| Description |
xxvi, 753 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Aquatic ecology series |
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Aquatic ecology series.
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| Bibliography |
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 |
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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 |
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communities: an example from stream ecology -- Benthic algal communities as biological monitors. |
| Subject |
Freshwater algae -- Ecology.
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Freshwater ecology.
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| Indexed Term |
Algae |
| Added Author |
Stevenson, R. Jan.
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Bothwell, M. L. (Max L.)
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Lowe, Rex L.
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| ISBN |
0126684502 alkaline paper |
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