A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology

Name: A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology | The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan
Brand: Princeton University Press
Price: 70.49 EUR
Availability: OnlineOnly

The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan

Thomas Kiørboe(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

1. Auflage

Erschienen am 26. Juni 2018

224 Seiten

E-Book

PDF mit Wasserzeichen-DRM

Systemvoraussetzungen

978-0-691-19031-0 (ISBN)

70,49 €inkl. 7% MwSt.

Systemvoraussetzungen

für PDF mit Wasserzeichen-DRM

E-Book Einzellizenz

Als Download verfügbar

Beschreibung

Weitere Details

Weitere Ausgaben

Person

Inhalt

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
1.1 Biological Oceanography-Marine Biology-Ocean Ecology
1.2 The Encounter Problem
1.3 This Book
CHAPTER TWO: Random Wal kand Diffusion
2.1 Random Walk and Diffusion
2.2 Example: Bacterial Motility
2.3 Fick's First Law
2.4 Diffusion to or from a Sphere
2.5 Feeding on Solutes
2.6 Maximum and Optimum Cell Size
2.7 Diatoms: Large yet Small
2.8 Diffusion Feeding
2.9 Non-Steady-State Diffusion: Feeding in Nauplii
2.10 Bacteria Colonizing a Sphere
2.11 Effect of Shape
2.12 Flux from a Sphere (or a Point Source): Chemical Signals
CHAPTER THREE: Diffusion and Advection
3.1 Moving Fluids
3.2 Viscosity, Diffusivity, Re, and Pe
3.3 Flow around a Sinking Sphere
3.4 Mass Transport to a Sinking Sphere
3.5 Example: Oxygen Distribution around a Sinking Sphere
3.6 Examples: Osmotrophs, Diffusion Feeders, and Bacterial Colonization of Sinking Particles
3.7 Effect of Turbulence on Mass Transport: Re, Pe, and Sh for Turbulence
3.8 Marine Snow Solute Plumes: Small-Scale Heterogeneity
3.9 The Chemical Trail: Mate Finding in Copepods
CHAPTER FOUR: Particle Encounter by Advection
4.1 Direct Interception versus Remote Detection
4.2 Particle Encounter by Direct Interception: Flagellate Feeding
4.3 Bacteria Colonizing Particles Revisited: Comparison of Encounter Mechanisms
4.4 Direct Interception: Coagulation and Marine Snow Formation
4.5 Remote Prey Detection: Encountering Prey in Calm Water
4.6 Turbulence and Predator-Prey Encounter Rates
4.7 Example: Feeding of the Copepod Acartia tonsa in Turbulence
4.8 When Is Turbulence Important for Enhancing Predator-Prey Contact Rates?
4.9 On the Downhill Side: Negative Effects of Turbulence on Predator-Prey Interactions
4.10 Encounter Rates and Motility Patterns: Ballistic versus Diffusive Motility
CHAPTER FIVE: Hydromechanical Signals in the Plankton
5.1 Copepod Sensory Biology
5.2 Decomposition of a Fluid Signal: Deformation and Vorticity
5.3 Signal Strength: Prey Perceiving Predator
5.4 Signal Strength: Predator Perceiving Prey
5.5 To What Flow Components Does a Copepod Respond?
5.6 Sensitivity to Hydrodynamic Signals
5.7 Predator and Prey Reaction Distances: Generation of a Hydrodynamic Signal
5.8 Attack or Flee-the Dilemma of a Parasitic Copepod
5.9 Maximal Signals, Optimal Sensitivity, and the Role of Turbulence
5.10 The Evolutionary Arms Race
CHAPTER SIX: Zooplankto nFeeding Rates and Bioenergetics
6.1 Functional Response in Ingestion Rate to Prey Concentration
6.2 Example: The Functional Response in Oithona davisae
6.3 Other Functional Responses
6.4 The Components of Predation: Prey Selection
6.5 Prey Switching
6.6 Bioenergetics: Conversion of Food to Growth and Reproduction
6.7 Specific Dynamic Action: Egg Production Efficiency in a Copepod
6.8 Scaling of Feeding and Growth Rates
6.9 Feast and Famine in the Plankton
CHAPTER SEVEN: Population Dynamics and Interactions
7.1 From Individual to Population
7.2 The Dynamics of a Single Population: Phytoplankton Blooms
7.3 Phytoplankton Population Dynamics and Aggregate Formation
7.4 Phytoplankton Growth and Light Limitation
7.5 Scaling of Growth and Mortality Rates
7.6 Populations with Age Structure: Life Tables
7.7 Behavior and Population Dynamics: Critical Population Size and Allee Effects
7.8 Life-History Strategies
7.9 Interacting Populations
7.10 From Individual to Population
CHAPTER EIGHT: Structure and Function of Pelagic Food Webs
8.1 Two Pathways in Pelagic Food Webs
8.2 Light and Vertical Mixing: Conditions for Phytoplankton Development
8.3 Budgetary Constraints: Nutrient Input and Sinking Flux
8.4 Cell Size, Water-Column Structure, and Nutrient Availability: Empirical Evidence
8.5 Cell Size and Nutrient Uptake
8.6 Cell Size, Turbulence, and Sinking
8.7 Cell Size, Turbulence, and Light
8.8 Why Are Not All Phytoplankters Small? The Significance of Predation
8.9 Hydrodynamic Control of Pelagic Food-Web Structure: Examples
8.10 Species Diversity: The Paradox of the Plankton
8.11 Fisheries and Trophic Efficiency
8.12 Fertilizing the Ocean-Increasing the Fishery and Preventing Global Warming?
References
Index

Systemvoraussetzungen

Als PDF speichern Als Link merken