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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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Freshwater Ecology; Brief contents; Full contents; Preface; Part 1: The Tools of Freshwater Ecological Science; Chapter 1 What is ecological science?; Chapter 2 How does scale of measurement affect what we see?; Chapter 3 Wonderful water: linkages from the atom to the biosphere; Chapter 4 What is in lakes?; Chapter 5 What is in rivers and streams?; Part 2: Fundamental Ecological Questions; Chapter 6 How are population numbers and structure affected by dispersal?; Chapter 7 Why do organisms occupy particular habitats?; Chapter 8 How do freshwater communities recover from disturbance? |
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Chapter 9 What is the impact of predators in freshwater systems?Part 3: Applied Freshwater Ecology; Chapter 10 What are the ecological effects of changing a water regime?; Chapter 11 How do we assess the impact of pollution?; Chapter 12 Can we fix smelly, green lakes?; Chapter 13 What is the impact of introduced species?; Concluding remarks; Index |
| Summary |
Freshwater ecosystems are under increasing pressure as human populations grow and the need for clean water intensifies. The demand for ecologists and environmental managers who are trained in basic freshwater ecology has never been greater. Students and practitioners new to the field of freshwater ecology and management need a text that provides them with an accessible introduction to the key questions while still providing sufficient background on basic scientific methods. Gerry Closs, Barbara Downes and Andrew Boulton have written a text that meets the requirements of these students. Followi |
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Print version record |
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Natural history.
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Science.
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natural sciences.
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sciences (philosophy)
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science (modern discipline)
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Natural history
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Science
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Downes, Barbara
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Boulton, Andrew
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| ISBN |
9781444311136 |
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1444311131 |
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1282117416 |
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9781282117419 |
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