Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian Ecology and Destiny
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 dist...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1980, 1980
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1980 |
| Series: | Monographiae Biologicae
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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