Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems

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New edition of an introductory text in liminology. Wetzel, who has published extensively on the subject, argues that apart from the structure of water and a few physical properties, aquatic ecosystem structure, energy flow, and productivity are regulated by biogeochemical cycling. Also, he presents data supporting conceptual relationships among biota and the environment, and maintains that regulatory generality prevails across the individual species and diversity of processes, especially concerning regulation of metabolic rates among different communities. The 26 chapters combine lacustrine, reservoir, and running water limnolgy. Illustrated with b&w diagrams and charts.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Carole E. Lembi, Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, in Journal of Physiological Ecology, 2001
"...the author's ability to put the tremendous array of subjects into context is nothing short of remarkable."


Review
"This newest edition is marked not only by substantial reworking, updating, and addition but also by the maturation of the author's understanding of freshwater ecosystems, and understanding that has been amassed from years of study and analysis of his own and others' research. ...the author's ability to put the tremendous array of subjects into context is nothing short of remarkable. ...this book is a timely and masterful revision, and it should be on the shelf and in the classroom of every practicing freshwater algal ecologist and limnologist."
-Carole E. Lembi, Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY (2001)


Review
"This newest edition is marked not only by substantial reworking, updating, and addition but also by the maturation of the author's understanding of freshwater ecosystems, and understanding that has been amassed from years of study and analysis of his own and others' research. ...the author's ability to put the tremendous array of subjects into context is nothing short of remarkable. ...this book is a timely and masterful revision, and it should be on the shelf and in the classroom of every practicing freshwater algal ecologist and limnologist."
—-Carole E. Lembi, Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY (2001)


Book Description
Limnology is the study of the structural and functional interrelationships of organisms of inland waters as they are affected by their dynamic physical, chemical, and biotic environments. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, 3rd Edition, is a new edition of this established classic text. The coverage remains rigorous and uncompromising and has been thoroughly reviewed and updated with evolving recent research results and theoretical understanding. In addition, the author has expanded coverage of lakes to reservoir and river ecosystems in comparative functional analyses.


Book Info
Ecology textbook offering complete coverage of liminology as a discipline. A major element of the synthesis in this volume is the comparative treatment of topics across lake, river, and river ecosystems, which indicates clear differences between land-water interface regions, lakes, resevoirs, and rivers in terms of their properties. Previous edition: c1983.


About the Author
Robert G. Wetzel, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.


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This newest edition is marked not only by substantial reworking, updating, and addition but also by the maturation of the author's understanding of freshwater ecosystems, and understanding that has been amassed from years of study and analysis of his own and others' research. ...the author's ability to put the tremendous array of subjects into context is nothing short of remarkable. ...this book is a timely and masterful revision, and it should be on the shelf and in the classroom of every practicing freshwater algal ecologist and limnologist.


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