Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution Hardcover - 2009 - 2009th Edition
by W. Foissner (Editor); David Leslie Hawksworth (Editor)
From the rear cover
There is still a widespread belief that microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, protists, and small multicellulars, have a cosmopolitan distribution due to a presumed easy dispersal by wind and water. However, the contributions collected in this book - ranging from protists to rotifers and mosses - show that microorganisms have community structures and biogeographies similar to those found in animals and vascular plants, although the ranges of many can be wider and local endemism is rarer. Accordingly, the cosmopolitan distribution model of Finlay & Fenchel is to be replaced by the moderate endemicity model of Foissner, which assumes that one third of microscopic organisms are morphological and/or genetic endemics. This has far-reaching consequences for estimates of the number of species and their conservation. There is convincing evidence that we know only about 20% of the actual diversity in many protist groups, especially saprotrophs and heterotrophs such as amoebae, flagellates, and ciliates. It is probable that this great diversity of microscopic organisms is caused by low extinction rates over geological time, and short generation times which foster dispersal of genetic variants. That the great diversity of microorganisms has remained unrecognized for such a long time has several reasons, of which the most serious is a shortage of taxonomists. Considering the dramatic losses of habitats occurring, especially in the tropics, a large portion of the Earth's protist biodiversity will disappear before it has been discovered.
Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 17:2 (2008)
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- Title Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution
- Author W. Foissner (Editor); David Leslie Hawksworth (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 2009th
- Edition 2009
- Pages 211
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer
- Date 2009-08-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9789048128006 / 9048128005
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.42 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Topical: Ecology
- Dewey Decimal Code 579.17
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