Intended for biology and environmental sciences students, this study of lake systems covers the physics, chemistry and biology of lakes. The text includes ecosystem examples to illustrate basic concepts in limnology. The examples are drawn from all over the world - Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, the Arctic, Europe, Japan and New Zealand. This wide array of examples allows the authors to point out marked differences in size, basin shape, climate and biota, while illustrating a unity of principles in limnology. The number of topics is limited so that major subjects - such as physical conditions within lake systems, applications to the LIST environment, and the success of big rivers, streams and estuaries - can be covered in more depth. This edition contains new chapters on wetlands and large rivers, while the chapters on light, phosphorus, phytoplankton and zooplankton have been revised. Further examples have also been added.
- ISBN10 0071133593
- ISBN13 9780071133593
- Publish Date 1 June 1994 (first published 1 December 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 November 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
- Edition International 2 Revised ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 736
- Language English