Freshwater ecology : a scientific introduction / Gerry Closs, Barbara Downes, Andrew Boulton.

By:

Closs, Gerry

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Malden, MA. : Blackwell Pub. Co., 2003.Description: xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781405124645

Subject(s):

Freshwater ecology

DDC classification:

577.6 CLO 21

LOC classification:

QH541.5.F7

Contents:

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?.

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Item type	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	ATREE Library General Stacks	577.6 CLO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3252

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