Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as
research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of
coastal aquatic environments. These systems provide scientists with
a degree of experimental control that is not achievable through
field experiments. Yet to date, techniques for systematically
extrapolating results from small-scale experimental ecosystems to
larger, deeper, more open, more biologically diverse, and more
heterogeneous ecosystems in nature have not been well developed.
Likewise, researchers have lacked methods for comparing and
extrapolating information among natural ecosystems that differ in
scale.
Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for
Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems provides scientists,
managers, and policy makers with an introduction to what has been
termed the "problem of scale," and presents information that will
allow for improved design and interpretation of enclosed
experimental aquatic ecosystems. The book integrates the results of
a 10-year research project involving a multi-disciplinary team of
scientists and students to explore scale-related questions in a
variety of coastal habitats. Anticipating use as a reference, the
book has been designed so that individual sections and individual
pages can function as stand alone units.
Experimental ecosystems represent a potentially powerful tool
for testing and expanding our understanding of the mechanisms that
drive ecological dynamics in the coastal zone. The information
contained within the pages of this book is intended to help
practitioners make the most of this promising approach to
ecological research.
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