o. - 1 Introduction and Description of Experimental Ecosystems. - 2 Experimental Marine Ecosystem Enclosures in a Historical Perspective. - 3 Application of Enclosures to the Study of Marine Pelagic Systems. - 4 Application of Enclosures to Studies on the Early Life History of Fishes. - 5 Application of Enclosures to the Study of Ocean Chemistry. - 6 Radiotracers in Studies of Trace Metal Behavior in Mesocosms: Advantages and Limitations. - 7 Natural Radionuclides as Tracers for Geochemical Processes in MERL Mesocosms and Narragansett Bay. - 8 Controlled Marine Ecosystems-A Tool for Studying Stable Trace Metal Cycles: Long-Term Response and Variability. - 9 Fate of Radiolabeled Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Pentachlorophenol in Enclosed Marine Ecosystems. - 10 Biogeochemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds in Marine Experimental Ecosystems and the Estuarine Environment-Initial Results. - 11 The Use of Experimental Ecosystems for Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Pollutants: A Comparison of an Oil Spill in the Baltic Sea and Two Long-Term Low-Level Oil Addition Experiments in Mesocosms. - 12 Processes Affecting the Movement and Speciation of Mercury in the Marine Environment. - 13 Ecotoxicological Experiments with Marine Plankton Communities in Plastic Bags. - 14 Plankton Spring Development in a South Norwegian Fjord. - 15 The Plankton Tower. IV. Interactions Between Water Column and Sediment in Enclosure Experiments in Kiel Bight Victor Smetacek Bodo von Bodungen Bastiaan Knoppers. - 16 Replication in Controlled Marine Systems: Presenting the Evidence. - 17 Predator Control in Enclosures. - 18 Food and Growth of Juvenile Herring Clupea harengus pallasi in CEPEX Enclosures. - 19 Sedimentation of Phytoplankton Cells Within Controlled Experimental Ecosystems Following Launching and Implications for Further Enclosure Studies. - 20 Phytoplankton Sinking-Rate Dynamics in Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems. - 21 The Manipulation of Physical Chemical and Biological Factors to Select Species from Natural Phytoplankton Communities. - 22 The Use of Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems to Study Nitrogen Dynamics in Coastal Waters. - 23 Microbial Contribution to Overall Plankton Community Respiration-Studies in Enclosures. - 24 The Importance of Understanding Phytoplankton Life Strategies in the Design of Enclosure Experiments. - 25 Phytoplankton Species' Responses to Nutrient Changes in Experimental Enclosures and Coastal Waters. - 26 The Population Biology of the Larvacean Oikopleura dioica in Enclosed Water Columns. - 27 Trophic Interactions and Production Processes in Natural Zooplankton Communities in Enclosed Water Columns. - 28 The CEPEX Approach and Its Implications for Future Studies in Plankton Ecology. - 29 How Can Enclosing Seawater Liberate Biological Oceanographers?. - 30 The Future of Controlled Ecosystem Enclosure Experiments. Language: English