Research Catalog

Title

Algal ecology : freshwater benthic ecosystems / edited by R. Jan Stevenson, Max L. Bothwell, Rex L. Lowe.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stevenson, R. Jan.
• Bothwell, M. L. (Max L.)
• Lowe, Rex L.

Description

xxvi, 753 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Aquatic ecology series

Subjects

• Freshwater algae > Ecology
• Freshwater ecology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

An introduction to algal ecology in freshwater benthic habitats -- Patterns in benthic algae of streams -- Periphyton patterns in lakes -- Patterns in wetlands -- Effects of light -- Periphyton responses to temperature at different ecological levels -- Nutrients -- Resource competition and species coexistence in freshwater benthic algal assemblages -- Interactions of benthic algae with their substrata -- The role of heterotrophy in algae -- The stimulation and drag of current -- Effects of grazers on freshwater benthic algae -- Response of benthic algal communities to natural physical disturbance -- Ecotoxicology of inorganic chemical stress to algae -- Effects of organic toxic substances -- Acidification effects -- The role of periphyton in benthic food webs -- Algae in microscopic food webs -- Role in nutrient cycling in streams -- Benthic algae and nutrient cycling in lentic freshwater ecosystems -- Modeling benthic algal communities: an example from stream ecology -- Benthic algal communities as biological monitors.

Call Number

JSE 96-1086

ISBN

0126684502 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95051737

OCLC

33947378

Title

Algal ecology : freshwater benthic ecosystems / edited by R. Jan Stevenson, Max L. Bothwell, Rex L. Lowe.

Imprint

San Diego : Academic Press, c1996.

Series

Aquatic ecology series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Stevenson, R. Jan.

Bothwell, M. L. (Max L.)

Lowe, Rex L.

Research Call Number

JSE 96-1086