Freshwater Systems
An Ecological Approach
Blackwell Science Ltd (Publisher)
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-632-02189-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
180 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-632-02189-5 (9780632021895)
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Persons
Author
Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Canada
Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Canada
Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield
Content
The system; Living in freshwater; Populations; Population interactions; Community structure and function; Energetics; Evolutionary biology; Applied overview.