Plankton : a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality / editors, Iain M. Suthers and David Rissik.
Language: English Publisher: Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Pub. 2009Description: xvi, 256 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) 24 cmISBN:- 9780643090583
- 577.76 23/swe
- Ue.084
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Plankton serves as a wonderful tool for measuring water quality. Many local councils and water quality managers collect phytoplankton and zooplankton in response to the increasing incidence of algal (phytoplankton) blooms in rivers and estuaries; however, a lack of consistency and scientific rigor in the methodologies used often results in unresolved outcomes. While some guidelines have been developed for the collection and monitoring of freshwater algae (Algal Watch), there are differences between the methods and protocols used to sample estuaries and freshwater systems as well as those used to sample zooplankton.
This practical book gives an introduction to the biology and ecology of plankton and its use as a tool for monitoring water quality. It explores the ecology of plankton, its associated environmental and water quality issues, and its importance as an environmental indicator. A chapter on best practice in sampling and monitoring details how to design, implement and conduct meaningful phytoplankton and zooplankton monitoring programs in marine and freshwater habitats. It gives overviews of the major freshwater and coastal phytoplankton and zooplankton groups and outlines their associated environmental issues and the management implications. A select number of real-life case studies demonstrate the use of plankton for identifying and monitoring water quality issues.
This useful resource: explains the role of plankton in aquatic ecosystems and its usefulness as a water quality indicator; updates and details best practice in methodology for plankton sampling and monitoring programs; demonstrates how to analyze and interpret the results of sampling programs in terms of management strategies; and brings together widely-scattered information on freshwater and coastal phytoplankton and zooplankton and provides a list of up-to-date references.
Of interest to environment managers; water authority ecologists/managers; scientists and others in government agencies charged with managing water quality in inland and coastal waterways; estuary and catchment management committees; coastal engineers and environmental consulting companies; aquaculturists; marine ecologists; professors and undergraduate students of invertebrate biology, environmental impact assessment and marine biology.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. xi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- List of contributors (p. xv)
- 1 The importance of plankton (p. 1)
- 1.1 What are plankton - and why study them? (p. 2)
- Box 1.1 Red tides formed by Noctiluca (p. 3)
- 1.2 Water quality, nutrients and environmental impacts (p. 4)
- Box 1.2 Eutrophication and the effects of excess nitrogen (p. 5)
- Box 1.3 Climate change (p. 6)
- 1.3 Management plans and sampling for a purpose (p. 7)
- 1.4 Coastal zone management (p. 10)
- 1.5 Outline of this book (p. 12)
- 1.6 References (p. 13)
- 1.7 Further reading (p. 13)
- 2 Plankton processes and the environment (p. 15)
- 2.1 Plankton ecology and the effect of size (p. 15)
- 2.2 Plankton food webs (p. 18)
- 2.3 Plankton behaviour: sinking, buoyancy and vertical migration (p. 21)
- 2.4 Life cycles of zooplankton (p. 23)
- Box 2.1 Plankton diversity (p. 25)
- 2.5 Freshwater habitats of plankton (p. 25)
- Box 2.2 Changing state of a freshwater lake (p. 28)
- 2.6 Estuarine and coastal habitats of plankton (p. 28)
- 2.7 An example of a classic salt-wedge estuary (p. 34)
- Box 2.3 Sampling methods in the Hopkins River Estuary (p. 35)
- 2.8 References (p. 36)
- 2.9 Further reading (p. 38)
- 3 Plankton-related environmental and water-quality issues (p. 39)
- 3.1 Coastal water discolouration and harmful algal blooms (p. 39)
- Box 3.1 Invasive species from ballast water (p. 42)
- 3.2 Geographically persistent algal blooms in an estuary (p. 43)
- 3.3 Monitoring phytoplankton over the long term (p. 45)
- 3.4 Processes underlying blooms of freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) (p. 47)
- Box 3.2 Effects of eutrophication (p. 48)
- Box 3.3 Key nutrient: phosphorus (p. 49)
- Box 3.4 Key nutrient: nitrogen (p. 50)
- Box 3.5 Analysis of cyanobacterial toxins (p. 53)
- 3.5 Phytoplankton monitoring in New Zealand for toxic shellfish poisoning (p. 54)
- Box 3.6 Depletion of phytoplankton around New Zealand mussel farms (p. 55)
- 3.6 Freshwater zooplankton as integrators and indicators of water quality (p. 57)
- 3.7 Crazing and assimilation of phytoplankton blooms (p. 61)
- 3.8 Impact of reduced freshwater inflow on the plankton of southern African estuaries (p. 65)
- Box 3.7 How sampling was conducted in the Kasouga Estuary (p. 66)
- 3.9 References (p. 69)
- 3.10 Further reading (p. 72)
