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Ecology of Fresh Waters A View for the Twenty-First Century

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

480

Maße (L/B/H)

25.4/19.6/2.7 cm

Gewicht

1198 g

Auflage

4. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4443-3474-6

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"This is a wonderful book that many will justifiably recommend for undergraduate and early postgraduate students interested in the integrated management of freshwaters; the new edition will not disappoint, it is a thorough
overhaul and substantial improvement on an already established and useful text book." ( J Paleolimnol , 5
October 2011)

"This new edition of the textbook provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to rivers, lakes and wetlands. It was written as the basis for a complete course on freshwater ecology and hence is accessible to undergraduate and early postgraduate students. Its strongest feature is the promotion of an integrated approach to freshwater systems and science." ( Austral Ecology , 1 November 2012)
"[This book] is excellent for broadening the understanding of readers with some prior knowledge." ( CHOICE , January 2011)

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

480

Maße (L/B/H)

25.4/19.6/2.7 cm

Gewicht

1198 g

Auflage

4. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4443-3474-6

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  • Produktbild: Ecology of Fresh Waters
  • Preface.
    1. Introduction.
    1.1 Why?
    Further reading.
    2. Water, a remarkable unremarkable substance.
    2.1 Introduction.
    2.2 The molecular properties of water and their physical consequences.
    2.3 How much water is there and where is it?
    2.4 Patterns in hydrology.
    2.5 Bodies of water and their temperatures.
    2.5.1 Lakes and latitude.
    2.6 Viscosity of water, fluid dynamics and the diffusion of gases.
    2.6.1 Diffusion.
    Further reading.
    3. Why the chemistry of water is so important.
    3.1 Introduction.
    3.1.1 Polar and covalent compounds.
    3.2 The atmosphere.
    3.3 Major ions.
    3.4 Global patterns in major ions: glaciation and endorheism.
    3.5 Open and closed basins.
    3.6 The big picture.
    Further reading.
    4. More water chemistry: the key nutrients, trace elements and organic matter.
    4.1 Introduction.
    4.2 Concepts of limiting substances.
    4.3 Nutrients.
    4.4 Phosphorus.
    4.5 Nitrogen.
    4.6 Pristine concentrations.
    4.7 Trace elements and silicon.
    4.8 Organic substances.
    4.8.1 Patterns in DOM availability.
    4.9 Substance budgets.
    4.10 Sediment-water relationships.
    Further reading.
    5. Light thrown upon the waters.
    5.1 Light.
    5.2 From above to under the water.
    5.3 From physics and chemistry to biology.
    Further reading.
    6. Evolution and diversity of freshwater organisms.
    6.1 Introduction.
    6.2 The ecological theatre and the evolutionary play.
    6.3 The freshwater biota.
    6.4 Living in freshwaters.
    6.5 Dispersal among freshwaters.
    6.6 Patterns in freshwater diversity.
    6.7 The fish of Lake Victoria.
    6.8 Low diversity freshwater habitats.
    6.9 A summary of the freshwater biota and its problems.
    Further reading.
    7. Headwater streams and rivers.
    7.1 Introduction.
    7.2 General models of stream ecosystems.
    7.3 A basic lesson in stream flow.
    7.4 Flow and discharge.
    7.5 Laminar and turbulent flow.
    7.6 Particles carried.
    7.7 The response of stream organisms to shear stress.
    7.8 Community composition in streams.
    7.8.1 Algal and plant communities.
    7.8.2 Macroinvertebrates.
    7.9 Streams in cold climates: the polar and alpine zones.
    7.10 Stream systems in the cold temperate zone.
    7.11 Warm temperate streams.
    7.12 Desert streams.
    7.13 Tropical streams.
    Further reading.
    8. Uses, misuses and restoration of headwater streams and rivers.
    8.1 Traditional use of headwater river systems.
    8.2 Deforestation.
    8.3 Acidification.
    8.4 Eutrophication.
    8.5 Commercial afforestation.
    8.6 Settlement.
    8.7 Engineering impacts.
    8.8 Alterations of the fish community by man.
    8.9 Sewage, toxic pollution and their treatment.
    8.10 Diffuse pollution.
    8.11 River monitoring.
    8.12 The Water Framework Directive.
    8.13 Implementation of the Directive.
    8.14 Wider considerations: ecosystem services.
    8.15 Restoration, rehabilitation and reconciliation ecology.
    8.16 Reconciliation ecology of river systems.
    Further reading.
    9. Middle stage and depositional floodplain rivers.
    9.1 Introduction.
    9.2 Change from an erosive river to a depositional one.
    9.3 Submerged plants.
    9.4 Growth of submerged plants.
    9.5 Methods of measuring the primary productivity of submerged plants.
    9.6 Submerged plants and the river ecosystem.
    9.7 Further downstream - swamps and floodplains.
    9.8 Swamp and marsh animals.
    9.8.1 Whitefish and blackfish.
    9.9 Latitudinal differences in floodplains.
    Further reading.
    10. Floodplain ecosystems and human affairs.
    10.1 Introduction.
    10.2 Floodplain services.
    10.2.1 Floodplain fisheries.
    10.3 Floodplain swamps and human diseases.
    10.4 Case studies.
    10.5 River and floodplain management and rehabilitation.
    10.6 Interbasin transfers and water needs.
    Further reading.
    11. Lakes and other standing waters.
    11.1 Introduction.
    11.2 The origins of lake basins.
    11.3 Lake structure.
    11.4 The importance of the catchment area.
    11.5 Lakes as autotrophic or heterotrophic systems.
    11.6 The continuum of lakes.
    11.7 Lake history.
    11.10 Filling in.
    11.11 Summing up.
    Further reading.
    12. The communities of s