Description: The Trophic Cascade in Lakes This 1993 book documents the importance of trophic cascades in aquatic ecology. Stephen R. Carpenter (Edited by), James F. Kitchell (Edited by) 9780521431453, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 19 August 1993 400 pages 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.7 kg "This book is of interest to workers in ecology, aquatic ecology, resource management, and limnology." Environment International Fluctuations in fish populations in lakes can cascade through food webs to alter nutrient cycling, algal biomass and primary production. Trophic cascades may interact with nutrients and physical factors to explain most of the variance in lake ecosystem process rates. In this 1993 book, a multidisciplinary research team tests this idea by manipulating whole lakes experimentally, and coordinating this with palaeolimnological studies, simulation modelling, and small-scale enclosure experiments. Consequences of predator-prey interactions, behavioural responses of fishes, diel vertical migration of zooplankton, plankton community change, primary production, nutrient cycling and microbial processes are described. Palaeolimnological techniques enable the reconstruction of trophic interactions from past decades. Prospects for analysing the interaction of food web structure and nutrient input in lakes are explored. 1. Cascading trophic interactions 2. Experimental lakes, manipulations and measurements 3. Statistical analysis of the ecosystem experiments 4. The fish populations 5. Fish behavioral and community responses to manipulation 6. Roles of fish predation: piscivory and planktivory 7. Dynamics of the phantom midge: implications for zooplankton 8. Zooplankton community dynamics 9. Effects of predators and food supply and diel vertical migration of Daphnia 10. Zooplankton biomass and body size 11. Phytoplankton community dynamics 12. Metalimnetic phytoplankton 13. Primary production and its interactions with nutrients and light transmission 14. Heterotrophic microbial processes 15. Annual fossil record of food-web manipulation 16. Simulation models of the trophic cascade: predictions and evaluations 17. Synthesis and new directions Index. Subject Areas: Freshwater biology [PSPF], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]
Price: 122.99 GBP
Location: AL7 1AD
End Time: 2024-12-20T12:52:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: 124.86 GBP
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Return policy details:
BIC Subject Area 1: Freshwater biology [PSPF]
BIC Subject Area 2: Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]
Book Title: The Trophic Cascade in Lakes
ISBN: 052143145X
Publication Date: 19/08/1993
Item Depth: 22
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Name: The Trophic Cascade in Lakes
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Engineering & Technology, Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 700 g
Author: Stephen R. Carpenter, James F. Kitchell
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Cambridge Studies in Ecology
Format: Hardcover
