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Identifying Marine Phytoplankton is an accurate and authoritative guide to the identification of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates, meant to be used with tools as simple as a light microscope. The book compiles the latest taxonomic names, an extensive bibliography (referencing historical as well as up-to-date literature), synthesis and criteria in one indispensable source. Techniques for preparing samples and containing are included as well as hundreds of detailed, helpful information.
Identifying Marine Phytoplankton is a combined paperback edition made available by popular demand of two influential books published earlier--
Marine Phytoplankton and
Identifying Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates.
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* Contains hundreds of illustrations showing critical characteristics necessary for proper identification, plus keys and other guides
* Provides up-to-date taxonomic revisions
* Includes species from around the world
* Updates synthesis of modern and historical literature presented by active researchers in the field
* Compiles literature from around the world into one handy source
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Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth’s aquatic ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology and population dynamics of phytoplankton communities in lakes and rivers and oceans. It provides basic information on composition, morphology and physiology of the main phyletic groups represented in marine and freshwater systems and in addition reviews recent advances in community ecology, developing an appreciation of assembly processes, co-existence and competition, disturbance and diversity. Although focussed on one group of organisms, the book develops many concepts relevant to ecology in the broadest sense, and as such will appeal to graduate students and researchers in ecology, limnology and oceanography.
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Algal Cultures and Phytoplankton Ecology
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Blooms of toxic or harmful microalgae, commonly called "red tides", represent a significant and expanding threat to human health and fisheries resources throughout the world. The impacts of these "harmful algal blooms" range from illness and death of human consumers of shellfish or fish that have accumulated algal toxins to ecosystem alteration and mortalities of marine mammals and other animals.
Presented here is a state-of-the art review of all major topics relating to the ecology and physiology of harmful algal bloom species. The autecology of all major groups is covered in detail, and the ecophysiological processes and mechanisms that regulate their growth, bloom development, and toxin production are addressed as well.
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A teaspoon of sea water can hold a soupy serving of a million phytoplankton! These tiny floating plants come in thousands of amazing variations. Invisible to the naked eye, phytoplankton are the source of our atmosphere, our climate, our ocean food chain, much of our oil supply, and more. Theyre also food for zooplankton, tiny animals that often look like weird life forms from outer space.
In this volume (another volume: Sea Soup: Zooplankton will be available in Fall 2000), Mary Cerullos text answers intriguing questions about these tiny drifters that have shaped our world, while Bill Curtsingers extraordinary photomicroscopy serves up tantalizing images of this sea soup. Many of the photos for this book were taken at Maines Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science and the Darling Marine Center, using an Axiophot 2 research microscope donated by Carl Zeiss, Inc.
This book has an accompanying teacher's guide: Sea Soup Teachers Guide: Discovering the Watery World of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton
AWARD -- Notable Books for Children, 1999 Smithsonian
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The interesting and fun activities in this teachers guide meet the challenge of relating tiny, microscopic organisms to the lives of children. Discover and explore answers to some strange questions. What is the recipe for Sea Soup? Are those tiny critters plants or animals, or maybe something else? Why do they look more like creatures from outer space than the organisms we know on land? What do giant clams, corals, whales, penguins, and humans have in common? How does the Sea Soup grow? What if it stops growing?
The inquiry-based activities range from designing and making a phytoplankter and collecting phytoplankton to designing an experiment for exploring what factors influence the growth of phytoplankton. The emphasis is on science, but where appropriate math, geography, language arts, and art are included. Each unit includes background information, objectives, a statement of how it addresses the National Science Education Standards, materials, procedures, references, and suggested websites. This book is the accompanying teacher's guide to two volumes: Sea Soup: Phytoplankton and Sea Soup: Zooplankton
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Interesting activities- detailed information on plankton.......2007-05-12
An interesting book with explicit and understantable information about plankton, given from a ecological perpestive. A book that can be used for students' activities - indoor and outdoors - conserning aquatic environments.
Suggested to use also the two additional photo -mainly- books Sea Soup Phytoplankton and Sea Soup Zooplankton -key point information with excellent photos
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Top notch guide to marine plankton and invertebrate larvae.......2000-09-19
This book, following on the heels of DeBoyd Smith's 1st edition, presents a good selection of line drawings and information about the diversity of more common marine plankton and invertebrate larvae. While no guide to this group of organisms can really hope to be exhaustive in its coverage, this book presents a good overview of the kinds of organisms that are floating around out there.
This book is a great primer to the group. It is not, however, all that useful in doing taxonomic work, but it is a great tool for use in supporting laboratory work involving general identification of plankton. In order to do more specific taxonomic work, however, one needs access to more comprehensive taxonomic keys from the professional literature.
Still, this book would be a great addition to the library of any serious student of invertebrate zoology, marine biology, or oceanography.
Alan Holyoak, Dept of Biology, Manchester College, IN
collection procedures and identification of zooplankton.......2000-02-09
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We used this guide to plan our 3 week trip to Australia because we were so impressed with the South America edition which we had used previously. It was very helpful and accurate regarding various costs. It even gives planning tips depending on how much time you have. It is definitely a good alternative to the Lonely Planet which I sometimes find the info to be outdated.
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Footprint travel guides began with the South American Handbook, the longest-running guidebook in the English language. Now over 80 guides cover more than 145 of the world's most exciting destinations. Footprint New Zealand informs the traveler about not only travel essentials like accommodation and transportation options, but also offers comprehensive region by region coverage of both the North and South islands. Excellent for travelers planning their trip and finding their desired destinations, the handbook contains over 80 maps, including color maps cross-referenced with the text. For voyagers who love food and wine, the guide has authoritative restaurant recommendations and contains accommodations listings for all budgets and tastes. Fully updated, this edition includes detailed coverage of The Lord of the Rings set locations, as well as adventure activities like sailing, trekking, white-water rafting, and bungee jumping. This handbook perfectly demonstrates why Footprint travel guides are synonymous with discovery and adventure. Each guide provides eye-opening, accurate, and reliable information, ensuring that every trip is memorable, and enlightening.
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