Modelling Community Structure in Freshwater Ecosystems
Contributors: Sovan Lek (Editor); Michele Scardi (Editor); Piet F.M Verdonschot (Editor); Jean-Pierre Descy (Editor); Young-Seuk Park (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 6, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9783540239406
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental Studies; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Environmental Science; Earth Sciences - General; Freshwater ecology; Management; Water; âEcologie d'eau douce
Description: "The book presents approaches and methodologies for predicting the structure and diversity of key aquatic communities (namely diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish), under natural conditions and under man-made disturbance. Such an approach will make it possible to: 1) set up procedures for robust and sensitive ecosystem evaluation, based on the prediction of the expected community structure; 2) model community structure in disturbed ecosystems, taking into account all the relevant ecological variables; 3) test ecosystem sensitivity to natural and anthropic disturbance; and 4) explore specific actions to be taken for the restoration of ecosystem integrity"--Provided by publisher.