Limnology : inland water ecosystems /

Written from an ecosystem perspective, this user-friendly and thorough book discusses, without the use of jargon, events that happen below the waterline of lakes, rivers, and wetlands and links them back to the attributers of the drainage basins, the overlying atmosphere and climate, which have a ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:QH96 K3.43
Autor principal: Kalff, Jacob
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 2002.
Temas:
Limnology
Limnología
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Inland Waters and Their Catchments: An Introduction and Setting
  • Chapter 2. The Development of Limnology
  • Chatper 3. Water: A Unique and Important Substance
  • Chapter 4. Water Resources, Water Pollution, and Lakes
  • Chapter 5. Hydrology and Climate
  • Chapter 6. Origin and Age of Lakes
  • Chapter 7. Lake and Catchment Morphometry
  • Chapter 8. Rivers and the Export of Materials from Drainage Basins and the Atmosphere
  • Chapter 9. Aquatic Systems and their. Catchments
  • Chapter 10. Light
  • Chapter 11. Temperature Cycles, Lake Stratification, and Heat Budgets
  • Chapter 12. Water Movements
  • Chapter 13. Salinity and Major Ion Composition of Lakes and Rivers
  • Chapter 14. Inorganic Carbon and pH
  • Chapter 15. Dissolved Oxygen
  • Chapter 16. Oxidation-Reduction Potential
  • Chapter 17. Phosphorus Concentrations and Cycling
  • Chapter 18. Nitrogen Cycling
  • Chapter 19. Iron, Manganese, and Sulfur
  • Chapter 20. Particle Sedimentation and Sediments
  • Chapter 21. The Phytoplankton
  • Chapter 22. The Bacteria
  • Chapter 23. Zooplankton
  • Chapter 24. Benthic Plants
  • Chapter 25. Zoobenthos
  • Chapter 26. Fish and Water Birds
  • Chapter 27. Acidification of Waterways
  • Chapter 28. Contaminants
  • Chapter 29. Reservoirs

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