A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology [Hardcover]

Thomas Ki�rboe (Author)

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Hardcover: 228 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (Sep 2 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691134227
ISBN-13: 978-0691134222
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 408 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #501,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I found the ordering and summary of materials, especially those applying encounter theories directly, to be helpful in ordering my own thinking. The ideas will be broadly familiar to experts in the field, but Kiørboe's clean, direct presentations pull them together in a rewarding way; your study time will be well spent. For aspiring experts, this mechanistic approach is important to master, and working through this book will give you a great running start. -- Charles B. Miller, Journal of Plankton Research

What could be deadly dull material is enlivened by evocative examples from Kiørboe's extensive observations of plankton. . . . One cannot read this book without gaining a much fuller appreciation of how fluid motion influences life in the sea. -- "New Biological Books

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The three main missions of any organism--growing, reproducing, and surviving--depend on encounters with food and mates, and on avoiding encounters with predators. Through natural selection, the behavior and ecology of plankton organisms have evolved to optimize these tasks. This book offers a mechanistic approach to the study of ocean ecology by exploring biological interactions in plankton at the individual level. The book focuses on encounter mechanisms, since the pace of life in the ocean intimately relates to the rate at which encounters happen.

Thomas Kiørboe examines the life and interactions of plankton organisms with the larger aim of understanding marine pelagic food webs. He looks at plankton ecology and behavior in the context of the organisms' immediate physical and chemical habitats. He shows that the nutrient uptake, feeding rates, motility patterns, signal transmissions, and perception of plankton are all constrained by nonintuitive interactions between organism biology and small-scale physical and chemical characteristics of the three-dimensional fluid environment.

Most of the book's chapters consist of a theoretical introduction followed by examples of how the theory might be applied to real-world problems. In the final chapters, mechanistic insights of individual-level processes help to describe broader population dynamics and pelagic food web structure and function.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Nov 10 2010

By F. Taboada - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology (Hardcover)

This book presents a coherent view of plankton ecology, integrating physical and ecological processes, and scaling up from individuals to population and ecosystem dynamics. In this way, I found the book appropriate for anyone interested in plankton ecology. I think it could be especially relevant for those interested in modelling physical-biological interactions in the sea. Finally, the book is delightfully written and edited with care, so despite the materials treated are to some extent advanced, it is very a very readable, at times entertaining book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Mechanistic Plankton Ecology, April 17 2009

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I was hoping for a constructive presentation of plankton ecology models similar to the presentation of governing equations in continuum mechanics. This was not the case in the text.

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