Introduction. Physical Environment: The Envelope, Its Physical Parameters and Energy State. Substrate. Water Composition. Input of Solar Energy. Input of Organic Energy. Biochemical Environment: Metabolism. Organisms and Gas Exchange. The Primary Nutrients--Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Silica. Biomineralization & Calcification. Control of the Biochemical Environment. Biological Structure: Community Structure. Trophic Structure. Primary Producers. Herbivores. Carnivores. Plankton and Planktivores. Detritus and Detritivores. Symbionts and Other Feeders. Ecological Systems in Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria: Models of Coral Reef Ecosystems. A Subarctic Shore, Maine. Estuaries, Chesapeake, and Everglades. Freshwater. The Environment and Ecological Engineering: The Culturing of Ecosystems for the Aquarium Hobby. The Control of Human Wastewaters. Summary.
Key Features
* Incorporates new information regarding simulated ecosystem
function
* Includes new photographs and two new chapters on suspended
particulates (inorganic and organic) and biomineralization
* Demonstrates the status of the science today and points out where
newly developed techniques have worked and where they need
improvement
* Brings up to date the relationship between biological and
ecological theory and practice and the expanding concepts of living
model development
* Demonstrates the potential and requirements needed to provide
laboratory ecosystems with hands on ecological instruction
* Contains an inexhaustible source of organisms and their chemical
products
* Points the way to affordable, large scale techniques to achieve
exceptional waste water purities for a wide variety of domestic and
industrial needs
* Provides a guide to the culture and display of organisms in their
rightful milieu, the ecosystem
Walter Adey received his B.S. in Geophysics from MIT, performed graduate studies at MIT and Harvard in Paleontology and Biology, and obtained his Ph.D. in Marine Botany and Geology from the University of Michigan. Since 1977, he has been the Director of the Marine Systems Laboratory at the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Adey is an associate editor for Restoration Ecology and The Journal of Ecological Engineering. He has authored numerous publications, and has developed several exhibits and operational mesocosm systems. Karen Loveland is a multi-international award-winning documentary film maker who has produced and directed films for the Smithsonian Institution for over 30 years. In her present position as Deputy Director for Smithsonian Productions, she assists in the management and programming for Smithsonian media activities as well as overseas production and co-production using a wide variety of electronic technologies and formats. She founded the Smithsonians Motion Picture Unit in 1969. She has been the recipient of more than 70 prestigious national and international awards and honors.
Praise for the First Edition "Adey and Loveland target their book towards scientists and those interested in aquaria for their own sake. The latter group will find in this book a delightful description of the basic biological and ecological principles which function in their own systems. To their credit, the authors present mainstream ecological research (both aquatic and terrestrial) alongside the practical issues of aquaria construction and maintenance. Rarely have I ever seen real ecology made so accessible to the layperson. Adey and Loveland have succeeded in conveying a myriad of exceedingly complex issues to the uninitiated. This book successfully presents the essential biological, ecological, and physico-chemical aspects of ecological systems in an accessible fashion." --ECOLOGY "Dynamic Aquaria is a beautifully presented and attractive book which is a mine of useful and practical information for anyone wanting to set up aquaria on virtually any scale. Where the book succeeds most effectively is in its practical sections...this is ultimately a likable and useful book, and one which contains indispensable source material for building aquaria. Community ecologists who want to make mesocosms work will find the appropriate sections excellent starter material." --JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY "This book is crammed with useful information about all aspects of the aquatic sciences and would make a worthwhile addition to every home aquarists's library..." @source-FRESHWATER AND MARINE AQUARIUM
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