The Wonders of Marine Plankton
Marine plankton, despite their tiny size, are crucial for the functioning of marine food webs. It is not just about one organism eating another; when this happens, it helps release the nutrients accumulated within living matter, making them available again for microalgae. Plankton are present in fre...
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| الطبعة: | 1st ed. 2024. |
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50766-3 |
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جدول المحتويات:
- Chapter 1: A Teaspoon of Seawater: A Tiny Ecosystem
- Chapter 2: The Marine Biological Pump
- Chapter 3: The Four Seasons of Plankton
- Chapter 4: The Rhythms of Plankton
- Chapter 5: Plankton, Mussels with French Fries, and Diarrhea
- Chapter 6: Are there carnivorous plants in the sea?
- Chapter 7: The Most Formidable Predators of the Ocean: The Protists
- Chapter 8: Copepods: Good Things Come in Small Packages
- Chapter 9: Water Fleas, Matriarchy, and a Parasite Named Like a German Sausage
- Chapter 10: Gelatinous Plankton: Itchy Jellyfish, Appendicularians with Luxury Chalets, Filter Barrels, and other Extraordinary Creatures
- Chapter 11: Holoplankton and Meroplankton: two Peculiar Terms for Common Creatures
- Chapter 12: Feeding Mechanisms in Zooplankton
- Chapter 13: Evading Predators: The Clever Tactics of Plankton Survival
- Chapter 14: Bioluminescent Plankton
- Chapter 15: Global Warming and Plankton
- Chapter 16: Plankton Adaptations to Extreme Environments
- Chapter 17: The Fragility of Plankton
- Chapter 18: From Land and Sea
- Chapter 19: Plastic: you Are Plankton and to Plankton you Shall Return
- Chapter 20: Why are there no insects in the sea?
- Chapter 21: Harnessing the Power of Plankton: A Revolutionary Approach to Industry
- Chapter 22: Sampling plankton
- Chapter 23: Myths and Legends of Modern Research: Experimenting with Zooplankton
- Chapter 24: A Brief History of Plankton Discovery.