By J.E. Petersen, W.M. Kemp, V.S. Kennedy (auth.), John E. Petersen, Victor S. Kennedy, William C. Dennison, W. Michael Kemp (eds.)
ISBN-10: 0387767665
ISBN-13: 9780387767666
ISBN-10: 0387767681
ISBN-13: 9780387767680
The environmental demanding situations now dealing with humanity, starting from weather switch to urbanization to invasive species to agricultural and commercial toxins are rather acute within the coastal sector. examine during this quarter and in different aquatic ecosystems is advanced via interactions that ensue over wide scales of time, area, and ecological complexity. Enclosed experimental ecosystems (mesocosms and microcosms) became severe learn instruments simply because they supply a level of regulate now not conceivable via box experiments. but up to now, concepts for systematically extrapolating effects from small-scale experimental ecosystems to greater, extra open, extra biodiverse, and extra heterogeneous ecosystems in nature haven't been good constructed. This publication is designed to supply scientists, source managers and scholars with a complete and functional consultant and reference for bettering the layout and interpretation of study performed in experimental ecosystems.
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A quantitative review of the scaling attributes of 360 studies conducted in aquatic mesocosms found that only 43% of published papers provided complete physical dimensions (width, depth, volume, Figure 25: A row of 1 m3 indoor pelagic-benthic tanks, Multiscale Experimental Ecosystem Research Center (left); An outdoor mesocosm in the Patuxent River, Maryland (right). duration) of the experimental systems (Table 4) (Petersen et al. 1999). This lack of information about experimental scale makes it exceedingly challenging to apply research findings to nature.
Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems by J.E. Petersen, W.M. Kemp, V.S. Kennedy (auth.), John E. Petersen, Victor S. Kennedy, William C. Dennison, W. Michael Kemp (eds.)
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