Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Author Gene Likens

Publisher Academic Press

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Gene Likens

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Academic Press

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Copyright

2009

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9780123706263

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eBook

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College Freshman - College Senior

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Contains over 240 individual articles covering various broad topics including properties of water hydrologic cycles, surface and groundwater hydrology, hydrologic balance, lakes of the world, rivers of the world, light and heat in aquatic ecosystems, hydrodynamics and mixing in rivers, reservoirs, and lakes, biological integration among inland aquatic ecosystems, pollution and remediation, and conservation and management of inland aquatic ecosystems.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication to Robert G. Wetzel.
Preface.
Editor-in-Chief.
Editors.
Contributors.
Contents.
1: Introductory Overviews.
2: Inland Waters.
3: Limnology as a Discipline.
4: Aesthetic Values of Lakes and Rivers.
5: Aquatic Ecosystem Services.
6: Water as a Human Resource.
7: Air/Water and Land/Water Interfaces, Wetlands and the Littoral Zone.
8: Aquatic Plants: A General Introduction.
9: Aquatic Plants and Attached Algae.
10: Coarse Woody Debris in Lakes and Streams.
11: Gas Exchange at the Air–Water Interface.
12: Littoral Zone.
13: Mosses (Bryophytes).
14: Neuston in Aquatic Ecosystems.
15: Algae (Incl. Cyanobacteria): Types, Phytoplankton, and Eutrophication/Remediation.
16: Algae.
17: Algae of River Ecosystems.
18: Chrysophytes – Golden Algae.
19: Comparative Primary Production.
20: Cyanoprokaryota and Other Prokaryotic Algae.
21: Diatoms.
22: Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs.
23: Green Algae.
24: Other Phytoflagellates and Groups of Lesser Importance.
25: Photosynthetic Periphyton and Surfaces.
26: Phytoplankton Nutrition and Related Mixotrophy.
27: Phytoplankton Population Dynamics in Natural Environments.
28: Phytoplankton Population Dynamics: Concepts and Performance Measurement.
29: Phytoplankton Productivity.
30: The Phycogeography of Freshwater Algae.
31: Applied Aspects of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems.
32: Agriculture.
33: Aquaculture, Freshwater.
34: Biomanipulation of Aquatic Ecosystems.
35: Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems.
36: Effects of Recreation and Commercial Shipping.
37: Harmful Algal Blooms.
38: International Water Convention and Treaties.
39: Lake and Reservoir Management.
40: Lake Management, Criteria.
41: Restoration Ecology of Rivers.
42: Restoration of Acid Drainage.
43: Transboundary Aquifer Resources.
44: Urban Aquatic Ecosystems.
45: Biological Integration Among Inland Aquatic Ecosystems.
46: Biodiversity of Aq
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