term Studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico (1971 -- 2002); ; INDEX
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-382).
Environmental Science (see also Chemistry