The Ecology of Phytoplankton

A synthesis of current understanding of the adaptations, physiology and population dynamics of phytoplankton communities.

C. S. Reynolds (Author)

9780521605199, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 May 2006

552 pages, 137 b/w illus. 37 tables
24.6 x 18.9 x 2.8 cm, 1.181 kg

"Ecology of Phytoplankton is an impressive compilation of information of phytoplankton ecology and covers everything from some basic taxonomy of the phytoplankton to detailed discussions of the multifaceted topic of phytoplankton morality and loss processes."
Russell L. Chapman, Plant Science Bulletin

Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology and population dynamics of phytoplankton communities in lakes and rivers and oceans. It provides basic information on composition, morphology and physiology of the main phyletic groups represented in marine and freshwater systems and in addition reviews recent advances in community ecology, developing an appreciation of assembly processes, co-existence and competition, disturbance and diversity. Although focussed on one group of organisms, the book develops many concepts relevant to ecology in the broadest sense, and as such will appeal to graduate students and researchers in ecology, limnology and oceanography.

1. Phytoplankton
2. Entrainment and distribution in the pelagic
3. Photosynthesis and carbon acquisition in phytoplankton
4. Nutrient uptake and assimilation in phytoplankton
5. Growth and replication of phytoplankton
6. Mortality and loss processes in phytoplankton
7. Community assembly in the plankton: pattern, process and dynamics
8. Phytoplankton ecology and aquatic ecosystems: mechanisms and management
Glossary of terms
Glossary of units, symbols and abbreviations
References
Index to lakes, rivers and seas
Index to genera and species of phytoplankton
Index to genera and species of other organisms
General index.

Subject Areas: Limnology [freshwater RBKF], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Phycology, algae & lichens [PSTV], Hydrobiology [PSP], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]