Body size : the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems /

An authoritative work written by leading experts unravelling the fundamental role of body size.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hildrew, A. G., Raffaelli, D. G. (Dave G.), Edmonds-Brown, Ronni
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Colección:Ecological reviews.
Temas:
Aquatic animals > Size.
Aquatic ecology.
Faune aquatique > Taille.
Écologie des eaux.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The metabolic theory of ecology and the role of body size in marine and freshwater ecosystems / James H. Brown, Andrew P. Allen and James F. Gillooly
  • Body size and suspension feeding / Stuart Humphries
  • Life histories and body size / David Atkinson and Andrew G. Hirst
  • Relationship between biomass turnover and body size for stream communities / Alexander D. Huryn and Arthur C. Benke
  • Body size in streams : macroinvertebrate community size composition along natural and human-induced environmental gradients / Colin R. Townsend and Ross M. Thompson
  • Body size and predatory interactions in fresh waters : scaling from individuals to communities / Guy Woodward and Philip Warren
  • Body size and trophic cascades in lakes / J. Iwan Jones and Erik Jeppesen
  • Body size and scale invariance : multifractals in invertebrate communities / Peter E. Schmid and Jenny M. Schmid-Araya
  • Body size and biogeography / B.J. Finlay and G.F. Esteban
  • By wind, wings or water : body size, dispersal and range size in aquatic invertebrates / Simon D. Rundle, David T. Bilton and Andrew Foggo
  • Body size and diversity in marine systems / Richard M. Warwick
  • Interplay between individual growth and population feedbacks shapes body-size distributions / Lennart Persson and André M. De Roos
  • The consequences of body-size in model microbial ecosystems / Owen L. Petchey, Zachary T. Long and Peter J. Morin
  • Body size, exploitation and conservation of marine organisms / Simon Jennings and John D. Reynolds
  • How body size mediates the role of animals in nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems / Robert O. Hall, Jr. [and others]
  • Body sizes in food chains of animal predators and parasites / Joel E. Cohen
  • Body size in aquatic ecology : important, but not the whole story / Alan G. Hildrew, David G. Raffaelli and Ronni Edmonds-Brown.

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