Benthic Suspension Feeders and Flow

This 1997 book reviews what is known about the biology of suspension feeders in relation to their flow environment.

David Wildish (Author), David Kristmanson (Author)

9780521023474, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 November 2005

424 pages, 84 b/w illus. 65 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.623 kg

'… well written and illustrated … excellent book.' Roger Wotten, Journal of the North American Benthological Society

This 1997 book is about those animals found on the sea floor that live by filtering microscopic particles carried to them by water currents. Its purpose is to review what is known about the biology of suspension feeders in relation to their flow environment. The book includes the larval biology, physiology, ethology and ecology of suspension feeders interacting with water flow. It will be of value to marine scientists beginning research in the interdisciplinary field of hydrodynamics and benthic biology, and it is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of this synthesis from the biological viewpoint.

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Methods of study
3. Dispersal and settlement
4. Flow and the physiology of filtration
5. Mechanisms of seston capture
6. Behavioral responses to flow
7. Benthic populations and flow
8. Ecosystems and flow
9. Future directions
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: Zoology: Invertebrates [PSVT], Zoology & animal sciences [PSV], Marine biology [PSPM]