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An ideal ecosystem and several problems of our time / Yury Kamenir, Marine Ecology Lab., Bar Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan, Israel. - 1 online resource. - Environmental research advances .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Our world is changing -- Living matter -- Living vortex -- Ideal minimal ecosystem -- Modeling and minimal building blocks -- Allometry and metabolic surface -- Size spectra and total surface area of living matter of the ocean -- A comparison of eight aquatic ecosystems -- Size structure stability of phytoplankton assemblage in a subtropical lake -- The long-term patterns of phytoplankton taxonomic size-structure -- Comparison of taxonomic size-structure of several aquatic ecosystems -- Consistency of taxonomic size-structure of major phytoplankton phyla -- A multisided analysis of living matter -- High orderliness of phytoplankton taxonomic structure -- A 20thcentury interpretation -- Res publica biosphere.

ISBN: 9781634844796 (eBook) 1634844793 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2016011131

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biotic communities--Mathematical models.
Biological models.
Water Resources
Models, Biological
Modèles biologiques.
NATURE--Ecology.
NATURE--Ecosystems & Habitats--Wilderness.
SCIENCE--Environmental Science.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Ecology.
Biotic communities--Mathematical models.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QH541.15.M3

Dewey Class. No.: 577.8/2