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Freshwater ecology : concepts and environmental applications / Walter K. Dodds

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Academic Press, San Diego : 2002Description: xx, 569 pISBN:
  • 9780122191350 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.6 D6617
Contents:
Why study continental aquatic systems? -- Properties of water -- Movement of light, heat, and chemicals in water -- Hydrology and physiography of groundwater and wetland habitats -- Physiography of flowing water -- Physiography of lakes and reservoirs -- Types of aquatic organisms -- Microbes and plants -- Animals -- Biodiversity of freshwaters -- Aquatic chemistry controlling nutrient cycling, redox and O2 -- Carbon -- Nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other nutrients -- Effects of toxic chemicals and other pollutants on aquatic ecosystems -- Unusual of extreme habitats -- Nutrient use and remineralization -- Trophic state and eutrophication -- Behavior and interactions among microorganisms -- Predation and food webs -- Nonpredatory interspecific interactions among plants and animals in freshwater communities --Fish ecology and fisheries -- Freshwater ecosystems -- Glossary.
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Includes appendices, glossary, references and index

Why study continental aquatic systems? --
Properties of water --
Movement of light, heat, and chemicals in water --
Hydrology and physiography of groundwater and wetland habitats --
Physiography of flowing water --
Physiography of lakes and reservoirs --
Types of aquatic organisms --
Microbes and plants --
Animals --
Biodiversity of freshwaters --
Aquatic chemistry controlling nutrient cycling, redox and O2 --
Carbon --
Nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other nutrients --
Effects of toxic chemicals and other pollutants on aquatic ecosystems --
Unusual of extreme habitats --
Nutrient use and remineralization --
Trophic state and eutrophication --
Behavior and interactions among microorganisms --
Predation and food webs --
Nonpredatory interspecific interactions among plants and animals in freshwater communities --Fish ecology and fisheries --
Freshwater ecosystems --
Glossary.

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