Modelling community structure in freshwater ecosystems

S. Lek (Editor), M. Scardi (Editor), P.F.M. Verdonschot (Editor), J.P. Descy (Editor), Y.S. Park (Editor)

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Abstract

The book presents approaches and methodologies for predicting the structure and diversity of key aquatic communities (namely diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish), under natural conditions and under man-made disturbance. Such an approach will make it possible to: 1) set up procedures for robust and sensitive ecosystem evaluation, based on the prediction of the expected community structure; 2) model community structure in disturbed ecosystems, taking into account all the relevant ecological variables; 3) test ecosystem sensitivity to natural and anthropic disturbance; and 4) explore specific actions to be taken for the restoration of ecosystem integrity.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBerlin (Germany) [etc.]
PublisherSpringer
Number of pages518
ISBN (Print)9783540239406
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • aquatic communities
  • freshwater ecology
  • aquatic organisms
  • benthos
  • bacillariophyta
  • fish
  • population dynamics
  • mathematical models
  • aquatic ecosystems
  • population biology

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    Eurolimpacs (KB-01-002-002)

    Verdonschot, P.

    1/01/08 → 31/12/09

    Project: EZproject

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    Lek, S., Scardi, M., Verdonschot, P. F. M., Descy, J. P., & Park, Y. S. (Eds.) (2005). Modelling community structure in freshwater ecosystems. Springer.