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Edited by christer bronmark and lars anders hansson. Aquatic ecosystems are generally divided into two types the marine ecosystem and the freshwater ecosystem. Such relationships, often adaptively important, comprise the oldest of communication systems in terrestrial and aquatic environments. This course assumes a basic knowledge of ecology and chemistry. This includes relationships between individuals of the same species, between different species, and between organisms and their physical and chemical environments. Chemical ecology in aquatic systems by christer bronmark.
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