FRACTALS AND MULTIFRACTALS IN ECOLOGY AND AQUATIC SCIENCE

"FRACTALS AND MULTIFRACTALS IN ECOLOGY AND AQUATIC SCIENCE" PROVIDES SCIENTISTS WITH A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF FRACTALS AND MULTIFRACTALS AND THE TECHNIQUES THAT UTILIZE THEM IN ANALYZING ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENON. THESE TECHNIQUES ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE FOR ANALYZING SPATIAL DATA SETS AND PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL COUPLINGS AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL AND/OR TEMPORAL SCALES. WRITTEN IN A STEP-BY-STEP FASHION, THIS VOLUME DEMYSTIFIES THE TECHNIQUES, WHICH ARE OFTEN REGARDED AS TOO COMPLEX, AND PROVIDES AN INTUITIVE AS WELL AS A FORMAL VIEW FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF ECOLOGICAL SITUATIONS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS.