Rivers and lakes Books

The recent listing of Pacific salmon under the Endangered Species Act has led to substantial interest in the scientific basis for river restoration in the Pacific Northwest. Millions of dollars in state and federal funding have been programmed for...

Water covers about two-thirds of the surface of earth, but only 0.627 percent of this water is the sweet surface and subsurface water available for the survival of freshwater organisms including man (1,2). Some of this fresh or...

In this thoroughly updated third edition, the authors provide a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises that represent the full scope of limnology. In using the text, students will gain a solid...

This is the first comprehensive study of an east African lake for thirty years. It represents the culmination of research expeditions which stretch back twenty years and is thus able to pick up long term changes which the...

Die Flohe: Die Arten der Insectenordnung Suctoria nach ihrem Chitinskelet monographisch dargestellt ist ein Buch von Otto Taschenberg, das im Jahr 1880 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit den verschiedenen Arten von Fl������hen,...

Le Code de la P������che Fluviale V1: Avec un Commentaire (1829) de Jacques Joseph Baudrillart est un livre qui traite de la r�����glementation de la p������che en eau douce en France au XIXe si�����cle. Il contient une analyse d�����taill�����e des lois...

The River And I is a book written by John Gneisenau Neihardt and published in 1910. It is a memoir that recounts the author's experiences growing up in the American Midwest and his deep connection with the Missouri River. The book is divided into three...

The Raritan: Notes On A River And A Family is a book written by John Charles Van Dyke and published in 1915. The book is a memoir of the author's experiences growing up on the banks of the Raritan River in New Jersey, USA. The book is divided into three...

The Freshwater Tertiary Formations Of The Rocky Mountain Region is a book written by William Morris Davis and published in 1900. This book provides a comprehensive study of the geological formations found in the Rocky Mountain region, particularly the...

The Freshwater Amphipoda Of North America is a book written by Ada Louise Weckel in 1907. The book is a comprehensive guide to the freshwater amphipods found in North America. It contains detailed descriptions of the physical characteristics, behavior,...

This book provides an ecosystem perspective in addressing the water resource management issues in the South Asian region. It argues that aspects such as sources of water, its distribution and users; land-water interrelations; drivers of change such as...

Evidence now suggests that the roles of essential fatty acids as growth promoters and as indices of health and nutrition are fundamentally similar in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems integrates...

A vivid and lyrical account of the beauty and history of the River Clyde in Scotland, from its source high in the hills to its mouth at the city of Glasgow. Munro's prose captures both the grandeur and the minutiae of this remarkable waterway, from the...

Dieses Werk bietet eine detaillierte Beschreibung des Rheins, einem der bedeutendsten Flusse Europas. Hier werden der Lauf, die Mündung, die Flusslandschaften und die Beschaffenheit des Strombettes des Rheins eingehend behandelt. Eine wichtige Lekture...

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado/Stickeen is a classic John Muir nature story collection that contains the following John Muir titles: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado and Stickeen, the story of a dog. Both texts are fine examples of John Muir nature...

Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the state's geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics. Mississippi's paddleways--its rivers, rills, creeks, and streams--are its arteries, its lifeblood, and the connective tissues that...

This story is about a Bison Herd that lives between the Tanana and Wood Rivers, which drain north into the Yukon River. The main character is a Black Bison bull named Carl, which his friends call him Lucky. Carl receives the name Lucky from a Prairie Dog...

Notes On The Family Zygaenidae (1884) is a comprehensive guide to the family of moths known as Zygaenidae. Written by Alpheus Spring Packard Jr., a prominent American entomologist and zoologist, the book provides detailed descriptions and illustrations...

In 1921, two Swedes, Nils Pallin and Allan Bäckman, described their incredible challenges and tribulations as the first explorers of the largest and grandest glacier flowing from Chile's stunning North Patagonian Icefield. Sited in a wild, stormy...

You see frogs, I see toads. You see fish, I see ducks. These are the many wildlife that you can see living together in ponds and lakes. Would you like to take a dive with me and explore further their natural habitat? Then go ahead and get your...

