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Dynamic Aquaria

Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere

  • 4th Edition - March 11, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Walter H. Adey
  • Language: English

Dynamic Aquaria: Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere, Fourth Edition demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biolog… Read more

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Description

Dynamic Aquaria: Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere, Fourth Edition demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biological, physiological research, and ecosystem restoration produce answers to very complex ecological questions. The book describes unique characteristics of water that have allowed carbon chemistry to flourish and evolve life over 4 billion years, along with current disruptions such as global warming, overfishing, and chemical pollution. New content in this edition includes the use of LED lighting, DNA sequencing in microcosm construction and analysis, and the expansion of the bioengineered tool Algal Turf Scrubbing (ATS) to combat global pollution problems.

The book also features new information on marine calcification, research microcosms, thermogeography, and methods of water movement for minimizing plankton loss. It supports a deeper biological and ecological intelligence among the human population to better understand the processes behind environmental issues.

Key features

  • Offers the basic physical and chemical background necessary for understanding aquatic and marine ecosystems
  • Expands available electro-mechanical tools for developing living system models
  • Features new information on the biomimicry water control system, Algal Turf Scrubbing (ATS)
  • Evidences how ecosystem modeling can contribute to the understanding of climate change

Readership

Practitioners and students in marine biology aquatic science; animal scientists; conservation researchers and practitioners; aquaculturalists

Table of contents

1. Introduction

Part I: Physical Environment

2. Physical Parameters and Energy State

3. Substrate - Controlling the Benthic Component

4. Water Composition - Management of Salinity, Hardness, and Evaporation

5. The Input of Solar Energy - Lighting and New Possibilities

6. The Input of Organic Energy - Particulates and Feeding

Part II: Biochemical Environment

7. Metabolism – Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Biological Loading

8. Organisms and Gas Exchange – Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, pH, and Alkalinity

9. Primary Nutrients – Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Silica

10. Biomineralization and Calcification – A Key to Biosphere and Ecosystem Function

11. Control of the Biochemical Environment – 3D Potential for Algal Turf Scrubbing

Part III: Biological Structure

12. Community Structure - Biodiversity in Model Ecosystems

13. Thermogeography - The Distribution of Organisms Along Coasts

14. Trophic Structure - Ecosystems and Dynamics of Food Chains

15. Primary Producers - Bottom-Growing Plants

16. Herbivores

17. Carnivores

18. Plankton and Planktivores

19. Detritus and Detritivores

20. Symbionts and Other Feeders

Part IV: Ecological Systems in Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria

21. Models of Coral Reef Ecosystems

22. Subarctic/Boreal Microcosm - Applications of New Research

23. Estuaries - Ecosystem Modelling and Restoration

24. Freshwater Ecosystem Models

25. Research Systems in Microcosms

Part V: The Environment and Ecological Engineering

26. Organisms and Natural Products

27. Large Scale Water Quality Management with Solar Energy Capture

Part VI: Synthesis

28. Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Macrocosms – Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 11, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Walter H. Adey

Dr. Walter Adey is an Emeritus Research Scientist and Curator for the National Museum of National History at the Smithsonian Institute. He 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.
Affiliations and expertise
Smithsonian Institute

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