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Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2009
ISBN
0387767665, 9780387767666, 0387767681, 9780387767680
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-76767-3
LCC
QH541.5.C65 E53 2009
Open Library ID
OL24546519M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14882719 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
222\231
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 19:45:58

Description

The environmental challenges now facing humanity, ranging from climate change to urbanization to invasive species to agricultural and industrial pollutants are particularly acute in the coastal zone. Research in this region and in other aquatic ecosystems is complicated by interactions that occur over broad scales of time, space, and ecological complexity. Enclosed experimental ecosystems (mesocosms and microcosms) have become critical research tools because they provide a degree of control not achievable through field experiments. Yet to date, techniques for systematically extrapolating results from small-scale experimental ecosystems to larger, more open, more biodiverse, and more heterogeneous ecosystems in nature have not been well developed. This book is designed to provide scientists, resource managers and students with a comprehensive and practical guide and reference for improving the design and interpretation of research conducted in experimental ecosystems.

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