The Ecology of Aquatic Hyphomycetes
The Ecology of Aquatic Hyphomycetes

Author: Felix Bärlocher

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 3642768555

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Aquatic hyphomycetes were discovered 50 years ago by C.T. Ingold. They remained a relatively obscure group until their role as intermediaries between deciduous leaves and stream invertebrates was established some 20 years ago. This book, for the first time, provides a comprehensive summary and critical evaluation of the biology and ecology of these organisms. Aspecial effort was made to evaluate the potential and actual insight that have been or will be derived from work in related disciplines such as the ecology of other fungal groups, stream ecology, or population ecology. The topics treated include the basic life history of the fungi and the potential role of wood, a discussion of how the fungi have adjusted to life in running water, their interactions with invertebrates, the attachment and germination of their spores, what is known about sexual reproduction, how water chemistry may influence their distribution and activity, how they react to human degradation of their environment, and a summary of the research done on the Indian subcontinent. The volume is of special interest to mycologists and stream ecologists and should facilitate the entry of new workers into this exciting area.

The Ecology of Aquatic Hyphomycetes
The Ecology of Aquatic Hyphomycetes

Author: Felix Barlocher

Publisher:

Published: 1992-05-25

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9783642768569

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Aquatic hyphomycetes were discovered 50 years ago by C.T. Ingold. They remained a relatively obscure group until their role as intermediaries between deciduous leaves and stream invertebrates was established some 20 years ago. This book, for the first time, provides a comprehensive summary and critical evaluation of the biology and ecology of these organisms. Aspecial effort was made to evaluate the potential and actual insight that have been or will be derived from work in related disciplines such as the ecology of other fungal groups, stream ecology, or population ecology. The topics treated include the basic life history of the fungi and the potential role of wood, a discussion of how the fungi have adjusted to life in running water, their interactions with invertebrates, the attachment and germination of their spores, what is known about sexual reproduction, how water chemistry may influence their distribution and activity, how they react to human degradation of their environment, and a summary of the research done on the Indian subcontinent. The volume is of special interest to mycologists and stream ecologists and should facilitate the entry of new workers into this exciting area.

Ecological Study of Aquatic Hyphomycetes on Leaves in a Warm-water Stream
Ecological Study of Aquatic Hyphomycetes on Leaves in a Warm-water Stream

Author: Tao Yun

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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A three-year field study of aquatic hyphomycete communities in a warm-water stream in Illinois was carried out. Two peaks in total frequencies of aquatic hyphomycetes on randomly collected leaves occurred in each year. In contrast, only a single peak in total conidial concentration in water was observed. While total conidial concentrations in water and total frequencies of the species on leaves in each month were moderately correlated, correlation coefficients between species frequencies on leaves and their conidial concentrations in water in each month were not consistent over time. Species composition and relative frequencies in the communities differed at the same time in successive years, suggesting seasonal influences on community structure. In field experiments with multiple sets of leaf baits overlapping in time, communities on leaves of different submergence periods had similar developmental patterns in total frequencies of aquatic hyphomycetes. Low water temperatures delayed development of communities and compressed peaks of total frequencies of occurrence. At higher temperatures, differences in total frequencies among leaves of different submergence periods were greater. In field studies, higher efficiencies of conidial attachment occurred in species with tetraradiate conidia and higher germination percentages occurred in species with sigmoid conidia. The correlation coefficients for each month between efficiencies of conidial attachment and species frequencies on leaves had a bell-shaped curve over the study period (Feb. to Aug. 1995) when the communities on leaves changed from cold to warm season species. In contrast, the correlation coefficients between germination percentages of conidia and species frequencies on leaves changed in an opposite trend. Laboratory studies on other intrinsic characteristics of the fungi indicated that antagonistic abilities did not seem to be important for colonization of aquatic hyphomycetes on leaves. The differentiations between warm and cold season species in sporulation and mycelial growth on leaves at different temperatures were similar to those present during their seasonal abundance in the field. Some of the aquatic hyphomycetes tested in this study appear to have a ruderal life history strategy on submerged leaves. These results from field and laboratory studies contribute to understanding the ecology of aquatic hyphomycetes in streams.

Freshwater Fungi
Freshwater Fungi

Author: E. B. Gareth Jones

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2014-08-27

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 3110333481

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The available literature on freshwater fungi is limited. Over the subsequent years a considerable volume of scientific papers have appeared scattered throughout numerous journals. There is therefore no recent synthesis of the subject and this is the objective of the proposed book. Freshwater habitats are rich in fungi with some 3,000 described species, most of papers focussing on their identification, substrata they grow on and world distribution. However, these fungi play an important role in the freshwater ecosystem, and are primarily involved in the breakdown of leaf litter contributing food for detritus feeders. Our book will bring together a wide range of acclaimed mycologists to review recent developments on the biology and ecology of freshwater fungi, particularly their molecular phylogeny, biodiversity, causative diseases of freshwater amphibians, fishes and invertebrate animals, decomposition of leaf litter, stream pollution and their potential role in bioremediation.

Fungal Ecology
Fungal Ecology

Author: Neville J. Dix

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9401106932

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Fungi play vital roles in all ecosystems, as decomposers, symbionts of animals and plants and as parasites. Thus their ecology is of great interest. It has been estimated that there may be as many as 1. 5 million species of fungi, many of which are still undescribed. These interact in various ways with their hosts, with their substrates, with their competitors (including other fungi) and with abiotic variables of their environment. They show great variation in morphology, reproduction, life cycles and modes of dispersal. They grow in almost every conceivable habitat where organic carbon is available: on rock surfaces, in soil, the sea and in fresh water, at extremes of high and low temperature, on dry substrata and in concen trated solutions. Fungal ecology is therefore an enormous subject and its literature is voluminous. In view of this we have had to be selective in the material we have included in this book. We have chosen to concentrate on subjects in which we have some personal experience through either research or teaching. We preferred to tackle a few subjects in depth instead of attempting to cover a wider range of topics superficially. We are conscious of the extensive gaps in coverage: for example on the ecology of lichens, of fungal plant pathogens and of the complex interactions between fungi and animals. It is some justification that book-length treatments of these subjects are available elsewhere.