Keywords:
Scaling laws (Statistical physics).
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This compendium --the first comprehensive compilation of scaling methods used in marine and freshwater ecology applications--explores topics related to the response or behavior of organisms to processes occurring over multiple spatial and temporal scales. These include novel techniques for data collection, recently developed concepts, new data analysis algorithms, and innovative simulation approaches. Many of the algorithms and models provided can be directly applied to readers' own experimental data. Handbook of Scaling Methods in Aquatic Ecology helps foster a unified understanding of the subject matter among the modeling, experimental, and field research communities.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (622 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203489550
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=2010300
DDC:
577.6/072
Language:
English
Note:
Front cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Contents -- Section I: Measurements -- Chapter 1. Comparison of Biological Scale Resolution from CTD and Microstructure Measurements -- Chapter 2. Measurement of Zooplankton Distributions with a High-Resolution Digital Camera System -- Chapter 3. Planktonic Layers: Physical and Biological Interactions on the Small Scale -- Chapter 4. Scales of Biological-Physical Coupling in the Equaorial Pacific -- Chapter 5. Acoustic Remote Sensing of Photosynthetic Activity in Seagrass Beds -- Chapter 6. Multiscale in Situ Measurements of Intertidal Benthic Production and Respiration -- Chapter 7. Spatially Extensive, High Resolution Images of Rocky Shore Communities -- Chapter 8. Food Web Dynamics in Stable Isotope Ecology: Time Intergration of Different Trophic Levels -- Chapter 9. Synchrotron-Based Infrared Imaging of Euglena gracilis Single Cells -- Chapter 10. Signaling during Mating in the Pelagic Copepod Temora longicornis -- Chapter 11. Experimental Validation of Individual-Based Model for Zooplankton Swarming -- Section II: Analysis -- Chapter 12. On Skipjack Tuna Dynamics: Similatiry at Several Scales -- Chapter 13. The Temporal Scaling of Environmental Variability in Rivers and Lakes -- Chapter 14. Biogeochemical Variability at the Sea Surface: How It Is Linked to Process Response Times -- Chapter 15. Challenges in the Analysis and Simulation of Benthic Community Patterns -- Chapter 16. Fractal Dimension Estimation in Studies of Epiphytal and Epilithic Communities: Strengths and Weaknesses -- Chapter 17. Rank-Size Analysis and Vertical Phytoplankton Distribution Patterns -- Chapter 18. An Introduction to Wavelets -- Chapter 19. Fractal Characterization of Local Hydrographic and Biological Scales of Patchiness on Georges Bank.
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Chapter 20. Orientation of Sea Fans Perpendicular to the Flow -- Chapter 21. Why Are Large, Delicate, Gelatinous Organisms So Successfuul in the Ocean's Interior? -- Chapter 22. Quantifying Zooplankton Swimming Behavior: The Question of Scale -- Chapter 23. Identification of Interactions in Copepod Populations Using a Qualitative Study of Stage-Structured Population Models -- Section III: Simulation -- Chapter 24. The Importance of Spatial Scale in the Modeling of Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 25. Patterns in Models of Plankton Dynamics in a Heterogeneous Environment -- Chapter 26. Seeing the Forest for the Trees, and Vice Versa: Pattern-Oriented Ecological Modeling -- Chapter 27. Spatial Dynamics of a Benthic Community: Applying Multiple Models to a Single System -- Chapter 28. The Effects of Langmuir Circulation on Buoyant Particles -- Chapter 29. Modeling of Turbulent Intermittency: Multifractal Stochastic Processes and Their Simulation -- Chapter 30. An Application of the Lognormal Theory to Moderate Reynolds Number Turbulent Structures -- Chapter 31. Numerical Simulation of the Flow Field at the Scale Size of an Individual Copepod -- Chapter 32. Can Turbulence Reduce the Energy Costs of Hovering for Planktonic Organisms? -- Chapter 33. Utilizing Different Levels of Adaptation in Individual-Based Modeling -- Chapter 34. Using Multiagent Systems to Develop Individual-Based Models for Copepods: Consequences of Individual Behavior and Spatial Heterogeneity on the Emerging Properties at the Population Scale -- Chapter 35. Modeling Planktonic Behavior as a Complex Adaptive System -- Chapter 36. Discrete Events-Based Lagrangian Approach as a Tool for Modeling Predator-Prey Interactions in the Plankton -- Index -- Back cover.
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