Body Size: The Structure and Function of Aquatic Ecosystems (Ecological Reviews)
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Alan G. Hildrew, David G. Raffaelli, Ronni Edmonds-Brown
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Body Size: The Structure and Function of Aquatic [color=orange ! important][color=orange ! important]Ecosystems (Ecological Reviews)
By Alan G. Hildrew, David G. Raffaelli, Ronni Edmonds-Brown
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Number Of Pages: 356
- Publication Date: 2007-08-13
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521679672
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521679671
- Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and [color=orange ! important][color=orange ! important]diversityof organisms. The wide range of body sizes in ecological communities,from tiny microbes to large animals and plants, is emerging as the keyto prediction. Based on the relationship between body size and featuressuch as biological rates, the physics of water and the amount ofhabitat available, we may be able to understand patterns of abundanceand diversity, biogeography, interactions in [color=orange ! important][color=orange ! important]food [color=orange ! important]websand the impact of fishing, adding up to a potential 'periodic table'for ecology. Remarkable progress on the unravelling, describing andmodelling of [color=orange ! important][color=orange ! important]aquaticfood webs, revealing the fundamental role of body size, makes a bookemphasising marine and freshwater ecosystems particularly apt. Here,the importance of body size is examined at a range of scales that willbe of interest to professional ecologists, from students to seniorresearchers.
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