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Karsten Reise: Tidal Flat Ecology. An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions. = Ecological Studies 54.—With 69 figs, 191 pp. Berlin/New York: Springer-Verlag 1985. ISBN 3-540 (Berlin) 0-387 (New York) 15447-7. DM 98,-


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
101 KB
Volume
71
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-2944

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✦ Synopsis


In this book, the papers are arranged in five sections on marine. terrestrial +freshwater nutrient cycles and the corresponding food webs. There is a special sect,ion on int.eractions between marine, freshwater, and terrestrial syst,ems. R. J. LAWS nrote the "Summary and Conclusion", pointing out t.hat the diverse contribut,ions t o t,he symposium led "t.o many productive interactions between and within disciplines."

Laws arranged his rcport on ecosystems in the following categories: physical factors, ire-ussociiited algae, phytoplankton and microplankt,on, benthos (which a t the symposium received litkle at,tention), zooplankton, high levels, inhnd wat.ers. "A major gap in marine studies is in wint.er, which may be the key t o understanding Krill and other zooplankton population ecology; year-round investigations and studies within the pack-ice zone are urgently needed. Also gear t o year fluctuations in Krill larval abundance, a.nd in the distribut,ion of adult Brill are of consider-