LEADER 04297nam 22007331 450 001 9910968333503321 005 20251116214735.0 010 $a9786610869732 010 $a1-280-86973-9 010 $a0-19-154543-0 010 $a1-4237-5817-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000460514 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112067 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12026951 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112067 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10086705 035 $a(PQKB)10387721 035 $a(OCoLC)868007931 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1426685 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4963309 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1426685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10768627 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523668 035 $a(OCoLC)64705174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4963309 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL86973 035 $a(OCoLC)1027159561 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000460514 100 $a20140721d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe biology of lakes and ponds /$fChrister Bro?nmark, and Lars-Anders Hansson 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (352 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aBiology of Habitats 225 0$aBiology of habitats 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-19-851612-6 311 08$a0-19-851613-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The abiotic frame and adaptations to cope with abiotic constraints -- Introduction -- Staying afloat -- Turbulence -- Lake formation -- Temperature -- Light -- Abiotic factors affected by the catchment area -- Water colour -- Carbon -- pH -- Nutrients -- Oxygen -- Habitat permanence -- Practical experiments and observations -- 3 The organisms: the actors within the abiotic frame -- Introduction -- Viruses -- Prokaryotic organisms -- Eukaryotic organisms -- Protozoa -- Primary producers -- Metazoa-animals with differentiated cells -- Practical experiments and observations -- 4 Biotics: competition, herbivory, predation, parasitism, and symbiosis -- Introduction -- Competition -- Predation and herbivory -- Parasitism -- Symbiosis -- Practical experiments and observations -- 5 Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems -- Introduction -- The evolution of an ecosystem approach -- Cascading trophic interactions -- Alternative stable states -- Microbial components -- Interaction strength in freshwater food chains -- Succession -- Impact of organisms on the abiotic frame -- Practical experiments and observations -- 6 Biodiversity and environmental threats -- Introduction -- Biodiversity in lakes and ponds -- Paleolimnology as a tool to understand history -- Eutrophication -- Acidification -- Contamination -- Global climate change -- Solar ultraviolet radiation -- Combined effects of environmental hazards -- Exotic species -- Global differentiation -- Actions taken against environmental threats -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Z -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z. 330 $a"The Biology of Lakes and Ponds", now in its second edition, is a valuable text for university tuition. Its lucid explanations and descriptions of adaptation, dominance, dispersal, and succession of organisms, as well as the effects of abiotic factors, predation, and competition, ensure its relevance and use to a broad audience of biologists and naturalists with an interest in freshwater ecology. 410 0$aBiology of Habitats 606 $aLake ecology 606 $aLimnology 606 $aPond ecology 615 0$aLake ecology. 615 0$aLimnology. 615 0$aPond ecology. 676 $a577.63 676 $a577.63 700 $aBro?nmark$b Christer$0625253 701 $aHansson$b Lars-Anders$0634310 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968333503321 996 $aBiology of lakes and ponds$940414 997 $aUNINA