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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

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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Contents

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Endorsement

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List Of Contributors

General Introduction

Section I Ecology

Chapter 1 The Marine Environment

N. Penny Holliday and Stephanie Henson

Chapter 2 Plankton Biodiversity and Biogeography

Gregory Beaugrand

Chapter 3 Phytoplankton Productivity

John Raven

Chapter 4 Zooplankton Productivity

Andrew G. Hirst

Chapter 5 Phytoplankton Biogeochemical Cycles

Carol Robinson

Chapter 6 Zooplankton Biogeochemical Cycles

Deborah Steinberg

Chapter 7 Plankton and Global Change

Martin Edwards

Chapter 8 Plankton and Fisheries

Keith Brander

Section II Methodology

Chapter 9 Sampling, Preservation and Counting of Samples I: Phytoplankton

Alexandra Kraberg, Katja Metfies, and Rowena Stern

Chapter 10 Sampling, Preservation and Counting of Samples II: Zooplankton

Peter H. Wiebe, Ann Bucklin, and Mark Benfield

Section III Taxonomy

Introduction to Taxonomy

Rowena Stern, Marianne Wootton, and Claudia Castellani

Part 1 Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton: Diatoms

Alexandra Kraberg and Rowena Stern

Phytoplankton: Dinoflagellates

Alexandra Kraberg and Rowena Stern

Phytoplankton: Flagellates

Rowena Stern, Heather Esson, and Cecilia Balestreri

Part 2 Zooplankton

Protozooplankton: Ciliates

AlexANDRA Kraberg, Rowena Stern, and Michaela Strüder-Kypke

Protozooplankton: Radiolaria

Rowena Stern, Claire Taylor, Fabrice Not, and Johan Decelle

Protozooplankton: Foraminifera

Rowena Stern, Claire Taylor, and Saeed Sadri

Cnidaria: Scyphozoa and Non-Colonial Hydrozoa

Priscilla Licandro, Astrid Fischer, and Dhugal J. Lindsay

Cnidaria: Colonial Hydrozoa (Siphonophorae)

Priscilla Licandro, Claude Carré, and Dhugal J. Lindsay

Ctenophora

Priscilla Licandro and Dhugal J. Lindsay

Crustacea: Introduction

Claudia Castellani and Marianne Wootton

Crustacea: Copepoda

Marianne Wootton and Claudia Castellani

Crustacea: Branchiopoda

Claudia Castellani

Crustacea: Cirripedia and Facetotecta

Eve C. Southward

Crustacea: Ostracoda

Martin V. Angel and Anthony W.G. John

Crustacea: Decapoda

Clare Buckland, Claudia Castellani, Alistair J. Lindley, and Antonina Dos Santos

Crustacea: Stomatopoda

Claudia Castellani, Clare Buckland, Alistair J. Lindley, David V.P. Conway, and Antonina dos Santos

Crustacea: Lophogastrida and Mysida

Claudia Castellani, Maiju Lehtiniemi, and Kenneth Meland

Crustacea: Amphipoda

Tanya Jonas

Crustacea: Euphausiacea

Alistair J. Lindley

Anellida: Holoplanktonic Polychaeta

Claudia Castellani and Robert Camp

Mollusca: Holoplanktonic Molluscs

Silke Lischka and Holger Ossenbrügger

Chaetognatha

Annelies Pierrot-Bults

Echinodermata

David V.P. Conway, Claudia Castellani, and Eve C. Southward

Bryozoa

Judith Fuchs and John Bishop

Brachiopoda

Judith Fuchs and Andreas Altenburger

Phoronida

Judith Fuchs

Rotifera

David V.P. Conway, Robert Camp, and Claudia Castellani

Chordata: Thaliacea

Priscilla Licandro and Martina Brunetta

Chordata: Appendicularia

Gabriel Gorsky and Claudia Castellani

Chordata: Fish eggs and larvae

Peter Munk and Jørgen G. Nielsen

End Matter

General Index

Species Index

Illustration