A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology /

A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology / / Thomas Kiørboe.

The three main missions of any organism--growing, reproducing, and surviving--depend on encounters with food and mates, and on avoiding encounters with predators. Through natural selection, the behavior and ecology of plankton organisms have evolved to optimize these tasks. This book offers a mechan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Kiørboe, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2009
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. Introduction
  • Chapter Two. Random Walk and Diffusion
  • Chapter Three. Diffusion and Advection
  • Chapter Four. Particle Encounter by Advection
  • Chapter Five. Hydromechanical Signals in the Plankton
  • Chapter Six. Zooplankton Feeding Rates and Bioenergetics
  • Chapter Seven. Population Dynamics and Interaction
  • Chapter Eight. Strcuture and Function of Pelagic Food Webs
  • References
  • Index

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