Ecology of Fresh Waters Man and Medium, Past to Future

Name: Ecology of Fresh Waters Man and Medium, Past to Future
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ISBN: 9780632035120

ISBN-10: 0632035129

ISBN-13: 9780632035120

Edition: 3rd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Brian R. Moss

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This comprehensive and stimulating introduction to rivers, lakes and wetlands is intended as a basis for an entire course on fresh water ecology. It has been designed specifically to give undergraduates an overall view of this vast subject area.

Book details

List price: $109.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/14/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

BRIAN MOSS is Professor of Botany at the University of Liverpool. His researches in freshwater biology have been carried out in Europe, Africa and the USA. During 17 years at the University of East Anglia, he modernised understanding of the ecological problems of the Norfolk Broads. Currently he is concerned with the restoration of polluted lakes. Previous books include Ecology of Freshwaters, now in its 3rd edition.



Introduction


On living in water


From atmosphere to stream


The chemical birth of fresh waters


Erosive streams and rivers


Lowland rivers, their floodplains and wetlands


Lakes, pools and other standing waters - some basic features of their productivity


The plankton and fish communities of the open water of lakes


The littoral and profundal communities of lakes


Fish and fisheries in lakes


The birth, development and extinction of lakes


Freshwaters, the world and the future