In its third edition, this praised book demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biological and physiological research, and ecosystem restoration can produce answers to very complex ecological questions. This book further offers an understanding developed in 25 years of living ecosystem modeling and discusses how this knowledge has produced methods of efficiently solving many environmental problems. Public education through this methodology is the additional key to the broader ecosystem understanding necessary to allow human society to pass through the next evolutionary bottleneck of our species. Living systems modeling as a wide spectrum educational tool can provide a primary vehicle for that essential step.
This third editon covers the many technological and biological developments in the eight plus years since the second edition, providing updated technological advice and describing many new example aquarium environments.
* Includes 16 page color insert with 57 color plates and 25% new photographs
* Offers 300 figures and 75 tables
* New chapter on Biogeography
* Over 50% new research in various chapters
* Significant updates in chapters include:
"- The understanding of coral reef function especially the relationship between photosynthesis and calcification"
"- The use of living system models to solve problems of biogeography and the geographic dispersal and interaction of species populations"
"- The development of new techniques for global scale restoration of water and atmosphere"
"- The development of new techniques for closed system, sustainable aquaculture"

Dynamic Aquaria: Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere, 4th Edition demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biological, and physiological research, and ecosystem restoration can produce answers to very complex ecological questions. It describes unique characteristics of water that have allowed carbon chemistry to flourish and evolve life over 4 billion years, and current disruptions such as global warming, overfishing, and chemical pollution.New content in this edition includes the use of LED lighting, DNA sequencing in microcosm construction and analysis, and the expansion of the bioengineered tool Algal Turf Scrubbing (ATS) as a tool to combat global pollution problems. It also features new information on marine calcification, research microcosms, thermogeography, and methods of water movement for minimizing plankton loss. This book supports a deeper biological and ecological intelligence among the human population to better understand the processes behind environmental issues.Dynamic Aquaria: Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere, 4th Edition is a vital resource and suitable course text for studying or practicing aquatic biologists, ecologists, and aquaculturists. Researchers and activists in conservation work will also find this useful.