UID:
edoccha_9960072741002883
Format:
xviii, 811 p. :
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ill.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-282-87849-2
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9786612878497
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0-08-092361-5
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0-08-088477-6
Series Statement:
Aquatic ecology series
Content:
For this second edition of his acclaimed textbook, Walter Dodds is joined by co-author Matt Whiles to expand and improve the coverage of both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology. This student introduction has been developed with the addition of new sections and box features which allow the reader access to more detailed material without distracting from the clear descriptions of the fundamental issues. The book progresses from descriptions of the aquatic organisms - that fire a student's imagination ? to the physical, chemical and ecological frameworks that allow them to thrive in freshwater habitats. The text is comprehensive and covers all inland freshwaters from lakes and ponds to rivers, streams, wetlands and groundwaters.- Expanded revision of Dodds' successful text.- New boxed sections provide more advanced material within the introductory, modular format of the first edition.- Features basic scientific concepts and environmental applications throughout.- Added coverage of climate change, ecosystem function, hypertrophic habitats and secondary production.- Expanded coverage of physical limnology, groundwater and wetland habitats. - Expanded coverage of the toxic effects of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupters as freshwater pollutants- More on aquatic invertebrates, with more plates and pictures of a broader range of organisms- Expanded coverage of the functional roles of filterer feeding, scraping, and shredding organisms, and a new section on omnivores.- Expanded appendix on standard statistical techniques- Supporting website with figures, extra material and exercises.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Cover -- Freshwater Ecology -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Why Study Continental Aquatic Systems? -- Human Use Of Water: Pressures On A Key Resource -- What Is The Value Of Water Quality? -- Advanced: Methods For Assigning Values To Ecosystem Goods And Services -- Climate Change And Water Resources -- Politics, Science, And Water -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 2 Properties Of Water -- Chemical And Physical Properties -- Advanced: The Nature Of Water -- Relationships Among Water Viscosity, Inertia, And Physical Parameters -- Movement Of Water -- Advanced: Equations Describing Properties Of Moving Water -- Forces That Move Water -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 3 Movement Of Light, Heat, And Chemicals In Water -- Diffusion Of Chemicals In Water -- Light In Water -- Heat Balance In Water -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 4 Hydrologic Cycle And Physiography Of Groundwater Habitats -- Habitats And The Hydrologic Cycle -- Advanced: Prediction Of Amount And Variability Of Runoff With Global Climate Change -- Movement Of Water Through Soil And Aquifers -- Groundwater Habitats -- Interaction Of Groundwaters With Surface Waters -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 5 Hydrology And Physiography Of Wetland Habitats -- Introduction And Definition Of Wetland Habitats -- Wetland Conservation And Mitigation -- Wetland Types -- Wetland Hydrology -- Wetlands And Global Change -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 6 Physiography Of Flowing Water -- Characterization Of Streams -- Stream Flow And Geology -- Advanced: Classification Of River And Stream Types As A Restoration And Management Tool -- Movement Of Materials By Rivers And Streams -- Advanced: Characterizing The Movement Of Dissolved Materials In Rivers And Streams -- Summary -- Questions For Thought.
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Chapter 7 Lakes And Reservoirs: Physiography -- Formation: Geological Processes -- Lake Habitats And Morphometry -- Unique Properties Of Reservoirs -- Stratification -- Water Movement And Currents In Lakes -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 8 Types Of Aquatic Organisms -- The Species Concept -- Advanced: Molecular Methods For Assessing Microbial Diversity In Natural Environments -- Major Taxonomic Groups -- Classification Of Organisms By Function, Habitats, And Interactions -- Organisms Found In Freshwaters -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 9 Microbes And Plants -- Viruses -- Archaea -- Bacteria -- Protoctista -- Fungi -- Plantae -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 10 Multicellular Animals -- Invertebrates -- Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 11 Evolution Of Organisms And Biodiversity Of Freshwaters -- Measures Of Diversity -- Temporal And Spatial Factors Influencing Evolution Of Freshwater Organisms -- Short-Term Factors Influencing Local Distribution Of Species -- Genetics And Populations Of Species -- Advanced: Populations And Their Spatial Distribution -- Invasions Of Nonnative Species -- Extinction -- What Is The Value Of Freshwater Species Diversity? -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 12 Aquatic Chemistry And Factors Controlling Nutrient Cycling: Redox And O[Sub(2)] -- Chemicals In Freshwaters -- Redox Potential, Potential Energy, And Chemical Transformations -- Oxygen: Forms And Transformations -- Photosynthesis -- Respiration -- Controls Of Distribution Of Dissolved Oxygen In The Environment -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 13 Carbon -- Forms Of Carbon -- Transformations Of Carbon -- A Conceptual Introduction To Nutrient Cycling -- The Carbon Cycle -- Advanced: Hydrogen And Carbon Cycling -- Summary -- Questions For Thought.
