part, Section I: Measurements -- chapter 1 Comparison of Biological Scale Resolution from CTD and Microstructure Measurements -- chapter 2 Measurement of Zooplankton Distributions with a High-Resolution Digital Camera System -- chapter 3 Planktonic Layers: Physical and Biological Interactions on the Small Scale -- chapter 4 Scales of Biological-Physical Coupling in the Equaorial Pacific -- chapter 5 Acoustic Remote Sensing of Photosynthetic Activity in Seagrass Beds -- chapter 6 Multiscale in Situ Measurements of Intertidal Benthic Production and Respiration -- chapter 7 Spatially Extensive, High Resolution Images of Rocky Shore Communities / chapter 8 Food Web Dynamics in Stable Isotope Ecology: Time Integration of Different Trophic Levels / chapter 9 Synchrotron-Based Infrared Imaging of Euglena gracilis Single Cells / chapter 10 Signaling during Mating in the Pelagic Copepod, Temora longicornis / chapter 11 Experimental Validation of an Individual-Based Model for Zooplankton Swarming / part, Section II: Analysis -- chapter 12 On Skipjack Tuna Dynamics: Similarity at Several Scales / chapter 13 The Temporal Scaling of Environmental Variability in Rivers and Lakes / chapter 14 Biogeochemical Variability at the Sea Surface: How It Is Linked to Process Response Times / chapter 15 Challenges in the Analysis and Simulation of Benthic Community Patterns / chapter 16 Fractal Dimension Estimation in Studies of Epiphytal and Epilithic Communities: Strengths and Weaknesses / chapter 17 Rank-Size Analysis and Vertical Phytoplankton Distribution Patterns / chapter 18 An Introduction to Wavelets / chapter 19 Fractal Characterization of Local Hydrographic and Biological Scales of Patchiness on Georges Bank / chapter 20 Orientation of Sea Fans Perpendicular to the Flow / chapter 21 Why Are Large, Delicate, Gelatinous Organisms So Successful in the Ocean’s Interior? / chapter 22 Quantifying Zooplankton Swimming Behavior: The Question of Scale / chapter 23 Identification of Interactions in Copepod Populations Using a Qualitative Study of Stage-Structured Population Models / part, Section III: Simulation -- chapter 24 The Importance of Spatial Scale in the Modeling of Aquatic Ecosystems / chapter 25 Patterns in Models of Plankton Dynamics in a Heterogeneous Environment / chapter 26 Seeing the Forest for the Trees, and Vice Versa: Pattern-Oriented Ecological Modeling / chapter 27 Spatial Dynamics of a Benthic Community: Applying Multiple Models to a Single System / chapter 28 The Effects of Langmuir Circulation on Buoyant Particles / chapter 29 Modeling of Turbulent Intermittency: Multifractal Stochastic Processes and Their Simulation / chapter 30 An Application of the Lognormal Theory to Moderate Reynolds Number Turbulent Structures / chapter 31 Numerical Simulation of the Flow Field at the Scale Size of an Individual Copepod -- chapter 32 Can Turbulence Reduce the Energy Costs of Hovering for Planktonic Organisms? / chapter 33 Utilizing Different Levels of Adaptation in Individual-Based Modeling / chapter 34 Using Multiagent Systems to Develop Individual-Based Models for Copepods: Consequences of Individual Behavior and Spatial Heterogeneity on the Emerging Properties at the Population Scale / chapter 35 Modeling Planktonic Behavior as a Complex Adaptive System / chapter 36 Discrete Events-Based Lagrangian Approach as a Tool for Modeling Predator–Prey Interactions in the Plankton