Ecological Dynamics of Tropical Inland WatersLakes and rivers of the tropics are rich with variety and human relevance, yet do not figure prominently in surveys of general freshwater biology and limnology. In this book the authors take a generalized view, on a global scale, that is dynamic and quantitative in outlook. They set out to integrate events and processes under tropical conditions, not only geographically but also within a continuum of physics, chemistry and biology, so providing a foundation that will be of value to all who study and work with tropical inland waters. |
Contents
Oxford University Press Figs 2 22 2 36 3 25 | 2 |
Environmental transfers in space and time | 14 |
vi | 31 |
Resource utilization and biological production | 82 |
surface inhibition and respiration | 97 |
f Mathematical models | 108 |
b Water regime dominance | 204 |
c Interaction between the radiation water and wind regimes | 212 |
Reactive components of timevariability | 232 |
tropical distinctiveness | 343 |
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Ecological Dynamics of Tropical Inland Waters Jack F. Talling,Jacques Lemoalle No preview available - 2011 |
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abundance African lakes algae Amazon amplitude annual basin biological biomass Carmouze changes Chaoborus chemical Chilwa chl-a cichlid Cladocera CO₂ components concentration correlated day¹ depth diatoms energy environmental estimated euphotic evaporation examples factor fish floodplain floodplain lake flux density Ganf growth Hecky hydrological increase inflow input Lake Chad Lake George Lake Kariba Lake Lanao Lake Malawi Lake Nakuru Lake Tanganyika Lake Titicaca Lake Turkana Lake Valencia Lake Victoria latitude Lemoalle Lévêque Lewis Limnol macrophytes Melack Naivasha Nile nutrient O₂ particulate period photosynthetic photosynthetic production phytoplankton plankton population predation quantities rainfall rates ratio regions relation relatively reservoir river rotifer salinity seasonal sediment shallow soda lakes solar radiation species stratification studies surface water Talling temperature tion tropical freshwaters tropical lakes tropical waters Turkana unit area uptake values Vareschi variability variation vertical mixing Viner water level water-bodies wind yr¹ zoobenthos zooplankton µmol
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