Limnology

Author : Robert G. Wetzel
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080574394

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Limnology by Robert G. Wetzel Pdf

Limnology is the study of the structural and functional interrelationships of organisms of inland waters as they are affected by their dynamic physical, chemical, and biotic environments. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, 3rd Edition, is a new edition of this established classic text. The coverage remains rigorous and uncompromising and has been thoroughly reviewed and updated with evolving recent research results and theoretical understanding. In addition, the author has expanded coverage of lakes to reservoir and river ecosystems in comparative functional analyses.

Author : S. C. Agrawal
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Limnology
ISBN : 8176481084

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Limnology by S. C. Agrawal Pdf

Author : Robert G. Wetzel
Publisher : Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0030330165

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Limnology by Robert G. Wetzel Pdf

Author : Jacob Kalff
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Limnology
ISBN : UCSD:31822031381031

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Limnology by Jacob Kalff Pdf

For 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.

Author : Alexander J. Horne,Charles Remington Goldman
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951P00421737J

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Limnology by Alexander J. Horne,Charles Remington Goldman Pdf

Intended for biology and environmental sciences students, this study of lake systems covers the physics, chemistry and biology of lakes. The text includes ecosystem examples to illustrate basic concepts in limnology. The examples are drawn from all over the world - Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, the Arctic, Europe, Japan and New Zealand. This wide array of examples allows the authors to point out marked differences in size, basin shape, climate and biota, while illustrating a unity of principles in limnology. The number of topics is limited so that major subjects - such as physical conditions within lake systems, applications to the LIST environment, and the success of big rivers, streams and estuaries - can be covered in more depth.

Author : William LeRoy Evans III
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781421439938

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Lake Hydrology by William LeRoy Evans III Pdf

"This book describes the physics of water flow into and out of lake systems, explaining the physical parameters that influence lake behavior and the mathematics that describes these systems. This book is aimed at working professionals, graduate and advanced undergraduate students of limnology, and researchers involved in lake management, lake remediation, or investigation of lake systems"--

Author : Robert G. Wetzel,Gene Likens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387989285

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Limnological Analyses by Robert G. Wetzel,Gene Likens Pdf

In this thoroughly updated third edition, the authors provide a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises that represent the full scope of limnology. In using the text, students will gain a solid foundation in this complex, multidisciplinary field of ecology as they explore the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of standing and running waters. The book illustrates accepted standard methods as well as modern metabolic and experimental approaches and their research applications. Each exercise is preceded by an introductory section and concludes with questions for students as well as suggestions for further reading. As a textbook, this is a highly structured, concise presentation with a research-oriented approach that openly invites active participation by students.

Author : Stanley I. Dodson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822033491739

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Introduction to Limnology by Stanley I. Dodson Pdf

"The text is an introduction to the ecology, chemisty and physics of freshwater systems, with an emphasis on the human perspective "--Page [4] de couv.

Author : Arvind Kumar
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 8176489190

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Fundamentals of Limnology by Arvind Kumar Pdf

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Author : Jose Galizia Tundisi,Takako Matsumura Tundisi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203803950

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Limnology by Jose Galizia Tundisi,Takako Matsumura Tundisi Pdf

Limnology provides an in-depth and current overview of the field of limnology. The result of a major tour de force by two renowned and experienced experts, this unique and richly illustrated reference presents a wealth of data on limnology history, water as a substrate, lakes' origins and aquatic biota. Besides a general part, it gives special focu

Author : Ian D. Jones,John P. Smol
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1105 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128227107

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Wetzel's Limnology by Ian D. Jones,John P. Smol Pdf

Wetzel’s Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, Fourth Edition, presents a fully updated revision of the classic textbook Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems - last published in 2001. The coverage has been thoroughly updated with recent research and theoretical developments. Each chapter of this edited volume has been written by an expert, or team of experts, providing a comprehensive and global perspective, with the editors working closely with the authors to maintain continuity within and between the chapters. This is not only an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in limnology but also a standard reference book for seasoned limnologists and other scientists. Chapters from the third edition have been updated by an international team of experts, incorporating developments from the past two decades Several new chapters have been added, reflecting exciting developments in the field of limnology New color illustrations and images throughout Detailed summaries at the end of each chapter

Author : Mohammadreza Gharibreza,Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431549802

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Applied Limnology by Mohammadreza Gharibreza,Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf Pdf

A multidisciplinary study of Bera Lake in Malaysia is presented here, focusing on natural resources throughout the lake’s catchment area and assessing environmental impact. This applied limnology study examines issues relating to land development including soil erosion and nutrient loss in the catchment area, severe pollution of water, sediment resources in open waters and wetlands, and reduction of aquatic and bird populations. The chapters provide a comprehensive view of problems, risks and possible mitigation measures associated with this great natural habitat. The book highlights the technology and methods used to estimate both soil erosion rate and nutrient loss from the lake catchment, including an explanation of the measurement of the sedimentation rate in Bera Lake using 137Cs and 210Pb radioisotopes. The author examines the current and historic situation of contamination in sediments, presents an ecological risk assessment, and finally describes a master management plan, proposing practices to mitigate the environmental impacts of existing agricultural projects and practices to control future projects. Readers will learn of a decrease in the watershed supply of water to Bera Lake, of shoaling, degradation of water and sediment quality, and the extinction of several kinds of flora and fauna. This volume also offers an approach to sustainable land use with regard to natural resources conservation.

Author : Javier Alcocer,S. Sudarsana Sarma
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1402006217

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Advances in Mexican Limnology: Basic and Applied Aspects by Javier Alcocer,S. Sudarsana Sarma Pdf

The present volume comprises aspects of both basic and applied limnology. They include works on physical, chemical, and biological limnology, as well as experimental approaches in selected areas. Contributions from investigators regarding aquatic conservation and biodiversity were specifically not available and therefore, these aspects are considered in various included works. Most manuscripts deal with lentic aquatic resources. This is not surprising since Mexican limnology followed the general study trend of that from temperate limnology. Despite this, we must emphasize that lotic resources in Mexico are quite important both locally and regionally. This does not mean that rivers are not under limnological research in Mexico, just that their study has only recently begun. It is the intention of the volume to stimulate a larger section of limnologists to further research in this field. It is to be hoped that policy-framing governmental authorities in Mexico will benefit from it, and consider some of the aspects described so that further damage to the epicontinental waterbodies can be halted, and remedial measures can be considered in the future.

Author : Gheorghe Romanescu,Cristian Constantin Stoleriu,Andrei Enea
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400767577

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Limnology of the Red Lake, Romania by Gheorghe Romanescu,Cristian Constantin Stoleriu,Andrei Enea Pdf

The Red Lake is a natural barrier lake at the foot of the Hasmasu Mare Mountains in the Eastern Carpathian Range in Romania. It was formed when the Bicaz River was blocked by a natural dam resulting from two landslides during an extreme heavy storm in 1837. This book presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive study on the physical, chemical, geographical and ecological aspects of Red Lake (Lacu Rosu). The first three chapters cover the formation and geological setting and its relationship with the Bicaz Gorges-Haghimas national park. Subsequent chapters present the sedimentological, morphological and hydrological evolution of this unique natural laboratory and climatological setting. The final chapters deal with ecological aspects of Red Lake waters and adjacent ecosystems such as wetlands and water resource management issues.

Author : Franz Ruttner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783112320440

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Fundamentals of Limnology by Franz Ruttner Pdf

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