Dormancy in Aquatic Organisms. Theory, Human Use and Modeling
Lieferzeit: 7-14 Werktage
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Beschreibung
PART I: Strategies and mechanisms of diapause in aquatic invertebrates.- 1. Professor Oscar Ravera: long life in science.- 2. Introduction to dormancy in aquatic invertebrates: mechanism of induction and termination, hormonal and molecular-genetic basis.- 3. Dormancy in freshwater tardigrades.- 4. Fish: diapause, dormancy, aestivation, and delay in gonad development.- 5. Cysts and resting eggs from marine zooplankton. Dimension of the phenomenon, physiology of rest, ecological and biogeographic implications.- PART II: The role of diapause in science and human uses.- 6. Studying on dormancy in space conditions.- 7. Resistance of dormant eggs of cladocera to anthropogenic pollutants.- 8. Mechanisms facilitating dispersal of dormant eggs in a planktonic crustacean.- 9. Seasonal diphenism in daphnia from temperate environments: Organismal traits and molecular regulation.- 10. The role of chemical interactions in embryonic diapause induction in zooplankton.- 11. Aquatic invertebrate dormancy and medicine.- PART III: Dormancy, biological information and modelling.- 12. Biological information and dormancy in aquatic population modeling.- 13. Biological information, dormancy and individual based modeling of daphnia population dynamics.- 14. The role of biotic and abiotic interactions in summer diapause in cyclopoids: Conceptual model and field validation in southern Quebec boreal lakes.- 15. The model of dynamics of population number of the plankton.- 16. Use of simulation to analyze parasite impacts on Volga delta Brachionus calyciflorus pallas rotifer dynamics: Abundance, reproduction and transition to diapause.
Eigenschaften
Breite: | 156 |
Gewicht: | 535 g |
Höhe: | 20 |
Länge: | 234 |
Seiten: | 274 |
Sprachen: | Englisch |
Autor: | Bernadette Pinel-Alloul, Victor R. Alekseev |