Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface xiii
5. PART I. VIROLOGY: AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
6. CHAPTER ONE. What Is a Virus? 3
7. CHAPTER TWO. Viral Life History Traits 24
8. PART II. POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF VIRUSES AND THEIR MICROBIAL HOSTS
9. CHAPTER THREE. Population Dynamics of Viruses and Microbes 57
10. CHAPTER FOUR. Evolutionary Dynamics of Viruses or Microbes, but Not Both 89
11. CHAPTER FIVE. Coevolutionary Dynamics of Viruses and Microbes 125
12. PART III. VIRAL ECOLOGY IN THE OCEANS: A MODEL SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT AND INFERENCE
13. CHAPTER SIX. Ocean Viruses: On Their Abundance, Diversity, and Target Hosts 163
14. CHAPTER SEVEN. Virus-Host Dynamics in a Complex Milieu 201
15. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Future of Quantitative Viral Ecology 236
16. TECHNICAL APPENDIXES
17. APPENDIX A. Viral Life History Traits 247
18. APPENDIX B. Population Dynamics of Viruses and Microbes 258
19. APPENDIX C. Evolutionary Dynamics of Viruses or Microbes, but Not Both 278
20. APPENDIX D. Ocean Viruses: On Their Abundance, Diversity, and Target Hosts 286
21. APPENDIX E. Virus-Host Dynamics in a Complex Milieu 288
22. Bibliography 293
23. Index 319
24. Backmatter 331