Limnology: Inland Water EcosystemsFor senior-level undergraduate or graduate courses in limnology or aquatic management in the Life Sciences and Biology departments. Written from an ecosystem perspective, this user-friendly and thorough text discusses events that happen below the waterline of lakes, rivers, and wetlands. The text links them back to the attributers of the drainage basins, the overlying atmosphere and climate, which have a major impact on inland waters and their biota. It also contains a large number of easy-to-comprehend figures and tables that reinforce the written material and provide evidence for statements made. |
Contents
An Introduction and Setting | 1 |
CHAPTER | 8 |
The Development of Limnology | 13 |
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abundance acid acidified algae algal biomass anoxic aquatic systems atmosphere average bacteria benthic biomass biota carbon catchment changes Chapter chemical chl-a concentration cyanobacteria decline denitrification density depth dissolved oxygen dominated drainage basins effect epilimnia epilimnion euphotic zone eutrophic export Figure fish freshwater growth hypolimnetic hypolimnia important increased inland waters inorganic input invertebrates km² lakes and wetlands latitudes levels limnology littoral zone loading lotic systems macrophytes maximum measured ments microbial mixed layer models Modified nitrogen nutrient oligotrophic organic matter oxidation particles percent periphyton phosphorus photosynthesis phytoplankton plankton plants precipitation predators primary production rates ratio redox reduced regions relatively release reservoirs respiration result rivers runoff saline lakes scale seasonal sediments seiches shallow soils species stratification streams Table temperate zone temperature thermocline tion transparency tropical turbulence typically water column water residence wetlands wind yr¹ zooplankton