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|a Rzóska, J.
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|a Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian Ecology and Destiny
|h Elektronische Ressource
|c edited by J. Rzóska
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|a 1st ed. 1980
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|a Dordrecht
|b Springer Netherlands
|c 1980, 1980
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|a 132 p
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|a I. The land and its life -- 1. Panorama of Mesopotamian Iraq -- 2. Response of the living world to present conditions -- 3. Palaeo-ecology -- II. Mesopotamian Waters, Regime and Hydrobiology -- 4. Near East waters as wider background -- 5. Rivers of Mesopotamia as dominating factor -- 6. Water characteristics, by J. F. Tailing -- 6a. Phytoplankton, by J. F. Tailing -- 7. General biology of Iraq waters -- 8. The fishes of the Euphrates and Tigris, by K. E. Banister -- Epilogue -- Summary. Reflections general and personal -- Annexe. The Mesopotamian past as seen by eyewitnesses -- References to chapters 1–5 and 7 -- Remark. Chapters 6, 6a and 8 have their own references, as they will be available as reprints
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|a Freshwater and Marine Ecology
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|a Marine ecology
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|a Freshwater ecology
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|a Ecology
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|a Ecology
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|a Springer Book Archives -2004
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|a Monographiae Biologicae
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|a 10.1007/978-94-009-9171-2
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|u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9171-2?nosfx=y
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|a Scope and limitations of this book I am trying here to present the natural history of a land largely created and dominated by two great rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris. All rivers have two main functions, quite different from lakes; they transport water and eroded material sometimes over large distances. The astute Greeks, who penetrated here in the 4th century B.C., called the land Mesopotamia, an apt name; it is the only region in the Near East, except Egypt, having the benefit of large rivers. Another name coined in antiquity was 'Fertile Crescent', stretching from Egypt to present day Iraq; Herodotus marvelled at the fertility of the soils, the abundance of water and the magnificent cities of Mesopotamia. Thus a further role of some great rivers is recognized as foci of human development. The desire to collate this book arose from a similar motif as in the Nile book (1976), the intricate connection between man and rivers
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