The biology of lakes and ponds / Christer Brönmark, Aquatic Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden, Lars-Anders Hansson, Aquatic Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- The abiotic frame and adaptations to cope with abiotic constraints -- The organisms : the actors within the abiotic frame -- Biotics : competition, herbivory, predation, parasitism, and symbiosis -- Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems -- Biodiversity and environmental threats.
Summary:
A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of standing waters (lakes and ponds). As with other books in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in this book is on the organisms that dominate freshwater environments. Management and conservation aspects are also considered. The first edition of the book published in 1998 with a second, revised edition in 2005. There has been significant development in the field since the last revision appeared, particularly in the ecology of lakes and ponds in subtropical and tropical areas, and a new revision of this now classic text is timely. --! From publisher's description.
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