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Limnology : lake and river ecosystems / Robert G. Wetzel.

By: Publication details: San Diego : Academic Press, c2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 1006 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0127447601 (alk. paper)
  • 9780127447605
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.6 21
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 PROLOGUE 1

CHAPTER 2 WATER AS A SUBSTANCE 9

CHAPTER 3 RIVERS AND LAKESTHEIR DISTRIBUTION ORIGINS AND FORMS 15

CHAPTER 4 WATER ECONOMY 43

CHAPTER 5 LIGHT IN INLAND WATER

CHAPTER 6 FATE OF HEAT 71

CHAPTER 7 WATER MOVEMENTS 93

CHAPTER 8 STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTIVITY OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS 129

CHAPTER 9 OXYGEN 151

CHAPTER 10 SALINin OF INLAND WATERS 169

CHAPTER 11 THE INORGANIC CARBON COMPLEX 187

CHAPTER 12 THE NITROGEN CYCLE 205

CHAPTER 13 THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE 239

CHAPTER 14 IRON SULFUR AND SILICA CYCLES 289


ZOOPLANKTON AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH FISH 395

CHAPTER 17 BACTERIOPLANKTON 489

LARGER PLANTS 527

ATTACHED MICROORGANISMS LITTORAL ALGAE AND ZOOPLANKTON 577

CHAPTER 20 SHALLOW LAKES AND PONDS 625

CHAPTER 21 SEDIMENTS AND MICROFLORA 631

CHAPTER 22 BENTHIC ANIMALS AND FISH COMMUNITIES 665
ORGANIC CARBON CYCLING AND ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM 731

ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA 331

PALEOLIMNOLOGY 785

CHAPTER 25 THE ONTOGENY OF INLAND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS 805

UNDERSTANDING IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE 825

References 843

Appendix 981

Index 985

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 843-980).

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