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Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries
Author: Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries
Author: C.H.R. HeipPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789400901179
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries
Author: C. HeipMajor Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries
Author: C.H.R. HeipPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780792336990
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Nineteen papers representing the results of a project funded by the Commission of the European Communities to study macrotidal estuaries from the Elbe to the Tagus in a comparative and coherent manner by way of a standardized methodology. The papers address topics in primary production, bacterial processes, zooplankton, hyperbenthos, meiobenthos, macrobenthos, and modeling. A major result of the comparison is that salinity gradients explain species succession within each estuary, yet similar succession series are found at different salinity levels in different estuaries. The volume is reprinted from Hydrobiologia, v.311, 1995. Includes graphs and maps. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
JEEP 92: Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries
Author: JEEP 92
Author: P. M. J. HermanThe CEC-MAST JEEP 92 Project: Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries
Author: Tidal Estuaries
Author: Uwe H. BrockmannPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789054106012
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This manual provides a guide to the selection of appropriate methodologies for the sampling and analysis of chemical and biological variables in estuarine water and sediments. The sampling methods and analytical techniques focus on major biological processes in estuarine systems.
The Estuarine Ecosystem
Author: Donald S. McLuskyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198525087
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
For the inhabitants of many of the world's major towns and cities, estuaries provide their first and nearest glimpse of a natural habitat. Despite the attempts of man to pollute or reclaim it, the estuarine ecosystem continues to provide a fascinating insight into a natural world where energy is transformed from sunlight into plant material, and then through the steps of a food chain is converted into a rich food supply for birds and fish. When the previous editions of this book appeared, biologists were beginning to realize that the estuarine ecosystem was an ideal habitat in which to observe the processes controlling biological productivity. In the intervening period, many more estuaries and their inhabitants have been studied intensively. It is now possible to answer many of the questions posed by the earlier editions, and to pursue further the explanation of high productivity in estuaries and of energy utilization at different trophic levels within estuarine food webs. A significant amount of new information has also been accumulated on the human use and abuse of these habitats, particularly the effects of pollution. Although the world's seas are vast and may appear capable of receiving unlimited quantities of human effluent, such waste is often first discharged into the confined waters of estuaries. In practice, marine pollution is often essentially estuarine pollution. To reflect the huge impact of humans on estuaries, and to consider how we may either modify, remove or enrich the estuarine ecosystem, three completely new chapters have been prepared in this edition. These consider anthropogenic change (including pollution) in estuaries, the diverse uses and abuses of the estuarine habitat by man, and the methods used to study human induced changes in estuaries. Finally, this text examines the ways in which estuarine management can monitor, control or prevent the pollution and destruction of this fragile ecosystem.
Aquatic Oligochaetes
Author: Brenda M. HealyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401142076
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The book contains papers on the biology of aquatic oligochaetes and some related groups. They cover a wide range of topics including phylogeny, taxonomy, geographic distribution, freshwater and marine ecology, population dynamics, histology and ultrastructure, physiology and behaviour. The wide scope is in line with recent trends in annelid research with less emphasis on pollution studies and faunistics and a renewed interest in experimental biology using new techniques.