Plankton: a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality / editores: Iain M. Suthers and David Rissik

Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 249-256

Glosario: páginas 245-248

Preface.. Acknowledgements.. List of contributors.. 1 The importance of plankton.. 1.1 What are plankton - and why study them?.. Box 1.1 Red tides formed by Noctiluca.. 1.2 Water quality, nutrients and environmental Impacts.. Box 1.2 Eutrophication and the effects of excess nitrogen.. Box 1.3 Climate change.. 1.3 Management plans and sampling for a purpose.. 1.4 Coastal zone management.. 1.5 Outline of this book.. 1.6 References.. 1.7 Further reading.. 2 Plankton processes and the environment.. 2.1 Plankton ecology and the effect of size.. 2.2 Plankton food webs.. 2.3 Plankton behaviour: sinking, buoyancy and vertical migration.. 2.4 Life cycles of zooplankton.. Box 2.1 Plankton diversity.. 2.5 Freshwater habitats of plankton.. Box 2.2 Changing state of a freshwater lake.. 2.6 Estuarine and coastal habitats of plankton.. 2.7 An example of a classic salt-wedge estuary.. Box 2.3 Sampling methods in the Hopkins River Estuary.. 2.8 References.. 2.9 Further Reading.. 3 Plankton-related environmental and water-quality issues.. 3.1 Coastal water discolouration and harmful algal blooms.. Box 3.1 Invasive species from ballast water.. 3.2 Geographically persistent algal blooms in an estuary.. 3.3 Monitoring phytoplankton over the long term.. 3.4 Processes underlying blooms of freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae.. Box 3.2 Effects of eutrophication.. Box 3.3 Key nutrient: phosphorus.. Box 3.4 Key nutrient: nitrogen.. Box 3.5 Analysis of cyanobacterial toxins.. 3.5 Phytoplankton monitoring in New Zealand for toxic shellfish poisoning.. Box 3.6 Depletion of phytoplankton around New Zealand mussel farms.. 3.6 Freshwater zooplankton as integrators and indicators of water quality.. 3.7 Grazing and assimilation of phytoplankton blooms.. 3.8 Impact of reduced freshwater inflow on the plankton of southern African estuaries.. Box 3.7 How sampling was conducted in the Kasouga Estuary.. 3.9 References.. 3.10 Further reading..

4 Sampling methods for plankton.. 4.1 Introduction to sampling methods.. Box 4.1 The scientific method.. 4.2 Dealing with environmental variability.. Box 4.2 Variance, patchiness and statistical power.. Box 4.3 Where plankton variance may be expected.. 4.3 Typical sampling designs: where and when to sample.. 4.4 Measurement of water quality.. Box 4.4 Electronic determination of salinity.. 4.5 Sampling methods for phytoplankton.. 4.6 Analysis of phytoplankton samples.. Box 4.5 Extraction and quantification of chlorophyll.. 4.7 Sampling methods for zooplankton.. Box 4.6 Manufacture of a simple ring net.. Box 4.7 Safety note.. 4.8 Preparation and quantifying zooplankton (sub-sampling, S-trays, plankton wheels.. Box 4.8 Fabrication of tungsten wire probes.. Box 4.9 Occupational health and safety.. 4.9 Automated methods for zooplankton sampling: examples of size structure.. 4.10 Methods: analysis, quality control and presentation.. Box 4.10 Calculating copepods per cubic metre.. Box 4.11 Safety and care.. 4.11 References.. 4.12 Further reading.. 5 Freshwater phytoplankton: diversity and biology.. 5.1 Identifying freshwater phytoplankton.. 5.2 Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae.. Box 5.1 Cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic bacteria.. Box 5.2 Buoyancy regulation in cyanobacteria.. Box 5.3 Heterocytes and akinetes.. 5.3 Chlorophyceae (green algae.. Box 5.4 Distinctive features of Chlorophyceae (green algae.. 5.4 Bacillariophyceae (diatoms.. Box 5.5 Distinctive features of diatoms.. Box 5.6 Vegetative reproduction in diatoms.. 5.5 Pyrrhophyceae (or Dinophyceae (dinoflagellates.. Box 5.7 Distinctive features of dinoflagellates.. 5.6 Other algae.. Box 5.8 Distinctive features of euglenoids.. Box 5.9 Distinctive features of cryptomonads.. Box 5.10 Distinctive features of chrysophytes.. 5.7 Conclusions.. 5.8 References.. 5.9 Further Reading.. 6 Coastal and marine phytoplankton: diversity and ecology

