Body size: The structure and function of aquatic ecosystems
Hildrew, A.G.; Raffaelli, D.G.; Edmonds-Brown, R. (Ed.) (2007). Body size: The structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-521-67967-1. xi, 343 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511611223
Part of: Ecological reviews. Tohoku Daigaku Hokkadasan Shokubutsu Jikkenjo, c/o Tohoku Daigaku Kigakubu Seibutsugaku Kyoshitsu: Sendai. ISSN 0371-0548, more
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- Hildrew, A.G., editor
- Raffaelli, D.G., editor, more
- Edmonds-Brown, R., editor
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- Brown, J.H.; Allen, A.P.; Gillooly, J.F. (2007). The metabolic theory of ecology and the role of body size in marine and freshwater ecosystems, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 1-15, more
- Humphries, S. (2007). Body size and suspension feeding, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 16-32, more
- Atkinson, D.; Hirst, A.G. (2007). Life histories and body size, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 33-54, more
- Huryn, A.D.; Benke, A.C. (2007). Relationship between biomass turnover and body size for stream communities, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 54-76, more
- Townsend, C.R.; Thompson, R.M. (2007). Body size in streams: macroinvertebrate community size composition along natural and human-induced environmental gradients, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 77-97, more
- Schmid, P.E.; Schmid-Araya, J.M. (2007). Body-size and scale-invariance: multifractals in invertebrate communities, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 140-166, more
- Finlay, B.J.; Esteban, G.F. (2007). Body size and biogeography, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 167-185, more
- Rundle, S.D.; Bilton, D.T.; Fogo, A. (2007). By wind, wings or water: body size, dispersal and range size in aquatic invertebrates, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 186-209, more
- Warwick, R.M. (2007). Body size and diversity in marine systems, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 210-224, more
- Persson, L.; de Roos, A.M. (2007). Interplay between individual growth and population feed backs shapes body size distributions, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 223-244, more
- Petchey, O.L.; Long, Z.T.; Morin, P.J. (2007). The consequences of body-size in model microbial ecosystems, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 245-265, more
- Jennings, S.; Reynolds, J.D. (2007). Body size, exploitation and conservation of marine organisms, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 266-285, more
- Hall Jr., R.O.; Koch, B.J.; Marshall, M.C.; Taylor, B.W.; Lusha, M.T. (2007). How body size mediates the role of animals in nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 286-305, more
- Cohen, J.E. (2007). Body sizes in food chains of animal predators and parasites, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 306-325, more
- Hildrew, A.G.; Raffaelli, D.G.; Edmonds-Brown, R. (2007). Body size in aquatic ecology: important, but not the whole story, in: Hildrew, A.G. et al. (Ed.) Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Ecological reviews, : pp. 326-334, more
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| Abstract |
Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and diversity of organisms. The wide range of body sizes in ecological communities, from tiny microbes to large animals and plants, is emerging as the key to prediction. Based on the relationship between body size and features such as biological rates, the physics of water and the amount of habitat available, we may be able to understand patterns of abundance and diversity, biogeography, interactions in food webs and the impact of fishing, adding up to a potential 'periodic table' for ecology. Remarkable progress on the unravelling, describing and modelling of aquatic food webs, revealing the fundamental role of body size, makes a book emphasising marine and freshwater ecosystems particularly apt. In this 2007 book, the importance of body size is examined at a range of scales that will be of interest to professional ecologists, from students to senior researchers. |
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