Review "...Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts is a refreshing textbook that could also serve well as a general reference and learning resource for educators, naturalists, and even politicians."--The Quarterly Review of Biology Product Description This book offers a carefully balanced, stimulating survey of marine ecology that introduces the key processes and systems that form the marine environment and examines the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation. Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts is ideal for undergraduate courses in marine biology or marine ecology. A companion website: http://www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/019924975X/ offers downloadable images from the text and a library of weblinks for students. An Instructor's Manual is available to adopters. Employs many examples from around the world to put concepts and issues in a real-world context Presents detailed case studies throughout the text