Ecology of Protozoa

The Biology of Free-living Phagotropic Protists

Tom Fenchel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

197 Seiten

1987 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Springer (Verlag)
978-0-910239-06-6 (ISBN)

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This book is written for ecologists and protozoologists. Ecologists who study environments and biotic communities in which protozoa are im- ponant should find this book especially useful. During the last decade it has become clear that protozoa play important roles in natural eco- systems, but few ecologists have a feeling for the functional properties and the diversity of these organisms. Protozoa pose or exemplify many general problems of population and community ecology, and of evo- lutionary biology. In most respects the general ecological propenies of protozoa are not fundamentally different from those of larger organisms; yet, due to their small size, short generation times, and ubiquitous oc- currence they often present ecological phenomena in a new and dif- ferent light. To this should be added that protozoa are well-suited for experimental work. Despite these advantages, the study of protozoa has played a relatively modest role in the development of ecology and ev- olutionary biology, primarily, I believe, because most ecologists are unfamiliar with these organisms. I hope this book will attract more attention to these favorable characteristics of protozoa. I also hope that this book may make protozoologists aware of new aspects of their pet organisms. For a long time (that is, until the fun- damental distinction between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells was rec- ognized) protozoa were believed to represent the simplest form of life. They were therefore extensively used for the experimental study of basic questions of cell biology.

1 What is a Protozoan?.- 2 Ecological Physiology: Motility.- 3 Ecological Physiology: Feeding.- 4 Ecological Physiology: Bioenergetics.- 5 Ecological Physiology: Other Aspects.- 6 Symbiosis.- 7 The Niches of Protozoa.- 8 Protozoan Communities: Marine Habitats.- 9 Protozoan Communities: Freshwater Habitats.- 10 Protozoan Communities: Terrestrial Habitats.- 11 Symbiotic Protozoa.- 12 Concluding Remarks.- References.

Reihe/Serie	Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience
Zusatzinfo	92 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	deutsch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-910239-06-1 / 0910239061
ISBN-13	978-0-910239-06-6 / 9780910239066
Zustand	Neuware