Marine Plankton: A practical guide to ecology, methodology, and taxonomy
Claudia Castellani and Martin Edwards
Abstract
A thorough understanding of planktonic organisms is the first step towards a real appreciation of the diversity, biology, and ecological importance of marine life. A detailed knowledge of their distribution and community composition is particularly important since these organisms are often very delicate and sensitive to change, and can be used as early indicators of environmental change. Natural and man-induced modification of the environment can affect both the distribution and composition of plankton, with important ecological and economic impacts. This book provides a practical guide to pla ... More
A thorough understanding of planktonic organisms is the first step towards a real appreciation of the diversity, biology, and ecological importance of marine life. A detailed knowledge of their distribution and community composition is particularly important since these organisms are often very delicate and sensitive to change, and can be used as early indicators of environmental change. Natural and man-induced modification of the environment can affect both the distribution and composition of plankton, with important ecological and economic impacts. This book provides a practical guide to plankton biology with a large geographic coverage spanning the North Sea to the north-eastern Atlantic coast of the USA and Canada. The book is divided into three sections: an overview of plankton ecology, an assessment of methodology in plankton research covering sampling, preservation, and counting of samples, and a taxonomic guide illustrated with line drawings to aid identification.
Keywords:
planktonic organisms,
marine life,
environmental change,
plankton biology,
plankton ecology,
sampling,
preservation
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2017 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199233267 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2017 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780199233267.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Claudia Castellani, editor
Research Fellow and Plankton Taxonomist, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
Martin Edwards, editor
Chief Scientist, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
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