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CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FIGURES xiii
  4. TABLES xvii
  5. CONTRIBUTORS xix
  6. PREFACE xxiii
  7. PART I. BACKGROUND
  8. CHAPTER 1. Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation 3
  9. PART II. SCALING THEORY
  10. CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology 61
  11. CHAPTER 3. The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation 89
  12. CHAPTER 4. Spatial Allometry 113
  13. PART III. SCALING MESOCOSMS TO NATURE
  14. CHAPTER 5. Getting It Right and Wrong 157
  15. CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms 179
  16. CHAPTER 7. Evaluating and Modeling Foraging Performance of Planktivorous and Piscivorous Fish 191
  17. CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs 223
  18. PART IV. SCALE AND EXPERIMENT IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS
  19. CHAPTER 9. Scaling Issues in Experimental Ecology 253
  20. CHAPTER 10. Terrestrial Perspectives on Issues of Scale in Experimental Ecology 281
  21. CHAPTER 11. Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems 299
  22. CHAPTER 12. Scaling Issues in Marine Experimental Ecosystems 331
  23. INDEX 361
Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology
This chapter is in the book Scaling Relations in Experimental Ecology
https://doi.org/10.7312/gard11498-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. FIGURES xiii
  4. TABLES xvii
  5. CONTRIBUTORS xix
  6. PREFACE xxiii
  7. PART I. BACKGROUND
  8. CHAPTER 1. Scale-Dependence and the Problem of Extrapolation 3
  9. PART II. SCALING THEORY
  10. CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Problem of Scale in Experimental Ecology 61
  11. CHAPTER 3. The Nature of the Scale Issue in Experimentation 89
  12. CHAPTER 4. Spatial Allometry 113
  13. PART III. SCALING MESOCOSMS TO NATURE
  14. CHAPTER 5. Getting It Right and Wrong 157
  15. CHAPTER 6. Some Reluctant Ruminations on Scales (and Claws and Teeth) in Marine Mesocosms 179
  16. CHAPTER 7. Evaluating and Modeling Foraging Performance of Planktivorous and Piscivorous Fish 191
  17. CHAPTER 8. Experimental Validity and Ecological Scale as Criteria for Evaluating Research Programs 223
  18. PART IV. SCALE AND EXPERIMENT IN DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS
  19. CHAPTER 9. Scaling Issues in Experimental Ecology 253
  20. CHAPTER 10. Terrestrial Perspectives on Issues of Scale in Experimental Ecology 281
  21. CHAPTER 11. Issues of Scale in Land-Margin Ecosystems 299
  22. CHAPTER 12. Scaling Issues in Marine Experimental Ecosystems 331
  23. INDEX 361
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