Seawater Aquariums: The Captive Environment

By Stephen H. Spottie

Book Overview

Spans the gulf separating the more specialized disciplines of science-including seawater chemistry, engineering, and physiology-and aquariology. Deals with the maintenance of aquatic animals and plants in a closed-system, i.e., a system in which the water is filtered and otherwise treated, and then reused. Among the topics discussed in detail: temperature control; aeration; buffering; bacteriological filtration; the workings of ultraviolet sterilizers and ozonators; physical adsorption methods; techniques for processing large volumes of influent seawater; and the origins and physiological effects of stress. Includes the most complete bibliography of aquarium literature assembled to date.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471056650
• ISBN13: 9780471056652
• Release Date: September 1979
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 2.8"