Appendix 2: Suggested Readings
Investigations of microcosms as model ecosystems have been conducted by many
researchers across many regions and countries. Here, published, representative
microcosm studies are listed.
Research Books of Microcosm Study
1. Kurihara, Y.:Limited Ecology-System of stable and coexistence, Iwanami
Shinsho, 1975, 187pp. (in Japanese)
2. Kawabata, Z.:Structure Change Analysis of Plankton Population using Microcosm, Microbial Ecology 15 -Ecological model and its utilization, Japanese
Society of Microbial Ecology, ed., Japan Society Press, 1987 (in Japanese)
3. Kurihara, Y.:Ecology of Coexistence, Iwanami Shinsho, 1998, 239pp.
(in Japanese)
4. Kurihara, Y.:Ecological System and Human, Tohoku University Press, Sendai,
2008, 136pp. (in Japanese)
5. Inamori, Y., Fuma, S. and Inamori, R.:Environmental Assessment of Aquatic
Ecosystem on Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Pollution Control Measures of
Radioactive Materials after The Great East Japan Earthquake, NTS, 2012
(in Japanese)
Fig. 7 Behavior pattern of alien species in microcosm
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