The Estuarine Ecosystem

The Estuarine Ecosystem

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McLusky, Donald S. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1989.
Edición:Second Edition.
Colección:Tertiary Level Biology
Materias:
Science.
Science, general.
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7616-3
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 The Estuarine Environment
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Estuarine circulation
  • 1.3 Estuarine sediments
  • 1.4 Other physico-chemical factors
  • 1.5 Distribution of estuarine organisms
  • 1.6 The problems of life in estuaries
  • 1.7 The estuarine food web
  • 2 Primary Producers: Plant production and its availability
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Salt marshes
  • 2.3 Intertidal plants
  • 2.4 Phytoplankton
  • 2.5 Detritus
  • 2.6 Summation of plant and microbial production in estuaries
  • 3 Primary Consumers: Herbivores and detritivores
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The mud dwellers
  • 3.3 The surface dwellers
  • 3.4 Meiofauna
  • 3.5 Zooplankton
  • 3.6 The primary consumer community
  • 4 The Secondary Consumers: Carnivores
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Fish
  • 4.3 Invertebrates
  • 4.4 Birds
  • 4.5 The impact of the secondary consumers
  • 5 Estuarine Pollution
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Mankind’s use of estuaries
  • 5.3 Methodologies of studying pollution
  • 5.4 Organic enrichment
  • 5.5 Industrial contamination
  • 5.6 Reclamation and engineering works
  • 6 The Management of Estuaries
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Policies
  • 6.3 Planning
  • 6.4 Practice
  • Reading List.

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