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Record Nr.

UNISA996218598303316

Titolo

The lakes handbook . Volume 1 Limnology and limnetic ecology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by P.E. O'Sullivan and C.S. Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell, c2004

ISBN

1-281-31270-3

9786611312701

0-470-99926-8

0-470-99927-6

1-4051-2909-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (710 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'SullivanP. E (Patrick E.)

ReynoldsColin S

Disciplina

551.482

Soggetti

Limnology

Lake ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Lakes Handbook VOLUME 1 LIMNOLOGY AND LIMNETIC ECOLOGY; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 LAKES, LIMNOLOGY AND LIMNETIC ECOLOGY: TOWARDS A NEW SYNTHESIS; 2 THE ORIGIN OF LAKE BASINS; 3 THE HYDROLOGY OF LAKES; 4 CHEMICAL PROCESSES REGULATING THE COMPOSITION OF LAKE WATERS; 5 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER RELEVANT TO LIMNOLOGY AND LIMNETIC ECOLOGY; 6 THE MOTION OF LAKE WATERS; 7 REGULATORY IMPACTS OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES IN LAKES; 8 SEDIMENTATION AND LAKE SEDIMENT FORMATION; 9 ORGANISATION AND ENERGETIC PARTITIONING OF LIMNETIC COMMUNITIES; 10 PHYTOPLANKTON; 11 AQUATIC PLANTS AND LAKE ECOSYSTEMS

12 BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES13 PELAGIC MICROBES - PROTOZOA AND THE MICROBIAL FOOD WEB; 14 ZOOPLANKTON; 15 FISH POPULATION ECOLOGY; 16 FISH COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; 17 SELF-REGULATION OF LIMNETIC ECOSYSTEMS; 18 PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to



the management of lakes and reservoirs should be based on a sound understanding of the application of the scientific and ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes.  The Lakes Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the application of ecologically sound approaches, methods and tools using experience gained around the world for an understanding of lakes and their management. Volume one of the Handbook addresses the physical and biological