Estuarine Nutrient Cycling: The Influence of Primary Producers: The Fate of Nutrients

Estuarine Nutrient Cycling: The Influence of Primary Producers: The Fate of Nutrients and Biomass (Aquatic Ecology Series)
Søren Laurentius Nielsen, Gary T. Banta, Morten Foldager Pedersen

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 303
Publication Date: 2005-03-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1402026382
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781402026386
Binding: Hardcover

It is a well-known fact that eutrophication of coastal waters causes significant changes in the species composition of the primary producers. Usually a shift from an ecosystem dominated sea grasses or large brown algae to an ecosystem dominated fast-growing green algae or phytoplankton is observed. While this shift has been documented in a number of research papers and books, the consequences of this shift are less well known. This book focuses on the consequences of such changes for nutrient cycling.
The aim is to investigate how different types of primary producers influence nutrient cycling in coastal marine waters, and how nutrient cycling changes qualitatively and quantitatively as a consequence of the changes in the primary producer community caused eutrophication. The various chapters address specific ecological processes such as grazing, decomposition, burial and export of biomass from the ecosystem. The book is intended for researchers and professionals working in the field of coastal marine ecology and estuarine ecology and for advanced students in this field.

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