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Title Polar lakes and rivers : limnology of Arctic and Antarctic aquatic ecosystems / edited by Warwick F. Vincent and Johanna Laybourn-Parry
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 327 pages) : color illustrations, maps, plans
Series Oxford biology
Oxford biology.
Contents 1. Introduction to the limnology of high-latitude lake and river ecosystems / Warwick P. Vincent, John E. Hobbie and Johanna Laybourn-Parry -- 2. Origin and geomorphology of lakes in the polar regions / Reinhard Pienitz, Peter T. Doran and Scott P. Lamoureux -- 3. High-latitude paleolimnology / Dominic A. Hodgson and John P. Smol -- 4. physical limnology of high-latitude lakes / Warwick F. Vincent, Sally MacIntyre, Robert H. Spigel and Isabelle Laurion -- 5. High-latitude rivers and streams / Diane M. McKnight, Michael N. Gooseff, Warwick F. Vincent and Bruce J. Peterson -- 6. Ice-based freshwater ecosystems / Ian Hawes, Clive Howard-Williams and Andrew G. Fountain -- 7. Antarctic subglacial water: origin, evolution, and ecology / John C. Priscu, Slawek Tulaczyk, Michael Studinger, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, Brent C. Christner and Christine M. Foreman -- 8. Biogeochemical processes in high-latitude lakes and rivers / W. Berry Lyons and Jacques C. Finlay -- 9. Phytoplankton and primary production / Michael P. Lizotte -- 10. Benthic primary production in polar lakes and rivers / Antonio Quesada, Eduardo Fernandez-Valiente, Ian Hawes and Clive Howard-Williams -- 11. Heterotrophic microbial processes in polar lakes / John E. Hobbie and Johanna Laybourn-Parry -- 12. Microbial biodiversity and biogeography / David A. Pearce and Pierre E. Galand -- 13. Zooplankton and zoobenthos in high-latitude water bodies / Milla Rautio, Ian A.E. Bayly, John A.E. Gibson and Marjut Nyman -- 14. Fish in high-latitude Arctic lakes / Michael Power, James D. Reist and J. Brian Dempson -- 15. Food-web relationships and community structures in high-latitude lakes / Kirsten S. Christoffersen, Erik Jeppesen, Daryl L. Moorhead and Lars J. Tranvik -- 16. Direct human impacts on high-latitude lakes and rivers / Martin J. Riddle and Derek C.G. Muir -- 17. Future directions in polar limnology / Johanna Laybourn-Parry and Warwick F. Vincent
Summary This title provides an overview of the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. It describes each ecosystem type, the remarkable aquatic life that thrives in these extreme habitats, and the similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic waters
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Freshwater biology -- Polar regions
Lake ecology -- Polar regions
Stream ecology -- Polar regions
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Freshwater biology
Lake ecology
Stream ecology
See
Fließgewässer
Aquatisches Ökosystem
Limnologie
Polar regions
Polargebiete
Form Electronic book
Author Vincent, Warwick F.
Laybourn-Parry, Johanna.
ISBN 9780191550188
0191550183
1281978469
9781281978462
9780191707506
0191707503
9786611978464
6611978461