6.1 Identifying marine phytoplankton.. 6.2 Diatoms (Division Bacillariophyceae.. Box 6.1 Benthic microalgae.. 6.3 Dinophyceae (dinoflagellates.. Box 6.2 The 'surf diatom': Anaulus australis.. Box 6.3 Species in the Pseudo-nitzschia genus.. Box 6.4 Dinophysis acuminata.. 6.4 Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae.. Box 6.5 Trichodesmium erythraeum.. 6.5 Other marine phytoplankton.. Box 6.6 Toxic raphidophyte blooms.. Box 6.7 Silicoflagellate blooms.. Box 6.8 A coccolithophorid bloom in NSW.. 6.6 References.. 6.7 Further reading.. 7 Freshwater zooplankton: diversity and biology.. 7.1 Identifying freshwater zooplankton.. 7.2 Larval fish.. 7.3 Copepods.. 7.4 Cladocerans.. 7.5 Rotifers.. 7.6 Protozoans.. 7.7 Specific issues in sampling and monitoring.. 7.8 Conclusions.. 7.9 References.. 7.10 Further reading.. 8 Coastal and marine zooplankton: diversity and biology.. 8.1 Identifying marine zooplankton.. 8.2 Copepods and other small and abundant animals.. Box 8.1 Three key steps to identifying copepods.. Box 8.2 The ecology and aquaculture of a dominant estuarine copepod.. 8.3 Shrimp-like crustacean zooplankton: larger eyes and limbs.. 8.4 Other large zooplankton.. Box 8.3 Ctenophore blooms.. Box 8.4 Salps, larvaceans and climate change.. 8.5 Other zooplankton: worms and snails.. 8.6 Small and irregular zooplankton (<0.2 mm.. 8.7 Jellyfish and their relatives.. Box 8.5 Jellyfish fisheries.. Box 8.6 Jellyfish blooms.. Box 8.7 Jellyfish symbioses.. Box 8.8 The bluebottle, Physalia, and its relatives.. Box 8.9 Handling jellyfish: a note on safety.. 8.8 Larval fish in estuarine and coastal waters.. Box 8.10 Larval fish condition and deformities.. Box 8.11 Developmental stages of larval fish.. 8.9 References.. 8.10 Further reading.. 9 Models and management.. 9.1 Introduction to models in management.. 9.2 Examples of trophic models.. 9.3 Managing phytoplankton blooms in a reservoir by coupled models

Box 9.1 Ben Chifley catchment and Ben Chifley reservoir.. 9.4 Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM tool.. 9.5 General comments regarding hydrodynamic and ecological modelling.. 9.6 References.. 9.7 Further reading.. Glossary of terms.. Index

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Plankton is an invaluable reference for environment managers, water authority ecologists, estuary and catchment management committees, coastal engineers, and students of invertebrate biology, environmental impact assessment and marine biology. This practical book provides a comprehensive introduction to the biology and ecology of plankton and describes its use as a tool for monitoring water quality. All the major freshwater and coastal phytoplankton and zooplankton groups are covered and their associated environmental issues are discussed. A chapter on best practice in sampling and monitoring explains how to design, implement and conduct meaningful phytoplankton and zooplankton monitoring programs in marine and freshwater habitats, as well as how to analyse and interpret the results for effective management decision-making. Real-life case studies demonstrate the use of plankton for identifying and monitoring water quality issues. eng

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