Marine Chemical Ecology overview

Several excellent reviews currently exist on particular aspects of marine chemical ecology,1-6 so this chapter does not attempt to provide a comprehensive or historic overview, but rather tries to provide a sound conceptual discussion of the diversity and importance of chemically mediated interactions involving mobile invertebrates. Due to space constraints, not all relevant studies can be included, and recent studies are sometimes cited in favor of more classical work, as these provide similar conceptual information but often use more advanced methodologies and provide greater access to other literature on the topic. Where possible, this chapter highlights studies that assess the importance of chemically mediated interactions within the broader context of ecology and evolutionary biology. 

Fully detailed with figures, tables, and chemical structural diagrams, the books coverage spans aspects of marine ecology from molecular to community levels, bridging diverse disciplines. Written by an international panel, Marine Chemical Ecology provides a conceptual synthesis and overview of the discipline. You get an integrated perspective of the current state of this discipline, and its future. 

The field of marine chemical ecology has been gaining momentum. Over the past decade, a number of excellent review articles and at least one book have been published on this topic. However, a field so diverse and interdisciplinary requires, from time to time, a conceptual synthesis. There has been, to date, no single source that provides this synthetic overview. This book is such an attempt. In four topical sections, this work spans aspects of marine chemical ecology from molecular to community levels, bridging these diverse disciplines. The authors have contributed their considerable experiences, resulting in a collective effort that will hopefully stimulate new ideas and inspire a new generation of researchers. 

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This chapter is a brief overview of current topics in marine pollution and is intended as an introduction to the field. It is not an exhaustive review and chemical, toxicological, and ecological methods are not discussed, as these are available from many monographs or manuals (see for example [1,2]). References are selected primarily to introduce sources of information, to illustrate the topics of marine pollution, current state of the knowledge, and to provide some predictions of future developments. A somewhat less chemically-oriented review has been published recently [3]. 

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