Call number:
AWI Bio-98-0147
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: List of contributors. - 1 General information. - 2 The ecology of chrysophyte flagellates: their growth and perennation strategies as freshwater phytoplankton. - 3 Ecology of the Cryptomonadida: a first review. - 4 Freshwater armored dinoflagellates: growth, reproduction strategies, and population dynamics. - 5 Ecology of freshwater planktonic green algae. - 6 Growth and survival strategies of planktonic diatoms. - 7 Growth and reproductive strategies of freshwater blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). - 8 Physiological mechanisms in phytoplankton resource competition. - 9 Selective herbivory and its role in the evolution of phytoplankton growth strategies. - 10 Functional morphology and the adaptive strategies of freshwater phytoplankton. - Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Growth and Reproductive Strategies of Freshwater Phytoplankton brings both the phycological (i.e. botanical) and limnological (i.e. ecological) literature into focus to reveal the morphological, reproductive, and physiological characteristics of these microscopic organisms. Emphasis is on adaptive strategies for survival in stressful and seasonally changing aquatic habitats. The syntheses of these literatures from an organismal and evolutionary perspective is unique. The following important groups of planktonic algae are considered: cyanobacteria, green algae, diatoms, dinoflagellates, cryptomonads, and chrysophyte flagellates. For each algal group, the importance of both growth and loss processes influencing biogeography and seasonality is emphasized. Where appropriate, the importance of sexual reproduction and benthic resting stages is considered. The final three chapters bring together data on three major ecological processes relevant to phytoplankton, i.e. resource competition, grazing by herbivorous zooplankton, and morphological and physiological "packaging plans" of algal cells.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
V, 442 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Edition:
First paperback edition
ISBN:
0521429102
Language:
English
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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