Mathematical Modeling in Microbial Ecology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. What Is Happening to Microbial Ecology?

   • Arthur L. Koch

   Pages 1-13

3. Modeling Microbial Processes: An Overview of Statistical Considerations

   • Joseph A. Robinson

   Pages 14-31

4. Analysis of Repeated Measures Data Using Nonlinear Models

   • George A. Milliken, April J. Milliken-MacKinnon

   Pages 32-61

5. The Monod Model and Its Alternatives

   • Arthur L. Koch

   Pages 62-93

6. Using Transport Model Interpretations of Tracer Tests to Study Microbial Processes in Groundwater

   • Richard L. Smith, Stephen P. Garabedian

   Pages 94-123

7. Modeling of Pesticide Biodegradation in Soil

   • Daniel R. Shelton, Michael A. Doherty, Timothy B. Parkin, Joseph A. Robinson

   Pages 124-141

8. Modeling Nitrogen Transformations in Soil

   • David D. Myrold

   Pages 142-161

9. Construction and Analysis of Static, Structured Models of Nitrogen Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems

   • Robert R. Christian, Mariachiara Naldi, Pierluigi Viaroli

   Pages 162-195

10. A Modeling Approach to Elucidating the Distribution and Rates of Microbially Catalyzed Redox Reactions in Anoxic Groundwater

    • Derek R. Lovley, Francis H. Chapelle

    Pages 196-209

11. From the Ground Up: The Development and Demonstrated Utility of the Ruminal Ecosystem Model

    • R. L. Baldwin, K. C. Donovan

    Pages 210-227

12. Mathematical Models of Bacterial Chemotaxis

    • Roseanne M. Ford, Peter T. Cummings

    Pages 228-269

13. Back Matter

    Pages 271-273

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From the Chapman & Hall Microbiology Series this unique resource offers specific experimental and practical applications of mathematical modeling in microbial ecology. The text presents a variety of systems, ranging from subcellular systems to ecosystems, and shows how to test whether the models provide a good representation of the system. The book also encourages further development and application of modeling to burgeoning problems associated with microbial ecology, such as the pollution and destruction of pesticides and herbicides.

• bacteria
• biofilm
• biology
• development
• ecology
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• mathematical modeling
• microbial ecology
• microbiology
• nitrogen
• pesticides
• pollution
• system

• Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

  Arthur L. Koch

• Upjohn Laboratories Biostatistic and Environmental Research, Kalamazoo, USA

  Joseph A. Robinson

• Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

  George A. Milliken

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