Manual on Methods for Measuring Primary Production in Aquatic Environments (Handbooks / International Biological Programme)

Although most of this book is devoted to freshwater environments, it is not restricted to these and includes many references to marine environments. It is the result of a combined effort from many authors, but it is not a sequence of individual contributions. Although the basic idea has been to produce a simple outline of techniques already established for primary productivity studies, it is more than a simple preservation of methods. Much emphasis has been given to a critical review of techniques, rather than to a set of standard procedures to be used in all situations.