chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Northeast Gulf of Mexico / chapter 3 Long-Term Studies: Northeastern Gulf of Mexico / chapter 4 Trophic Organization in Gulf Coastal Systems / chapter 5 Structural Components of Trophic Organization / chapter 6 Coastal Phytoplankton Organization / chapter 7 Food Web Response to Plankton Blooms / chapter 8 Comparative Aspects of Trophic Organization -- chapter 9 Regulation and Food Web Factors / chapter 10 Trophic Organization and Resource Management / chapter 11 Ecosystem Studies: Approaches and Methods / chapter 12 Conclusions -- chapter 13 Summary of Results -- chapter 1 Particle Size Analysis -- chapter Appendix II: Trophic Organization of Infaunal and Epibenthic Macroinvertebrates and Fishes -- chapter 1 Difference Testing -- chapter 2 Spatial Autocorrelation.