Freshwater Systems

In this book, the authors take available information on freshwater systems and evaluate it within a modern ecological framework. They consider both lentic and lotic systems in an integrated fashion, emphasizing similarities and dissimilarities in biotic and and abiotic features. Their approach throughout is to describe basic ecological theory and to discuss the relevance and applicability to freshwater organisms. The book is aimed primarily at senior undergraduate and graduate student courses in freshwater ecology and biology.