Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities (Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-x Toward a Darwinian Ecology of Plankton....Pages 1-8 Physical Determinants of Phytoplankton Succession....Pages 9-56 The Role of Competition for Resources in Phytoplankton Succession....Pages 57-106 The Role of Grazers in Phytoplankton Succession....Pages 107-170 The Role of Fungal Parasites in Phytoplankton Succession....Pages 171-194 The Role of Competition in Zooplankton Succession....Pages 195-252 The Role of Predation in Zooplankton Succession....Pages 253-296 Toward an Autecology of Bacterioplankton....Pages 297-336 The Role of Grazing on Bacteria in Plankton Succession....Pages 337-364 Back Matter....Pages 365-369