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  • The Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton

    The Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton by Reynolds, C. S.;

    Series: Cambridge Studies in Ecology;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 2 February 1984

    • ISBN 9780521282222
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages396 pages
    • Size 230x153x28 mm
    • Weight 645 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This describes the lifestyles of planktons and their adaptation for living independently of solid surfaces.

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    Long description:

    This book deals with the lifestyles of phytoplankton, the microscopic plant life living in the open waters of lakes, ponds and rivers and makes frequent references to the phytoplankton of the sea. It reviews adaptations required of organisms to live their lives independently of solid surfaces and the different ways that these have been achieved. Chapters dealing with particular topics are arranged in approximately the order in which they become a problem to the organism: How can it stay up in the water? Can it gain sufficient light and nutrients? How fast can it grow under different conditions? And what are the results of sinking out, feeding by animals, attacks by parasitic fungi and bacteria? The final chapter assembles this information to show ways in which plankton changes with season and through much longer periods of time, contrasting the behaviours in different types of lakes. This book is important for two reasons: it is the first major book on the subject for some years and projects many recent research findings; and the approach departs from previous volumes in concentrating on needs and adaptive responses to them.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface; 1. What is phytoplankton?; 2. Mechanisms of suspension; 3. Spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton; 4. Photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton; 5. Nutrients; 6. Growth and survival; 7. Loss process; 8. Periodicity and change in phytoplankton composition; Glossary and symbols; References; Index to lakes and rivers; Index to genera/species; General index.

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