Introduction to Limnology

by Dodson, Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780072879353
• ISBN10: 0072879351
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

This text includes the basic foundation information of limnology in an appropriate length for a one-semester course. It is written for intermediate undergraduate college students with some science background, including an introductory biology course. The text is especially well-suited for undergraduate majors in zoology, botany, conservation biology, biology, environmental studies, ecology, aquatic biology, and related fields.Introduction to Limnologycontains more biology, ecology, and human-environmental connections than other such books on the market. The text emphasizes aquatic ecology, with a wide range of ecological fields represented, including: landscape, ecosystem, physiological, population, community, and biome.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Limnology

2 Setting the Stage: Water as an Environment

3 Diversity of Aquatic Organisms: The Single-Celled and Colonial Organisms

4 Diversity of Aquatic Organisms: Rotifers, Annelids, and Arthropods

5 Diversity of Aquatic Organisms: Larger Organisms

6 Population Dynamics in Limnology: Population Size Changing with Time

7 Community Ecology: Species Interactions and Community Structure

8 Community Ecology: Freshwater Communities Changing Through Time

9 Aquatic Ecosystems and Physiology: Energy Flow

10 Aquatic Ecosystems: Chemical Cycles

11 Water in Landscapes

12 The Citizen Limnologist

13 Field and Laboratory Exercises