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Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton

By: Colin S Reynolds(Author)
384 pages, illustrations, tables
Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton
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About this book

Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton 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. Ecology of Freshwater Phytoplankton 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.

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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By: Colin S Reynolds(Author)
384 pages, illustrations, tables
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"a thorough treatment of much of the current knowledge on phytoplankton [...] It is not just a derivative account but abounds with original ideas."
- Nature

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