Lake Chad Ecology and Productivity of a Shallow Tropical Ecosystem
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1983, 1983
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1983 |
| Series: | Monographiae Biologicae
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Historical background
- I. The lacustrine environment and its evolution
- 1. Paleolimnology of an upper quaternary endorheic lake in Chad Basin
- 2. The lacustrine environment
- 3. Physical and chemical characteristics of the waters
- 4. Hydrochemical regulation of the lake
- II. The main types of communities and their evolution during a drought period
- 5. The aquatic vegetation of Lake Chad
- 6. The phytoplankton
- 7. The zooplankton
- 8. The benthic fauna: ecology, biomass and communities
- 9. The fauna associated with the aquatic vegetation
- 10. Fish communities of Lake Chad and associated rivers and flood-plains
- III. The balance of a lacustrine ecosystem during ‘Normal Chad’ and a period of drought
- 11. Phytoplankton production
- 12. Secondary production (zooplankton and benthos)
- 13. The exploitation of fish stocks in the Lake Chad region
- IV. Trophic relations
- 14. Trophic relations between the phytoplankton and the zooplankton
- 15. Trophic relations of fishes in Lake Chad
- 16. The impact of birds on the lacustrine ecosystem
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- 17. The lacustrine ecosystem during the ‘Normal Chad’ period and the drying phase
- Systematic index
- General index