
Periphyton
Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation
- 1st Edition - August 29, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Yonghong Wu
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 0 7 7 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 3 2 3 - 6
Periphyton: Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation presents a systematic overview of a wide variety of periphyton functions and applications in environme… Read more

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Request a sales quotePeriphyton: 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.
- Presents case studies that help readers implement similar ecological designs
- Focuses on the function of periphyton in remediating destructed ecosystems
- Provides readers with an understanding of periphyton in practice, especially the value of periphyton in enhancing environmental and ecosystem qualities
- Discusses the role of periphyton in purifying water and its effect on abiotic elements
Environmental Scientists, Ecologists, Hydrobiologists, employees in environmental protection agencies involved in aquatic bio-assessment
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 29, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 434
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128010778
- eBook ISBN: 9780128013236
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