Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Environmentally Driven Plasticity -- 2.1. The Physical Environment -- 2.2. The Case Studies -- Ch. 3. Measuring Growth and Form -- 3.1. Metrics for Branching Networks -- 3.2. Morphological Analysis of a Branching Sponge -- 3.3. Two-dimensional Morphological Analysis of Ranges of Growth Forms -- 3.4. Three-Dimensional Morphological Analysis of Growth Forms of Madracis Mirabilis (Preliminary Results) -- Ch. 4. Simulating Growth and Form -- 4.1. L-systems -- 4.2. Example of a Simple Model of Plasticity in Algal Morphology -- 4.3. Modeling Fluid Flow Using Lattice Gases and the Lattice Boltzmann Model -- 4.4. A Laplacian Model of Branching Growth -- 4.5. Growth by Aggregation -- 4.6. Accretive Growth -- 4.7. Gastrovascular Dynamics of Hydractiniid Hydrozoans -- Ch. 5. Verifying Models -- 5.1. Transplantation Experiments with Stony Corals
5.2. Transplantation and Other Perturbation Experiments with the Sponge Haliclona oculata and a Comparison to the Simulation Models -- 5.3. Colonial Hydrozoans: Perturbation Experiments of Gastrovascular Physiology and Effects on Colony Development -- Ch. 6. Applications -- 6.1. Antarctic Sponges -- 6.2. Coral Records -- Ch. 7. Epilogue -- 7.1. Conclusion