The biology of lakes and ponds

Brönmark, Christer. (Author). Hansson, Lars-Anders. (Added Author).

Summary: "This introduction to the biology of standing waters integrates the effects of abiotic constraints and biotic interactions at both the population and community level, and examines how the distribution and success of different organisms in this freshwater habitat can be explained and predicted"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0198516126 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0198516134 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-270) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction -- 2. The abiotic frame and adaptations to cope with abiotic constraints -- 3. The organisms : the actors within the abiotic frame -- 4. Biotics : competition, herbivory, predation, parasitism, and symbiosis -- 5. Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems -- 6. Biodiversity and environmental threats.