Tidal Flat Ecology An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions

Tidal Flat Ecology An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions / by Karsten Reise.

The tidal coastline presents a fascinating ecological world. Rocky shores with their recurrent zonation of algae and sessile invertebrates demonstrate the orderliness of nature, apparently obeying general explan­ atory principles. The niche theory could just as well have hatched out of the tight spe...

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Main Author: Reise, Karsten (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 54
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ecology .
Zoology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The Beginnings of Research in Tidal Flat Ecology
  • 1.2 Field Experiments on Tidal Flats
  • The Tidal Flat Ecotone
  • 2. Tides, Sediments, and the Distribution of Organisms
  • 3. Biogeochemistry of Tidal Sediments
  • 4. Living in Tidal Sediments
  • 5. The Tidal Flats of Königshafen
  • Experiments on Tidal Flats
  • 6. Some Problems of Methodology
  • 7. Exclusion of Large Fish and Birds
  • 8. Predation by Crabs, Shrimp, and Small Fish
  • 9. Endobenthic Predation
  • 10. Prey Dynamics and Predator Impact
  • 11. Macrofauna Promotes Meiofauna
  • 12. Interactions in the Biotic Assemblage
  • 13. The Open Community on Tidal Flats
  • References.

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