Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes (Nato a S I Series Series G, Ecological Sciences) [Hardcover]

England) NATO Advanced Study Institute on Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes (1988 : Plymouth (Author), C. M. Turley (Author), P. C. Reid (Author), P. H. Burkill (Author, Editor), North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division (Corporate Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0387185658 | ISBN-13: 978-0387185651 | Publication Date: April 1991

The volume evaluates the ecological role of protozoa in the sea. The major points of discussion are the role of protozoa in the microbial food web, in the cycling of carbon and nitrogen and the extent to which this web acts as a link or sink to metazoa in the water column. The following topics are covered: Taxonomy - Methods - Pollution - Symbiosis - Autecology - Trophic Behav- iour - Community Grazing - Energetics and Production - Marine "Snow" and "Fluff" - Mineral Flux - Nutrient Cycling - Modelling.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 506 pages
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387185658
• ISBN-13: 978-0387185651
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
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