Assessing The Microbiological Health Of Ecosystems

<b>Assessing the Microbiological</b><p><b>A timely exploration of the coordinated functions of microbiological communities and the impacts of global climate change on microbial life</b><p>Ecosystems function like interlocking puzzles and ultimately the health of an ecosystem depends upon the niche activities of its microbial communities. <p><i>Assessing the Microbiological Health of Ecosystems</i> summarizes our understanding of how microbial community processes are organized and the mechanisms by which activities of their constituent species are coordinated. The authors collectively present a basis for understanding what produces healthy microbial components of an ecosystem, thereby supplying a foundation for achieving one of the eventual future goals of environmental microbiology: to diagnose and correct the integrative nature of microbial activities when ecosystems fail. <i>Assessing the Microbiological Health of Ecosystems</i> will prove to be a valuable resource to environmental m