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Benthic Suspension Feeders and Flow

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Benthic Suspension Feeders and Flow

Benthic Suspension Feeders and Flow

Authors:
David Wildish
David Kristmanson, University of New Brunswick
Published:
August 1997
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Hardback
ISBN:
9780521445238

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    This 1997 book is about those animals found on the sea floor that live by filtering microscopic particles carried to them by water currents. Its purpose is to review what is known about the biology of suspension feeders in relation to their flow environment. The book includes the larval biology, physiology, ethology and ecology of suspension feeders interacting with water flow. It will be of value to marine scientists beginning research in the interdisciplinary field of hydrodynamics and benthic biology, and it is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of this synthesis from the biological viewpoint.

    • A comprehensive overview of the hydrodynamics and biology of marine benthic suspension feeders
    • Describes currently used hydrodynamic methods for studying larval biology, physiology, ethology and ecology of benthic suspension feeders
    • Emphasizes unanswered questions about marine benthic suspension feeders - of value to marine biology and benthic ecology research scientists

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    "...the book is well written and produced. It might be a center piece text for a course or journal club seminar...certainly a must read for all ecologists studying organisms in shallow flowing coastal ecosystems...an asset to any library collection." Richard F. Dame, Estuaries

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    August 1997
    Hardback
    9780521445238
    424 pages
    236 × 160 × 26 mm
    0.73kg
    84 b/w illus. 65 tables
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Acknowledgments
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Methods of study
    • 3. Dispersal and settlement
    • 4. Flow and the physiology of filtration
    • 5. Mechanisms of seston capture
    • 6. Behavioral responses to flow
    • 7. Benthic populations and flow
    • 8. Ecosystems and flow
    • 9. Future directions
    • Glossary
    • Index.
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    • David Wildish
    • David Kristmanson , University of New Brunswick
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