Closs, Gerry.

Freshwater ecology : a scientific introduction / Gerry Closs, Barbara Downes, Andrew Boulton. - Malden, MA. : Blackwell Pub. Co., 2003. - xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

What is ecological science? -- How does scale of measurement affect what we see? -- Wonderful water: linkages from the atom to the biosphere -- What's in a lake? -- What's in rivers and streams? -- Fundamental ecological questions -- How are population numbers and structure affected by dispersal? -- Why do organisms occupy particular habitats? -- How do freshwater communities recover from disturbance? -- What is the impact of predators in freshwater systems? -- Applied freshwater ecology -- What are the ecological effects of changing a water regime? -- How do we assess the impact of pollution? -- Can we fix smelly, green lakes? -- What is the impact of introduced species?.

9781405124645


Freshwater ecology.

QH541.5.F7

577.6 CLO