1. In some shallow lakes, Daphnia and other important pelagic consumers of phytoplankton
undergo diel horizontal migration (DHM) into macrophytes or other structures in the littoral …

While studies of phytoplankton and terrestrial plant communities have increasingly
emphasised the use of functional traits in ecological research, few have yet to apply this …

Communities of microscopic plant life, or phytoplankton, dominate the Earth's aquatic
ecosystems. This important new book by Colin Reynolds covers the adaptations, physiology …

Interest in the dynamics of biological populations is quite old, its roots being traceable to the
dawn of civilization. Many illustrious names are associated with early mathematical theories …

Laboratory studies on cyanobacteria‐zooplankton interactions have largely focused on the
inadequacy of cyanobacteria as a food source. Some features of cyanobacteria can be …

Laboratory experiments with flavored and untreated polystyrene spheres revealed major
differences in taste discrimination among diverse taxa of freshwater zooplankton. Copepods …

Abstract “[F] or most of the past 50 My, Caribbean seagrass communities have had to
withstand heavy, sustained grazing pressure from several sympatric lineages of large …

Population regulation of organisms is frequently viewed as being either by predation (" top-
down" regulation) or by resource productivity (" bottom-up" regulation). However, these two …

Ecological Experiments stresses the importance of manipulative field experimentation in
ecology as being superior to the observational method. The book begins with a series of …

Evidence suggests that marine and freshwater zooplankton generally experience food
levels above subsistence values in terms of carbon. However, the quality of this food may be …