Freshwater ecology : concepts and environmental applications / Walter K. Dodds
Material type: TextPublication details: Academic Press, San Diego : 2002Description: xx, 569 pISBN:- 9780122191350 (hbk)
- 577.6 D6617
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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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