Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems published

The environmental challenges now facing humanity, ranging from climate change to urbanization to invasive species to agricultural and industrial pollutants, are particularly acute in the coastal zone. Research in this region and in other aquatic ecosystems is complicated by interactions that occur over broad scales of time, space, and ecological complexity. Enclosed experimental ecosystems (mesocosms and microcosms) have become critical research tools because they provide a degree of control not achievable through field experiments. IAN Science Communicators Joanna Woerner and Tracey Saxby worked with the 22 current or former UMCES authors and editors to design this richly illustrated book. Available from Springer Press, it provides scientists, resource managers, and students with a comprehensive and practical guide and reference for improving the design and interpretation of research conducted in experimental ecosystems.

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