Aquatic ecology : scale, pattern and process : the 34th Symposium of the British Ecological Society with the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, University College, Cork 1992
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Aquatic ecology : scale, pattern and process : the 34th Symposium of the British Ecological Society with the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, University College, Cork 1992
Blackwell Scientific, 1994
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This volume comprises the proceedings of an International Symposium convened by the British Ecological Society and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. The contributors identify similarities and differences between freshwater and marine ecosystems, and examine the extent to which the scale of approach influences the patterns observed and the underlying processes implied. The book's coverage ranges over the whole spectrum of aquatic systems, from small temporary pockets of water held on plant stems, to the deep oceans. The temporal scales addressed range from short-term behaviour to evolutionary biology, biogeographic patterns and palaeoecology. This book is an attempt to address interactions between pattern and process at different spatio-temporal scales in aquatic ecosystems.
Table of Contents
- Palaeoecology of marine systems
- species richness in vegetation along river margins
- patchiness, species interactions and disturbance in the stream benthos
- community ecology and patchy freshwater habitats
- disturbance, succession and ecosystem processes in streams - a case-study from the desert
- longitudinal patterns and processes along streams - modelling ecological responses to physical gradients
- the role of fluid motion in the dynamics of phytoplankton in lakes and rivers
- spatial and temporal scaling and the organization of limnetic communities
- aquatic community persistence and variability - a palaeolimnological perspective
- biodiversity and speciation of freshwater fishes with particular reference to African cichlids
- community landscape - scale and stability in hard bottom marine communities
- patchiness and disturbance in shallow-water benthic assemblages
- scale-determining biological-physical interactions
- long-term, large-scale patterns in marine pelagic systems
- scale-dependent patterns and species interactions in marine nekton
- patch dynamics in the deep-sea benthos - the role of a heterogeneous supply of organic matter
- notes from the abyss - the effects of a patchy supply of organic material and larvae on soft-sediment communities
- biogeographic patterns in shallow-water systems and the controlling processes at different scales
- pattern, process and scale in freshwater systems - some unifying thoughts
- scale, pattern and process in marine ecosystems
- scale, pattern and process in aquatic systems.
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