J. Padisák, C. S. Reynolds and U. Sommer (eds.) (1993): Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in Phytoplankton Ecology. — Proceedings of 8th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology held in Baja (Hungary), 5–15 July 1991. Developments in Hydrobiology 81, Hydrobiologia 249 (1993), Kluwer Acad. Publishers Dodrecht, 199 pp.
✍ Scribed by J. Komárková
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-2944
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✦ Synopsis
BOOK REVIEW
The appeal of the book is greatly increased by the systematic comparison of the theory behind the three culture methods used. As every book. this one is not free of errors and inconsistencies. I will only name some discrepancy between approximations and data as in Figs. 2. I .3 and 3.5.5, not very appropriate use of statistics as the use of chi? test for a small sample, nonsymmetrical confidence intervals as in Fig. 4.2.9 and missing explanations as for the dependence of the yield on D on p. 48.
The book is an excellent contribution to plankton ecology, showing both the strengths and drawbacks of the experimental approaches based on continuous cultures. It is to be recommended to all plankton ecologists. General ecology may also profit from the contributions to dynamics, regulation principles and competition theory.
M. STRASKRABA