Phytoplankton

Biology, Classification & Environmental Impacts

Buch | Hardcover

372 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62948-652-9 (ISBN)

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Phytoplankton plays a key role in aquatic ecosystems where it is the major biomass producer. Phytoplankton is characterised by a high time-space variability which is determined by abiotic and biotic factors. In this book, the role of abiotic factors (light, temperature, nutrients, wind, hydrodynamics, CO2 and UV radiation) and biotic factors (bacteria, zooplankton, macrophytes and fish) is discussed. Anthropogenic pressure can alter those environmental factors, causing undesired changes in the composition and biomass of phytoplankton. This book emphasises the effects on water quality, but bottom sediment is also analysed. The effectiveness of management measures to restore impacted ecosystems is reviewed and ecological modelling is used as a prediction tool. In this book, the authors describe case studies in different systems such as natural lakes, reservoirs, marine systems and aquatic microcosm systems, covering a wide range of geographic areas from African tropical lakes and Brazilian subtropical lakes to peri-Alpine European lakes.

Preface; Phytoplankton Productivity in a Changing Global Climate; Associations between Climate, Water Environment & Phytoplankton Production in African Lakes; Small- & Large-Celled Phytoplankton during a Strong Disturbance Period; Phytoplankton Ecological Interactions in Freshwater Ecosystems - Integrating Relationships in Subtropical Shallow Lakes; Composition & Dynamics of Phytoplanktonic Communities in 3 Large & Deep Western European Lakes: An Outline of the Evolution from 2004 to 2012; The Phytoplankton Role in Formation of Bottom Sediment Productivity in a Large Reservoir in the Years with Different Temperature Conditions; Eutrophication in the European Regional Seas: A Review on Impacts, Assessment & Policy; Use of Aquatic Microcosm Systems in Phytoplankton Ecology Studies: Objectives, Limitations & Applications; Toxicity of Sarpa salpa, as Related to Phytoplankton Consumption; Tannin-Based Coagulants in the Control of Algae Proliferation: New Perspectives of Consumption-Water Treatment; Algae Removal with Natural Coagulants: The Case of Moringa oleifera Seed Extract; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	850 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
ISBN-10	1-62948-652-3 / 1629486523
ISBN-13	978-1-62948-652-9 / 9781629486529
Zustand	Neuware