Periphyton - Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation (Hardcover)

Periphyton: Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation presents a systematic overview of a wide variety of periphyton functions and applications in environmental remediation, providing readers with an understanding of the biological/ecological features of periphyton, the methodology of their study, and their application in environmental conservation. With increases in environmental stress, anthropogenic impacts, and the global decline in biodiversity, there is a pressing need for methods to assess and improve environmental quality that are rapid, reliable, and cost-effective. Periphyton is an important component of benthic communities and plays a crucial role in the functioning of microbial food webs. Because of a number of advantages, such as a short lifecycle, relative immobility, more rapid responses to environmental stress and anthropogenic impact than any metazoa, ease of sampling, availability of taxonomic/molecular identification, and standardized methodologies for temporal/spatial comparisons, there has, in recent decades, been an increased interest in periphyton as a tool in biological conservation in aquatic ecosystems.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2016
Authors:	Yonghong Wu
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	434
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-801077-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	0-12-801077-0
Barcode:	9780128010778

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