Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton CommunitiesUlrich Sommer All relevant ecological aspects of plankton, especially seasonal changes in the species composition, the role of competition for limiting resources in species replacements, the role of parasitism, predation and competition in seasonal succession are treated in detail considering phytoplankton, zooplankton and bacteroplankton. In addition to its use as a valid reference book for plankton ecology, this monograph may well be used as a model for other kinds of ecological communities. |
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The Role of Competition for Resources in | 57 |
U Sommer MaxPlanckInstitute für Limnologie P O Box 165 2320 | 97 |
The Role of Grazers in Phytoplankton Succession | 107 |
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abundance algae algal algal density algal species Aquatic Archiv für Hydrobiologie Asterionella bacteria bacterioplankton biomass Bosmina calanoid calanoid copepods carbon cells changes chytrid cladocerans clearance rates coexistence competition experiments copepods cyanobacteria Daphnia Daphnia pulex decrease DeMott Diaphanosoma Diaptomus diatoms dominance dynamics Ecology edible editors effects eutrophic experimental factors feeding Figure fish food concentration food levels food limitation formosa freshwater Freshwater Biology Gliwicz gradient grazer density grazing pressure grazing rates growth rates Güde guilds herbivore heterotrophic Hydrobiologie increase inedible interactions Journal of Plankton Kerfoot Kilham kinetics Lake Constance Lampert Limnology and Oceanography marine Microbial mortality nitrogen nutrient nutrient limitation Oecologia oligotrophic organisms parasitism particles Pedrós-Alió PEG-model percent phosphorus phytoplankton planktivorous plankton Plankton Research predation predicted prey production relative reproductive rates resource Reynolds rotifers seasonal succession selection Sherr Si:P ratios Sommer studies substrate successional temperature Tilman trophic uptake Van Donk variable velocity zooplankton zooplankton communities zoospores