CONTENTS 



Modeling Stresses 



Modeling Environmental Stress 1 



R. E. Ulanowicz* 

 Frequency Response of a Marine Ecosystem 

 Subjected to Time-Varying Inputs 19 



R. L. Dwyer, S. W. Nixon, C. A. Ouiatt, 



K. T. Perez, and T. J. Smayda 

 Applying Survival Curves to Assessment of 

 Fish Larval Entrainment Impact 39 



M. D. Dahlberg 

 A Simple Model for Assessing the Potential 

 Loss of Adult Fish Resulting from 

 Ichthyoplankton Entrainment 49 



W. P. Saunders, Jr. 



Natural Stresses and Environmental Fluctuations 



Stress and Ecosystems 62 



A. E. Lugo"^ 

 Ecosystem Responses to Stress in Aquatic 

 Microcosms 102 



J. W. Leffler 

 Physicochemical and Biological Stressors as 

 Distributional Determinants of Caribbean and 

 Tropical Eastern Pacific Swimming Crabs .... 120 



E. A. Norse 

 Effects of Fluctuating Flow Rates and Water 

 Levels on Chironomids: Direct and Indirect 

 Alterations of Habitat Stability 141 



A. P. Covich, W. D. Shepard, E. A. Bergey, 



and C. S. Carpenter 



*Invited speaker. 



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