Phytoplankton responses to human impacts at different scales. 16th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology. 2012. (Developmnets in Hydrobiology, 221 / Hydrobiologia, 698). VI, 386 p. Hardcover.

Provides a state-of-the-art review of changes in the phytoplankton assemblages determined by human alterations of lakes and rivers. A wide spectrum of case studies describe the effects due to eutrophication and climate change, as well asother impacts connected with watershed management, hydrological alterations and introduction of non-indigenousspecies. The volume also includes two wide reviews on planktonic coccoid green algae and planktic heterocytous cyanobacteria. This book is addressed to ecologists and scientists involved in phytoplankton ecology and taxonomy. Many case studies provide a sound scientific basis of knowledge for a wise management of water bodies.