Limnology (inland waters) Books

In the continued quest for increased economic benefits from our water resources, numerous structures and operating policies for controlling the river flow have been built and implemented. These structures and associated...

Lakes Ladoga and Onego are the greatest lakes in Europe. With a surface area of 17891 km2 and a volume of 902 km3, the former is one of the top fifteen world's freshwater lakes and is only slightly smaller than Lake Ontario...

Ponds and small lakes support an extremely rich biodiversity of fascinating organisms. Many people have encountered a few unfamiliar creatures, such as dragonfly nymphs and caddisfly larvae. However, there is a far richer world of microscopic organisms,...

Scotland is fortunate in being very richly endowed with natural fresh waters in the form of numerous lochs and rivers. These constitute on the one hand an attractive feature of the landscape and on the other a major resource...

Playing a critical role in both influencing climate change and mitigating its impacts, the world's diverse wetlands have become one of the world's most threatened ecosystems as unsustainable land-use practices coupled with...

Alaska's great size is mirrored by the large number and diversity of its freshwater ecosystems. This volume reviews and synthesizes research on a variety of Alaskan freshwaters including lakes, rivers and wetlands. The vast...

The Second International Symposium on the East African Lakes was held from 10-15 January 2000 at Club Makokola on the southern shore of Lake Malawi. The symposium was organized by the International Decade for the East African...

All the water bodies on Earth have an aquatic ecosystem and an aquatic ecology. It consists of all the under-water plants, animals, etc. Aquatic ecology can be divided into two main parts namely freshwater ecosystem and marine ecosystem. This book is a...

Ce livre est une monographie limnologique sur le lac Léman, situé entre la France et la Suisse. Il aborde les aspects physiques, chimiques, biologiques et géologiques du lac, ainsi que son histoire naturelle et les activités humaines qui l'ont affecté...

Dans cet ouvrage de référence, Forel examine la biologie et la chimie du Léman, le plus grand lac d'Europe, en proposant une analyse approfondie de sa géologie, de son hydrologie et de sa faune et sa flore. Cet ouvrage offre une description complète et...

Environment inhabits all the living beings and provides them with means to survive. Today, the biggest threat to the natural environment comes in the form of pollution. Aquatic biodiversity is threatened by water pollution. The ecosystem inside water...