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Ecology of freshwaters : Earth’s bloodstream / Brian Moss.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2018.Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiv, 544 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119239406 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH541.5  F7M85 2018
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Contents:
The world as it was and the world as it is -- Early evolution and diversity of freshwater organisms -- Diversity continued : multicellular organisms in freshwaters -- Water : a remarkable unremarkable substance -- Water as a habitat : some background water chemistry -- Key nutrients, trace elements and organic matter -- Light thrown upon the waters -- Headwater streams and rivers -- Uses, misuses and restoration of headwater streams and rivers -- Rich systems : floodplain rivers -- Floodplains and human affairs -- Lakes and other standing waters -- The communities of shallow standing waters: mires, shallow lakes and the littoral zone -- Plankton communities of the pelagic zone -- The profundal zone and carbon storage -- Fisheries in standing waters -- The uses, abuses and restoration of standing waters -- Climate change and the future of freshwaters.
Summary: "The new edition of this established textbook, now with full colour illustration, has been extensively revised and continues to provide a comprehensive, stimulating, readable and authoritative coverage of freshwater habitats, their communities and their functioning, the world over. The work will be great value to undergraduate and graduate students, fellow researchers and water managers, and the plain language and lack of jargon should make it accessible to anyone interested in the functioning and current state of lakes and rivers. Having taught and researched over fifty years and six continents, professor Brian Moss makes here extensive use of his personal experience as well as the huge literature now available on freshwater. This is the fifth edition of his textbook, which, since the first edition in 1980, has steadily evolved to reflect a rapidly changing science and environment. It places increasing emphasis on the role of people in damaging and managing freshwaters as we move into the anthropocene epoch and face unprecedented levels of climate and other changes, whilst rejoicing in the fascination of what are left of near pristine freshwater ecosystems."--Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The world as it was and the world as it is -- Early evolution and diversity of freshwater organisms -- Diversity continued : multicellular organisms in freshwaters -- Water : a remarkable unremarkable substance -- Water as a habitat : some background water chemistry -- Key nutrients, trace elements and organic matter -- Light thrown upon the waters -- Headwater streams and rivers -- Uses, misuses and restoration of headwater streams and rivers -- Rich systems : floodplain rivers -- Floodplains and human affairs -- Lakes and other standing waters -- The communities of shallow standing waters: mires, shallow lakes and the littoral zone -- Plankton communities of the pelagic zone -- The profundal zone and carbon storage -- Fisheries in standing waters -- The uses, abuses and restoration of standing waters -- Climate change and the future of freshwaters.

"The new edition of this established textbook, now with full colour illustration, has been extensively revised and continues to provide a comprehensive, stimulating, readable and authoritative coverage of freshwater habitats, their communities and their functioning, the world over. The work will be great value to undergraduate and graduate students, fellow researchers and water managers, and the plain language and lack of jargon should make it accessible to anyone interested in the functioning and current state of lakes and rivers.

Having taught and researched over fifty years and six continents, professor Brian Moss makes here extensive use of his personal experience as well as the huge literature now available on freshwater. This is the fifth edition of his textbook, which, since the first edition in 1980, has steadily evolved to reflect a rapidly changing science and environment. It places increasing emphasis on the role of people in damaging and managing freshwaters as we move into the anthropocene epoch and face unprecedented levels of climate and other changes, whilst rejoicing in the fascination of what are left of near pristine freshwater ecosystems."--Back cover

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