Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale

Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems, With contributions by numerous experts
Langbeschreibung
InhaltsangabePreface Introduction and Background: Coastal ecosystems, management, and research.- Concepts of scale in ecology.- Mesocosms and scaling patterns.- Using mesocosms to study the effects of scale.- Designing Experimental Ecosystem Studies: General principles.- Temporal and spatial scaling.- Mixing and flow.- Materials exchange.- Light.- Walls.- Temperature.- Physical and biological complexity.- Aquatic grasses.- Marshes.- Sediments.- Chemistry.- Tools for Design and Analysis of Experiments: The world is variable.- Dimensional analysis.- Modeling tools.- Applications: Benthic organisms.- Nutrient enrichment and trophic efficiency.- Aquatic grasses, nutrients, and suspended sediments.- Index.
Hauptbeschreibung
With contributions by numerous experts
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface Introduction and Background: Coastal ecosystems, management, and research.- Concepts of scale in ecology.- Mesocosms and scaling patterns.- Using mesocosms to study the effects of scale.- Designing Experimental Ecosystem Studies: General principles.- Temporal and spatial scaling.- Mixing and flow.- Materials exchange.- Light.- Walls.- Temperature.- Physical and biological complexity.- Aquatic grasses.- Marshes.- Sediments.- Chemistry.- Tools for Design and Analysis of Experiments: The world is variable.- Dimensional analysis.- Modeling tools.- Applications: Benthic organisms.- Nutrient enrichment and trophic efficiency.- Aquatic grasses, nutrients, and suspended sediments.- Index.
Autor*in:
John E Petersen
Art:
Kartoniert
Sprache :
Englisch
ISBN-13:
9780387767680
Verlag:
Springer Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum:
27.02.2009
Erscheinungsjahr:
2009
Ausgabe:
1/2009
Maße:
25.40x17.80x0.00 cm
Seiten:
222

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