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McLusky (biology, Stirling) outlines the critical physical and biological factors in estuaries, then explains the energy chain and the food web in that environment. Two new chapters have been added since the first edition (1981), on human pollution and exploitation, and suggestions for management programs to monitor, control, and prevent destruction of estuarine ecosystems. A textbook for advanced undergraduate students of general ecology, and estuarine or marine biology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.