Limnology is a part of environmental sciences. It is concerned with the study of inland water bodies, like lakes, rivers, floodplains, wetlands, reservoirs, ponds, etc. Freshwater ecology is a branch of limnology. This book combines these two disciplines...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

""Leaf Curl and Plum Pockets: Contribution to the Knowledge of the Prunicolous Exoasceae of the United States"" is a scientific publication written by George Francis Atkinson in 1894. The book focuses on the study of fungal diseases that affect fruit...

Musings In Moorland And Marsh is a book written by Samuel Wills and published in 1895. The book is a collection of essays and observations that the author made during his travels through the moorlands and marshes of England. Wills was a keen observer of...

""Fauna of New England V1: List of the Reptilia (1904)"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by Samuel Henshaw. The book provides a detailed list of all the reptiles found in the New England region of the United States. The author has included...

The Misadventures of a Cross-America Kayaker is the story of an old man on what would probably be his final adventure. Over a span of seven years, Hank Landau paddled and portaged over 4,700 miles on nineteen waterways and rivers, six of them going...

This is the fourth instalment of the "Ditchfield's Little Wonder Book" series, "Stocking the Garden Pond". It deals chiefly with adding, fostering, and maintaining aquatic life in a garden pond, with helpful advice and diagrams throughout. This handy...

Our goal is to serve; realizing that it is their country, their people, their village, but our problem. We will never do for others what they can do for themselves, but will work in a partnership based upon mutual love, grace, and respect.Dr. Ben Mathes,...

Canoeing from the source of the Missouri River high in the mountains of the Continental Divide down the rapids and over the dams of the upper Missouri to its confluence with the Mississippi and on down its broad waters to New Orleans, 3,800 miles, two...

(A River Friend Series Reference Book)WHY THE BOOK?-"WATER IS NOT A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT LIKE ANY OTHER BUT IS A HERITAGE WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED, DEFENDED AND TREATED AS SUCH [i.e. as Heritage]."Just by existing, each of us makes rivers worse. Each person...

With the Yellowstone River Valley of Montana as its setting, this book introduces readers to sustainability issues, theory, and science.Sustainability offers a vision for business and society that benefits Earth. Yet sustainability is often taught in...

Part travelogue, part history, and part environmental treatise, "Mekong - The Occluding River" is above all else an urgent warning that factors such as pollution, ecological devastation, and the depletion of natural resources are threatening the very...

On February 1, 1959 the Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic founded the 'Forschungsstelle fUr Limnologie' (now Abteilung Lim­ nologie des Zentralinstitutes fUr Mikrobiologie und Experimentelle Therapie der...

The idea of producing a book on the activities of sence of bottom versus surface withdrawal all have microorganisms in reservoirs had its origins in an a bearing on microbial processes. In addition, res­ article published by...

This volume is derived from a symposium on High Latitude Limnology held during the 23rd Congress of the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae in Hamilton, New Zealand. The symposium stemmed from our belief that an exchange of...

Turbellarian platyhelminths (or, as they are known now among cladistic systematists, free-living Platyhelminthes) comprise a widely distributed assemblage of lower worms found in marine, freshwater, and even occasionally in...

About the book -Everything we see around us came from the same source, has a life span, and undergoes destruction only to be reborn. That is nature's cycle. Every species is an INSIDER. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, which does not BELONG...

Straminipilous Fungi presents a critical comparative review of the morphology and ultrastructure, morphogenesis, cytology, molecular biology and evolution of the biflagellate fungi. These organisms encompass the fungi...

There is a growing need for appropriate management of aquatic plants in rivers and canals, lakes and reservoirs, and drainage channels and urban waterways. This management must be based on a sound knowledge of the ecology of...

This volume combines articles on shallow lakes from leading European scientists in limnology. It covers aspects of the dynamics of macrophytes, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos, nutrient loading, littoral-pelagic...

This book tells a story of a large lake affected by agricultural and urban activities that have led to severe eutrophication problems with nuisance blue-green algal blooms. Although it is a case study of Lake Ringsjön...

Hiroya Kawanabe (HK) was born in Kyoto on 10 May 1932. His father, Osamu Kawanabe, was a teacher of Japanese literature and also a Buddhist priest, who died in 1934 at an early age. His mother, Tsuya Fujii-Kawanabe, was a...

There are many famous wetlands in the world that have been deemed important for the homeostasis ofthe biosphere and accorded some form ofprotected status in view of the richness of their flora and fauna. T}1e Pantanal, located...