Ecology of protozoa: The Biology Of Free-Living Phagotrophic Protists (Brock/Springer Series In Contemporary Bioscience): The Biology of Free-living Phagotropic Protists - Brossura

Fenchel, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0910239061 ISBN 13: 9780910239066

Casa editrice: Science Tech Publishers, 1986

Riassunto

This book is written for ecologists and protozoologists. Ecologists who study environments and biotic communities in which protozoa are im- ponant should find this book especially useful. During the last decade it has become clear that protozoa play important roles in natural eco- systems, but few ecologists have a feeling for the functional properties and the diversity of these organisms. Protozoa pose or exemplify many general problems of population and community ecology, and of evo- lutionary biology. In most respects the general ecological propenies of protozoa are not fundamentally different from those of larger organisms; yet, due to their small size, short generation times, and ubiquitous oc- currence they often present ecological phenomena in a new and dif- ferent light. To this should be added that protozoa are well-suited for experimental work. Despite these advantages, the study of protozoa has played a relatively modest role in the development of ecology and ev- olutionary biology, primarily, I believe, because most ecologists are unfamiliar with these organisms. I hope this book will attract more attention to these favorable characteristics of protozoa. I also hope that this book may make protozoologists aware of new aspects of their pet organisms. For a long time (that is, until the fun- damental distinction between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells was rec- ognized) protozoa were believed to represent the simplest form of life. They were therefore extensively used for the experimental study of basic questions of cell biology.

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Contenuti:

1 What is a Protozoan?.- 2 Ecological Physiology: Motility.- 3 Ecological Physiology: Feeding.- 4 Ecological Physiology: Bioenergetics.- 5 Ecological Physiology: Other Aspects.- 6 Symbiosis.- 7 The Niches of Protozoa.- 8 Protozoan Communities: Marine Habitats.- 9 Protozoan Communities: Freshwater Habitats.- 10 Protozoan Communities: Terrestrial Habitats.- 11 Symbiotic Protozoa.- 12 Concluding Remarks.- References.

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• Editore: Science Tech Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0910239061
• ISBN 13: 9780910239066
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208