Enclosed experimental ecosystems and scale tools for understanding and managing coastal ecosystems /
The environmental challenges now facing humanity, ranging from climate change to urbanization to invasive species to agricultural and industrial pollutants are particularly acute in the coastal zone. Research in this region and in other aquatic ecosystems is complicated by interactions that occur ov...
| Other Authors: | Petersen, John E., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer,
©2009.
New York : [2009] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Coastal ecosystems, management, and research ; Concepts of scale in ecology ; Mesocosms and scaling patterns ; Mesocosm studies and the effects of scale
- Designing experimental ecosystem studies. General principles ; Spatial and temporal scaling ; Physical factors : mixing and flow, materials exchange, light, walls, temperature ; Biogeochemical factors ; Physical and ecological complexity ; Biological factors : aquatic grasses, marshes
- Tools for design and analysis of experiments. Statistical considerations ; The world is variable ; Dimensional analysis ; Modeling tools
- Management applications. Nutrient enrichment and aquatic grass restoration ; Tidal marshes, nutrient filtration, and rising sea level ; Nitrogen and phytoplankton blooms ; Biofiltration, water quality, and sediment processes ; Food webs, trophic efficiency, and nutrient enrichment ; Toxicity and bioaccumulation in benthic organisms.