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Chapter 14 Nitrogen, Sulfur, Phosphorus, And Other Nutrients -- Nitrogen -- Sulfur -- Phosphorus -- Silicon, Iron, And Other Trace Nutrient Cycles -- Cycling Of Other Elements -- Gradients Of Redox And Nutrient Cycles And Interactions Among The Cycles -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 15 Unusual Or Extreme Habitats -- Adaptations To Extremes -- Saline Lakes -- Advanced: Chemistry Of Saline Lakes And Salt Production -- Hot Springs -- Cold Habitats -- Temporary Waters And Small Pools -- Ultraoligotrophic Habitats -- Hypereutrophic Habitats -- Deep Subsurface Habitats -- The Water Surface Layer -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 16 Responses To Stress, Toxic Chemicals, And Other Pollutants In Aquatic Ecosystems -- Basic Toxicology -- Bioassessment -- Organic Pollutants -- Pharmaceuticals And Endocrine Disruptors -- Acid Precipitation -- Metals And Other Inorganic Pollutants -- Salt Pollution -- Suspended Solids -- Thermal Pollution -- Human-Induced Increases In Uv Radiation -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 17 Nutrient Use And Remineralization -- Use Of Nutrients -- Nutrient Limitation And Relative Availability -- Resource Ratios And Stoichiometry Of Primary Producers -- Nutrient Remineralization -- Stoichiometry Of Heterotrophs, Their Food, And Nutrient Remineralization -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 18 Trophic State And Eutrophication -- Definition Of Trophic State -- Advanced: Determining Reference Nutrient Conditions In Freshwater Environments -- Why Do Algal Blooms Caused By Nutrient Pollution Matter In Lakes? -- Natural And Cultural Processes Of Eutrophication -- Relationships Among Nutrients, Water Clarity, And Phytoplankton: Managing Eutrophication In Lakes -- Advanced: Empirical Relationships Used To Predict Control Of Eutrophication -- Mitigating Lake Eutrophication.
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Managing Eutrophication In Streams And Rivers -- Case Studies Of Eutrophication In Lakes And Lotic Systems -- Managing Eutrophication In Wetlands -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 19 Behavior And Interactions Among Microorganisms And Invertebrates -- Behavior Of Microorganisms -- Interaction Types In Communities -- Predation And Parasitism Including The Microbial Loop -- Competition -- Mutualism: Facilitation And Syntrophy -- Chemical Mediation Of Microbial Interactions -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 20 Predation And Food Webs -- Herbivory -- Detritivory -- Omnivory -- Adaptation To Predation Pressure -- Adaptations Of Predators -- Nonlethal Effects Of Predation -- Trophic Levels, Food Webs, And Food Chains -- The Trophic Cascade -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 21 Nonpredatory Interspecific Interactions Among Plants And Animals In Freshwater Communities -- Competition -- Mutualism And Facilitation -- Other Species Interactions -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 22 Complex Community Interactions -- Disturbance -- Succession -- Indirect Interactions -- Strong Interactors -- Theoretical Community Ecology And Aquatic Food Webs -- Thresholds And Alternative Stable States -- Invasion And Extinction Revisited -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 23 Fish Ecology And Fisheries -- Biogeographical And Environmental Determinants Of Fish Assemblage Diversity -- Physiological Aspects Influencing Growth, Survival, And Reproduction -- Population Dynamics Of Fishes -- Regulating Exploitation Of Fish Stocks -- Stocking Fish For Fisheries -- Aquaculture -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 24 Freshwater Ecosystems -- General Approaches To Ecosystems -- Secondary Production -- Energy Fluxes And Nutrient Cycling -- Nutrient Budgets -- Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function -- Groundwater Ecosystems.
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Streams And Rivers -- Lakes And Reservoirs -- Advanced: Reservoirs As Unique Ecosystems -- Wetlands -- Whole Ecosystem Experiments -- Comparison Of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Summary -- Questions For Thought -- Chapter 25 Conclusions -- Appendix: Experimental Design In Aquatic Ecology -- Natural Observations And Experiments -- Multivariate Methods -- Simulation Modeling -- Manipulative Experiments -- Whole System Manipulations -- Summary -- Glossary -- Color Plates.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-374724-4
Language:
English
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