Australian Freshwater Ecology Processes and Management.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Boulton, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • About this book
  • About the companion website
  • PART I: Processes in Aquatic Ecosystems
  • CHAPTER 1: Australian waters: diverse, variable and valuable
  • 1.1 The Challenge for Aquatic Ecologists
  • 1.2 Defining Some Common Terms
  • 1.3 Australian Inland Waters: Their Diversity and Distribution
  • 1.4 The Water Regime: 'Where, When and to What Extent Water is Present'
  • 1.4.1 Water budgets, scale issues and human influences on water regimes
  • 1.4.2 Components of the water regime
  • 1.4.3 Water regime variability
  • 1.5 Linkages in Aquatic Ecosystems: from Molecular Bonds to Global Exchanges
  • 1.5.1 Wonderful water and its molecular linkages
  • 1.5.2 Linkages at the catchment scale
  • 1.5.3 Linkages at the global scale: the hydrological cycle
  • 1.5.4 Continental linkages and surface waters in Australia
  • 1.5.5 Continental linkages and groundwaters in Australia
  • 1.6 The Structure of This Book
  • CHAPTER 2: Physical processes in standing waters
  • 2.1 Depth and Physical Processes
  • 2.2 Let There Be Light ...
  • 2.2.1 Light reaching the water surface
  • 2.2.2 Light below the water surface
  • 2.2.3 Seeing through water: Secchi discs and quantum sensors
  • 2.3 The Euphotic Zone
  • 2.4 Light and Life
  • 2.5 Temperature and Stratification
  • 2.5.1 Causes of stratification
  • 2.6 Using Circulation Patterns to Classify Standing Waters
  • 2.7 Ecological Implications of the Different Types of Stratification and Mixing
  • 2.8 Deep Versus Shallow Standing Waters: Depth Matters
  • 2.8.1 How deep standing waters form
  • 2.8.2 How shallow standing waters form
  • 2.9 Synthesis
  • CHAPTER 3: Chemical processes in standing waters
  • 3.1 'There's a Certain Chemistry ...'
  • 3.2 Dissolved Gases
  • 3.2.1 Oxygen
  • 3.2.2 Carbon dioxide
  • 3.2.3 Hydrogen
  • 3.2.4 Methane
  • 3.3 Sources of Ions
  • 3.4 Ionic Composition of Australian Standing Waters
  • 3.5 Conductivity, Salinity and Total Dissolved Solids
  • 3.6 Ionic Composition and Trophic State
  • 3.6.1 Some common anions
  • 3.6.2 Some common cations
  • 3.7 Redox Reactions and Redox Potential
  • 3.8 Redox Reactions and Some Common Metals
  • 3.9 Nutrients, Nutrient Limitation and Ecological Stoichiometry
  • 3.9.1 Phosphorus
  • 3.9.2 Nitrogen
  • 3.9.3 Carbon
  • 3.10 Water Regime, Drying and Water Chemistry
  • 3.10.1 What happens to water chemistry during a wetting-drying cycle?
  • 3.11 Synthesis
  • CHAPTER 4: Biological processes in standing waters
  • 4.1 Biological Players on a Physical and Chemical Stage
  • 4.2 Major Ecological Zones and Habitats
  • 4.3 Blurred Boundaries and Mobile Assemblages
  • 4.4 Trophic Groups and Sources of Energy
  • 4.5 Producers
  • 4.5.1 An ecological classification of producers
  • 4.5.2 Microscopic aquatic plants
  • 4.5.3 Macroscopic aquatic plants
  • 4.5.4 Plants living in water: benefits and constraints

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