- 4 Sampling methods for plankton (p. 73)
- 4.1 Introduction to sampling methods (p. 73)
- Box 4.1 The scientific method (p. 74)
- 4.2 Dealing with environmental variability (p. 75)
- Box 4.2 Variance, patchiness and statistical power (p. 77)
- Box 4.3 Where plankton variance may be expected (p. 79)
- 4.3 Typical sampling designs: where and when to sample (p. 80)
- 4.4 Measurement of water quality (p. 81)
- Box 4.4 Electronic determination of salinity (p. 82)
- 4.5 Sampling methods for phytoplankton (p. 85)
- 4.6 Analysis of phytoplankton samples (p. 87)
- Box 4.5 Extraction and quantification of chlorophyll (p. 88)
- 4.7 Sampling methods for zooplankton (p. 91)
- Box 4.6 (p. 96)
- Box 4.7 (p. 98)
- 4.8 Preparation and quantifying zooplankton (sub-sampling, S-trays, plankton wheels) (p. 99)
- Box 4.8 Fabrication of tungsten wire probes (p. 106)
- Box 4.9 Occupational health and safety (p. 107)
- 4.9 Automated methods for zooplankton sampling: examples of size structure (p. 108)
- 4.10 Methods: analysis, quality control and presentation (p. 110)
- Box 4.10 Calculating copepods per cubic metre (p. 111)
- Box 4.11 Safety and care (p. 112)
- 4.11 References (p. 113)
- 4.12 Further reading (p. 114)
- 5 Freshwater phytoplankton: diversity and biology (p. 115)
- 5.1 Identifying freshwater phytoplankton (p. 115)
- 5.2 Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) (p. 116)
- Box 5.1 Cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic bacteria (p. 117)
- Box 5.2 Buoyancy regulation in cyanobacteria (p. 117)
- Box 5.3 Heterocytes and akinetes (p. 118)
- 5.3 Chlorophyceae (green algae) (p. 120)
- Box 5.4 Distinctive features of Chlorophyceae (green algae) (p. 121)
- 5.4 Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) (p. 122)
- Box 5.5 Distinctive features of diatoms (p. 123)
- Box 5.6 Vegetative reproduction in diatoms (p. 123)
- 5.5 Pyrrhophyceae (or Dinophyceae) (dinoflagellates (p. 124)
- Box 5.7 Distinctive features of dinoflagellates (p. 125)
- 5.6 Other algafe (p. 126)
- Box 5.8 Distinctive features of euglenoids (p. 127)
- Box 5.9 Distinctive features of cryptomonads (p. 128)
- Box 5.10 Distinctive features of chrysophytes (p. 128)
- 5.7 Conclusions (p. 137)
- 5.8 References (p. 137)
- 5.9 Further reading (p. 139)
- 6 Coastal and marine phytoplankton: diversity and ecology (p. 141)
- 6.1 Identifying marine phytoplankton (p. 141)
- 6.2 Diatoms (Division Bacillariophyceae) (p. 145)
- Box 6.1 Benthic microalgae (p. 146)
- 6.3 Dinophyeeae (dinoflagellates) (p. 146)
- Box 6.2 The 'surf diatom': Anaulus australis (p. 147)
- Box 6.3 Species in the Pseudo-nitzschia genus (p. 148)
- Box 6.4 Dinophysis acuminata (p. 750)
- 6.4 Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) (p. 150)
- Box 6.5 Trichodesmium erythraeum (p. 152)
- 6.5 Other marine phytoplankton (p. 152)
- Box 6.6 Toxic raphidophyte blooms (p. 753)
- Box 6.7 Silicoflagellate blooms (p. 153)
- Box 6.8 A coccolithophorid bloom in NSW (p. 154)
- 6.6 References (p. 155)
- 6.7 Further reading (p. 155)
- 7 Freshwater zooplankton: diversity and biology (p. 157)
- 7.1 Identifying freshwater zooplankton (p. 157)
- 7.2 Larval fish (p. 158)
- 7.3 Copepods (p. 162)
- 7.4 Cladocerans (p. 165)
- 7.5 Rotifers (p. 169)
- 7.6 Protozoans (p. 172)
- 7.7 Specific issues in sampling and monitoring (p. 172)
- 7.8 Conclusions (p. 174)
- 7.9 References (p. 176)
- 7.10 Further reading (p. 179)
- 8 Coastal and marine zooplankton: diversity and biology (p. 181)
- 8.1 Identifying marine zooplankton (p. 181)
- 8.2 Copepods and other small and abundant animals (p. 190)
- Box 8.1 Three key steps to identifying copepods (p. 192)
- Box 8.2 The ecology and aquaculture of a dominant estuarine copepod (p. 193)
- 8.3 Shrimp-like crustacean zooplankton: larger eyes and limbs (p. 194)
- 8.4 Other large zooplankton (p. 197)
- Box 8.3 Ctenophore blooms (p. 199)
- Box 8.4 Salps, Iarvaceans and climate change (p. 200)
- 8.5 Other zooplankton: worms and snails (p. 201)
- 8.6 Small and irregular zooplankton ( (p. 203)
- 8.7 Jellyfish and their relatives (p. 205)
- Box 8.5 Jellyfish fisheries (p. 208)
- Box 8.6 Jellyfish blooms (p. 208)
- Box 8.7 Jellyfish symbioses (p. 209)
- Box 8.8 The bluebottle, Physalia, and its relatives (p. 211)
- Box 8.9 Handling jellyfish: a note on safety (p. 212)
- 8.8 Larval fish in estuarine and coastal waters (p. 212)
- Box 8.10 Larval fish condition and deformities (p. 213)
- Box 8.11 Developmental stages of larval fish (p. 216)
- 8.9 References (p. 218)
- 8.10 Further reading (p. 221)
- 9 Models and management (p. 223)
- 9.1 Introduction to models in management (p. 223)
- 9.2 Examples of trophic models (p. 227)
- 9.3 Managing phytoplankton blooms in a reservoir by coupled models (p. 230)
- Box 9.1 Ben Chifley catchment and Ben Chifley reservoir (p. 232)
- 9.4 Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool (p. 234)
- 9.5 General comments regarding hydrodynamic and ecological modelling (p. 240)
- 9.6 References (p. 241)
- 9.7 Further reading (p. 242)
- Glossary of terms (p. 245)
- Index (p. 249)