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Limnoecology The Ecology of Lakes and Streams

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ISBN-10: 0199213933

ISBN-13: 9780199213931

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Winfried Lampert, Ulrich Sommer

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This concise, readable introduction to limnology (the science of investigating the structure and function of inland waters), places the subject in the context of modern ecology. Unlike most ecological textbooks, which use examples taken almost exclusively from terrestrial systems, this book integrates the fields of limnology and ecology by presenting empirical data drawn entirely from freshwater ecosystems in order to advance ecological theories (limnoecology).This second edition builds upon the strengths of the first with the structure of the book following the same hierarchical concept of ecology, from habitat properties, individuals, populations, coupled populations and communities to…    
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List price: $93.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Ulrich Sommer1952 in Wien geboren, studierte Biologie und promovierte 1977 am Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie der Wiener Universität. 1985 habilitierte er sich and er Universität Konstanz im Fach Limnologie. Seine Arbeiten über Konkurrenzbeziehungen des Phytoplanktons wurden 1985 mit dem Heinz-Meier-Leibnitz-Preis ausgezeichnet.Nach 6 Jahren weiterer Forschungstätigkeit auf diesem Gebiet am Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie in Plön wurde er 1991 Professor am Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres der Universität Oldenburg und verlagerte damit seinen Forschungsschwerpunkt auf meeresbiologische Fragestellungen.1994 wurde Professor Sommer an das Leibniz-Institut für…    

List of Abbreviations
Ecology and evolution
Natural selection
Fitness
Proximate and ultimate factors
Methods of ecological research
Hypothesis testing
Observations and recording
Correlation of field data
Laboratory and field experiments
Mathematical models
Methods driving the direction of science
Special features of aquatic habitats
Effects of the molecular structure of water
Vertical gradients
Other vertical gradients
Running water
Predictability of environmental conditions in water
Review questions
The individual in its habitat
Individual requirements
Abiotic factors
Resources
Energy utilization
The importance of body size
Review questions
Populations
Features of populations
Control of population size
Ecological genetics
Demography
Distribution
Classification of life-history strategies
Dispersal and colonization
Review questions
Interactions
Competition for resources
Direct interactions of competitors
Predator-prey relationships
Grazing
Predation
Parasitism
Symbiosis
Interactions of competition and predation
Review questions
Communities
Characteristics of communities
"Superorganism" or "sieve"
Internal structure of communities
Species richness and diversity
Lake communities
Stream communities
Review questions
Ecosystem perspectives
The ecosystem as an ecological unit
Flow of energy
Cycling of matter
Are streams ecosystems?
Comparisons of ecosystem productivity
Anthropogenic disturbances to ecosystems
Ecosystem change
Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functions
Review questions
Final remarks
Ecology and the biological sciences
Ecology and society
Ecology and the environment
References
Glossary
Index