Limnological Analysis

by Wetzel, Robert G.; Likens, Gene E.

• ISBN13: 9780387989280
• ISBN10: 0387989285
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

In this thoroughly updated third edition, the authors have provided a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises that represent the full scope of limnology. In using this text, students will gain a solid foundation in this complex, multidisciplinary field of ecology as they explore the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of standing and running waters. Limnological Analyses, Third Edition illustrates accepted standard methods as well as modern metabolic and experimental approaches and their research applications. Each exercise is preceded by an introductory section and concludes with questions for students as well as suggestions for further reading. As a textbook, Limnological Analyses, Third Edition is a highly structured, concise presentation with a research-oriented approach that openly invites active participation by students.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	vii
Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Lake Basin Characteristics and Morphometry	1	(14)
Light and Temperature	15	(18)
Physical Characteristics: Lake Models	33	(12)
The Heat Budget of Lakes	45	(12)
Morphology and Flow in Streams	57	(16)
Dissolved Oxygen	73	(12)
Inorganic Nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Other Nutrients	85	(28)
The Inorganic Carbon Complex: Alkalinity, Acidity, CO2, pH, Total Inorganic Carbon, Hardness, Aluminum	113	(24)
Organic Matter	137	(10)
Composition and Biomass of Phytoplankton	147	(28)
Collection, Enumeration, and Biomass of Zooplankton	175	(14)
Benthic Fauna of Lakes	189	(20)
Benthic Fauna of Streams	209	(10)
Primary Productivity of Phytoplankton	219	(22)
Feeding Rates by Protists and Larger Zooplankton	241	(10)
Zooplankton Production	251	(6)
Predator--Prey Interactions	257	(6)
Enumeration of Fish or Other Aquatic Animals	263	(8)
Bacterial Growth and Productivity	271	(18)
Decomposition: Relative Bacterial Heterotrophic Activity on Soluble Organic Matter	289	(12)
Decomposition: Particulate Organic Matter	301	(12)
The Littoral Zone	313	(12)
Experimental Manipulation of Model Ecosystems	325	(14)
Diurnal Changes in a Stream Ecosystem: An Energy and Nutrient Budget Approach	339	(10)
Diurnal Changes in Lake Systems	349	(6)
Special Lake Types	355	(6)
Historical Records of Changes in the Productivity of Lakes	361	(8)
Effect of Sewage Outfall on a Stream Ecosystem	369	(4)
Estimates of Whole Lake Metabolism: Hypolimnetic Oxygen Deficits and Carbon dioxide Accumulation	373	(10)
Appendix 1 General Chemical Relationships	383	(6)
Appendix 2 Basic Definitions Used in Community Analyses	389	(8)
Appendix 3 Useful Relationships Relvative to the Use of Colorimeters and Spectrophotometers	397	(2)
Appendix 4 Characteristics and Taxonomic Sources of Common Freshwater Organisms	399	(22)
Appendix 5 SI Conversion Factors	421	(4)
Index	425