Dynamic Aquaria: Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere, 4th Edition demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biological, and physiological research, and ecosystem restoration can produce answers to very complex ecological questions. It describes unique characteristics of water that have allowed carbon chemistry to flourish and evolve life over 4 billion years, and current disruptions such as global warming, overfishing, and chemical pollution.New content in this edition includes the use of LED lighting, DNA sequencing in microcosm construction and analysis, and the expansion of the bioengineered tool Algal Turf Scrubbing (ATS) as a tool to combat global pollution problems. It also features new information on marine calcification, research microcosms, thermogeography, and methods of water movement for minimizing plankton loss. This book supports a deeper biological and ecological intelligence among the human population to better understand the processes behind environmental issues.Dynamic Aquaria: Building and Restoring Ecosystems and the Biosphere, 4th Edition is a vital resource and suitable course text for studying or practicing aquatic biologists, ecologists, and aquaculturists. Researchers and activists in conservation work will also find this useful.
- Offers the basic physical and chemical background necessary for understanding aquatic and marine ecosystems
- Expands available electro-mechanical tools for developing living system models
- Features new information on the biomimicry water control system, Algal Turf Scrubbing (ATS)
- Evidences how ecosystem modeling can contribute to the understanding of climate change
1. Introduction
Part I: Physical Environment
2. Physical Parameters and Energy State
3. Substrate - Controlling the Benthic Component
4. Water Composition - Management of Salinity, Hardness, and Evaporation
5. The Input of Solar Energy - Lighting and New Possibilities
6. The Input of Organic Energy - Particulates and Feeding
Part II: Biochemical Environment
7. Metabolism Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Biological Loading
8. Organisms and Gas Exchange Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, pH, and Alkalinity
9. Primary Nutrients Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Silica
10. Biomineralization and Calcification A Key to Biosphere and Ecosystem
Function
11. Control of the Biochemical Environment 3D Potential for Algal Turf
Scrubbing
Part III: Biological Structure
12. Community Structure - Biodiversity in Model Ecosystems
13. Thermogeography - The Distribution of Organisms Along Coasts
14. Trophic Structure - Ecosystems and Dynamics of Food Chains
15. Primary Producers - Bottom-Growing Plants
16. Herbivores
17. Carnivores
18. Plankton and Planktivores
19. Detritus and Detritivores
20. Symbionts and Other Feeders
Part IV: Ecological Systems in Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Aquaria
21. Models of Coral Reef Ecosystems
22. Subarctic/Boreal Microcosm - Applications of New Research
23. Estuaries - Ecosystem Modelling and Restoration
24. Freshwater Ecosystem Models
25. Research Systems in Microcosms
Part V: The Environment and Ecological Engineering
26. Organisms and Natural Products
27. Large Scale Water Quality Management with Solar Energy Capture
Part VI: Synthesis
28. Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Macrocosms Building and Restoring Ecosystems
and the Biosphere
Dr. Walter Adey is an Emeritus Research Scientist and Curator for the National Museum of National History at the Smithsonian Institute. He received his B.S. in Geophysics from MIT, performed graduate studies at MIT and Harvard in Paleontology and Biology, and obtained his Ph.D. in Marine Botany and Geology from the University of Michigan. Since 1977, he has been the Director of the Marine Systems Laboratory at the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Adey is an associate editor for Restoration Ecology and The Journal of Ecological Engineering. He has authored numerous publications and has developed several exhibits and operational mesocosm systems.
