Freshwater Phytoplankton Ecology: The British Contribution in Retrospect

The ecology of the freshwater phytoplankton — communities of freely-dispersed, plant-functioning microbes — has attracted attention in Britain for over 100 years. Here an outline history is given, with reference to persons and places, types of water-body involved, and the approaches adopted. The las...

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Published inFreshwater reviews Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20
Main Author Talling, J.F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Freshwater Biological Association 01.01.2012
Subjects
environmental factors
freshwater
limnology
microorganisms
nutrition
people
photosynthesis
phytoplankton
United Kingdom
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Summary:The ecology of the freshwater phytoplankton — communities of freely-dispersed, plant-functioning microbes — has attracted attention in Britain for over 100 years. Here an outline history is given, with reference to persons and places, types of water-body involved, and the approaches adopted. The last include taxonomic resolution and composition with range of morphotypes; physiology of growth, photosynthesis and nutrition in relation to environmental variables; population sampling, dynamics and controlling factors; experimental mesocosms; and synecological aspects of communities. Reductionist and autecological approaches have been accompanied by more abstract generalisation, including phytoplankton viewed as a model community.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1608%2FFRJ-5.1.453
ISSN:1755-084X
DOI:10.1608/FRJ-5.1.453