As part of the Environmental and Ecological Modeling Handbooks series, the Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management provides a comprehe nsive overview of ecosystem theory and the tools - ecological engineer ing, ecological modeling, ecotoxicology and ecological economics -to m anage these systems. The book is laid out to provide a summary or sur vey of each topic, using many tables and figures. Concepts, definition s, important findings, basic hypotheses, important correlations betwee n theories and observation with illustrative graphs are included.