Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical processes that generate patterns in marine communities / Mark Denny and David Wethey -- Community assembly in the sea : geologic history of the living shore biota / Geerat J. Vermeij -- Genetic structure in the sea : from populations to communities / Rick Grosberg and C.W. Cunningham -- Natural disturbance and the dynamics of marine benthic communities / Wayne P. Sousa -- The ecology and evolution of marine consumer-prey interactions / J. Emmett Duffy and Mark E. Hay -- The larval ecology of marine communities / Steven G. Morgan -- Supply-side ecology : the nature and consequences of variations in recruitment of intertidal organisms / A.J. Underwood and Michael J. Keough -- Habitat modification and facilitation in benthic marine communities / John F. Bruno and Mark D. Bertness -- Rocky intertidal communities / Bruce A. Menge and George M. Branch -- Soft-sediment communities / Hunter S. Lenihan and Fiorenza Micheli -- Salt marsh communities / Steven C. Pennings and Mark D. Bertness -- Seagrass community ecology / Susan L. Williams and Kenneth L. Heck, Jr. -- Rocky subtidal communities / Jon D. Witman and Paul K. Dayton -- Deep-sea communities / Ron J. Etter and Lauren S. Mullineaux -- The ecology of coral reefs / Nancy Knowlton and Jeremy B.C. Jackson -- Mangrove communities / Aaron M. Ellison and Elizabeth J. Farnsworth -- Human alterations of marine communities : students beware! / Robert S. Steneck and James T. Carlton -- Conservation and management of marine communities / Charles H. Peterson and James A. Estes -- The ecology of marine protected areas / Stephen R. Palumbi.