Stream Ecology Structure and function of running waters
Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents. While this diversity makes river ecosystems seem overwhelmingly complex, a central theme of this volume is that the processes acting in r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1995, 1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Channels and flow
- 2 Streamwater chemistry
- 3 Physical factors of importance to the biota
- 4 Autotrophs
- 5 Heterotrophic energy sources
- 6 Trophic relationships
- 7 Predation and its consequences
- 8 Herbivory
- 9 Competitive interactions
- 10 Drift
- 11 Lotic communities
- 12 Organic matter in lotic ecosystems
- 13 Nutrient dynamics
- 14 Modification of running waters by humankind
- References