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concepts and environmental applications of limnology
1 online resource (xvi, 981 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
"Freshwater Ecology, Third Edition, covers everything from the basic chemical and physical properties of water, to the advanced and unifying concepts of community ecology and ecosystem relationships found in continental waters. Giving students a solid foundation for both courses and future fieldwork, and updated to include key issues, including how to balance ecological and human health needs, GMOs, molecular tools, fracking, and a host of other environmental issues, this book is an ideal resource for both students and practitioners in ecology and related fields."--Provided by publisher.
Why study continental aquatic systems?. Human use of water : pressures on a key resource ; What is the value of water? ; Advanced : methods for assigning values to ecosystem services ; The anthropocene : climate change and water resources ; Politics, citizens, science, and water -- 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 -- Movement of light, heat, and chemicals in water. Diffusion of chemicals in water ; Movement of gases between atmosphere and water ; Light in water ; Heat balance in water -- The 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 -- Hydrology and physiography of wetland habitats. Definition of wetlands ; Wetland conservation and mitigation ; Wetland types ; Wetland hydrology ; Restoration ecology and wetland restoration ; Wetlands and global change ; Wetlands as key habitat for wildlife -- Physiography of flowing water. Characterization of streams ; Streamflow and geology ; Human influences on physical aspects of rivers ; River and stream restoration ; Transport of materials by rivers and streams ; Advanced : characterizing the movement of dissolved materials in rivers and streams -- Lakes and reservoirs : physiography. Formation : geological processes ; Lake habitats and morphometry ; Unique properties of reservoirs ; Geomorphological evolution of lakes and reservoirs ; Stratification ; Advanced : heat budgets of lakes ; Water movement and currents in lakes -- Types of aquatic organisms. The species concept ; Chemical taxonomic methods ; Molecular approaches for assessing taxonomy and diversity in natural environments ; Molecular methods for general aquatic ecology ; Major taxonomic groups ; Classification of organisms by function, habitats, and interactions ; Organisms found in freshwaters -- Microbes and plants. Viruses ; Archaea ; Bacteria ; Protoctista ; Fungi ; Plantae -- Multicellular animals. Invertebrates ; Phylum chordata, subphylum vertebrata ; 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 ; Global changes and shifts in biodiversity ; Nonnative species ; Extinction ; What is the value of freshwater species diversity? -- Aquatic chemistry and factors controlling nutrient cycling : redox and O². Chemicals in freshwaters ; Redox potential, potential energy, and chemical transformations ; Oxygen : forms and transformations ; Photosynthesis ; Respiration ; Metabolic balance of photosynthesis and respiration, and temperature effects ; Controls of distribution of dissolved oxygen in the environment -- Carbon. Forms of a carbon ; Transformations of carbon ; Global emission of methane and carbon dioxide related to inland aquatic habitats and climate change ; A conceptual introduction to nutrient cycling ; The carbon cycle -- Nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other nutrients. Nitrogen ; Sulfur ; Phosphorus ; Silicon and iron ; Cycling of other elements ; Gradients of redox and nutrient cycles and interactions among the cycles -- Adaptations to extreme and unusual habitats. Adaptations to extremes ; Saline lakes ; Hot springs ; Cold habitats ; Temporary waters and small pools ; Ultraoligotrophic habitats ; Hypertrophic habitats ; Deep subsurface habitats ; The water surface layer -- Responses to stress, toxic chemicals, and other pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. Basic toxicology ; Bioassessment ; Organic pollutants ; Acid precipitation ; Metals and radioactive pollutants ; Nanomaterials ; Salt pollution ; Suspended solids ; Thermal pollution ; Anthropogenic increases in UV radiation ; Urbanization -- 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 -- Trophic state and eutrophication. Definition of trophic state ; Advanced : determining reference nutrient conditions in freshwater environments -- Why does alteration of trophic state by nutrient conditions in freshwater environments -- Why does alteration of trophic state 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 ; Managing eutrophication in streams and rivers ; Case studies of eutrophication in lakes and lotic systems ; Managing eutrophication in wetlands -- Behavior and interactions among microorganisms and invertebrates. Behavior of microoorganisms ; Interaction types in communities ; Predation and parasitism, including the microbial loop ; Competition ; Mutualism : facilitation and syntrophy ; Chemical mediation of microbial interactions -- Predation and food webs. Herbivory ; Dentritivory ; Omnivory ; Adaptation to predation pressure ; Adaptations of predators ; Nonlethal effects of predation ; Trophic levels, food webs, and food chains ; The trophic cascade -- Nonpredatory interspecific interactions among plants and animals in freshwater communities. Competition ; Mutualism and facilitation ; Other species interactions -- 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 -- Fish ecology, fisheries, and aquaculture. 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 for fisheries ; Aquaculture -- Freshwater ecosystems. General approaches to ecosystems ; Secondary production ; Energy fluxes and nutrient cycling ; Nutrient budgets ; Biodiversity and ecosystem function ; Groundwater ecosystems ; Streams and rivers ; Lakes and reservoirs ; Advanced : reservoirs as unique ecosystems ; Wetlands ; Whole-ecosystem experiments ; Comparison of freshwater ecosystems -- Scaling, landscapes, macroecology, and macrosystems in freshwaters. Scaling ; Landscape ecology ; Macroecology ; Macrosystems -- Conclusions -- Appendix : Experimental design in aquatic ecology.
Walter K. Dodds, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States, Matt R. Whiles, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 833-948) and indexes.
Dodds, Walter K. (Walter Kennedy), 1958-
London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2020]