Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1989)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1989, 14 May 2012

All relevant ecological aspects of plankton, especially seasonal changes in the species composition, the role of competition for limiting resources in species replacements, the role of parasitism, predation and competition in seasonal succession are treated in detail considering phytoplankton, zooplankton and bacteroplankton. In addition to its use as a valid reference book for plankton ecology, this monograph may well be used as a model for other kinds of ecological communities.