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A comprehensive introduction to the biology and ecology of plankton.

Plankton --- Indicators (Biology) --- Bioindicators --- Biological environmental indicators --- Biological indicators --- Ecological indicators --- Environmental indicators, Biological --- Sentinel organisms --- Ecology --- Biological monitoring --- Biological reagents --- Water quality biological assessment --- Plankton sampling --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology. --- Measurement.

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This book is a collection of papers from the OECD meeting on Agri-biodiversity Indicators held jointly with the EU and international organisations in November 2001, in Zurich-Rechkenhols, Switzerland. A key outcome was to establish a common agri-biodiversity framework that helps understand the complexity of agri-biodiversity linkages. Papers cover the following topics; agricultural genetic resources, wild species, ecosytems, linking habitats to species and an overview of agri-biodiversity indicators. It includes a set of recommendations to OECD with respect to agri-biodiversity.

Agrobiodiversity. --- Agrobiodiversity --- Indicators (Biology) --- Agriculture and state --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Agrarian question --- Agricultural policy --- State and agriculture --- Bioindicators --- Biological environmental indicators --- Biological indicators --- Ecological indicators --- Environmental indicators, Biological --- Sentinel organisms --- Agricultural biodiversity --- Agricultural biological diversity --- Agro-biodiversity --- Government policy --- Economic policy --- Land reform --- Ecology --- Biological monitoring --- Biological reagents --- Water quality biological assessment --- Agricultural ecology --- Biodiversity --- Politique agricole --- Biodiversité

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Environmental indicators, such as global temperatures and pollutant concentrations, attract scientists' attention and often make the headlines. Equally important to policymaking are indicators of the ecological processes and conditions that yield food, fiber, building materials and ecological "services" such as water purification and recreation.This book identifies ecological indicators that can support U.S. policymaking and also be adapted to decisions at the regional and local levels. The committee describes indicators of land cover and productivity, species diversity, and other key ecological processes--explaining why each indicator is useful, what models support the indicator, what the measured values will mean, how the relevant data are gathered, how data collection might be improved, and what effects emerging technologies are likely to have on the measurements. The committee reviews how it arrived at its recommendations and explores how the indicators can contribute to policymaking. Also included are interesting details on paleoecology, satellite imagery, species diversity, and other aspects of ecological assessment. Federal, state, and local decisionmakers, as well as environmental scientists and practitioners, will be especially interested in this new book.

Environmental monitoring. --- Indicators (Biology) --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Ecology --- Ecology (General) --- Indicators (Biology). --- Ecology (General). --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Bioindicators --- Biological environmental indicators --- Biological indicators --- Ecological indicators --- Environmental indicators, Biological --- Sentinel organisms --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Ecology --- Biological monitoring --- Biological reagents --- Water quality biological assessment --- Environmental Monitoring --- Science

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Integrating research into freshwater biodiversity and the role of keystone species, this fascinating book presents freshwater crayfish as representatives of human-exacerbated threats to biodiversity and conservation. It uses examples from these and other large decapod invertebrates to explore how communities function and are controlled, alongside the implications of human demands and conflicts over limited resources, notably the severe impacts on biodiversity. The discussion is structured around three key topics - the present situation of crayfish in world freshwater ecosystems, the applications of science to conservation management and knowledge transfer for successful crayfish management. It outlines the historic exploitation of crayfish, addressing the problems caused by invasive alien forms and explaining the importance of correct identification when dealing with conservation issues. Offering a global perspective on freshwater systems, the book ultimately highlights how the conservation of such large and long-lived species will help protect ecosystem quality in the future.

Crayfish --- Freshwater biodiversity conservation. --- Indicators (Biology) --- Ecology. --- Bioindicators --- Biological environmental indicators --- Biological indicators --- Ecological indicators --- Environmental indicators, Biological --- Sentinel organisms --- Ecology --- Biological monitoring --- Biological reagents --- Water quality biological assessment --- Conservation of freshwater biodiversity --- Freshwater biodiversity --- Freshwater biological diversity conservation --- Aquatic biodiversity conservation --- Crawdaddies --- Crawdads --- Crawfish --- Crawfishes --- Crayfishes --- Decapoda (Crustacea) --- Astacology --- Conservation

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Biomineralization. --- Biomedical materials. --- Indicators (Biology) --- Bioindicators --- Biological environmental indicators --- Biological indicators --- Ecological indicators --- Environmental indicators, Biological --- Sentinel organisms --- Ecology --- Biological monitoring --- Biological reagents --- Water quality biological assessment --- Bioartificial materials --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Biological mineralization --- Mineralization, Biological --- Minerals in the body --- Biomineralization --- Biomedical materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)