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
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsgruppe
Elsevier Science & Techn.
Illustrationen
Approx. 400 illustrations (400 in full color)
Dateigröße
ISBN-13
978-0-12-822710-7 (9780128227107)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
- Prologue
- The Importance of Inland Waters
- Water as a Substance
- Rivers and Lakes - Their Distribution, Origins, and Forms
- Hydrological Systems
- Light in Inland Waters
- Fate of Heat
- Water Movements
- Structure and Productivity of Aquatic Ecosystems
- Water as a Chemical Environment
- Oxygen
- Salinity and Ionic Composition of Inland Waters
- The Inorganic Carbon Complex
- The Nitrogen Cycle
- The Phosphorus Cycle
- Other Important Elements
- Algae and Cyanobacteria Communities
- Ecology of Algae and Cyanobacteria (Phytoplankton)
- Zooplankton Communities: Diversity in Time and Space
- Ecology and Functioning of Zooplankton Communities
- Benthic Animals
- Fish
- Pelagic Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses
- Freshwater Plants
- Benthic Algae and Cyanobacteria of the Littoral Zone
- Shallow Lakes and Ponds
- Sediments and Microbiomes
- Organic Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Metabolism
- Wetlands
- Paleolimnology: Approaches and Applications
- Inland Waters: The Future of Limnology is Interdisciplinary, Collaborative, Inclusive, and Global
