Research Catalog
Limnological analyses
- Title
- Limnological analyses / Robert G. Wetzel, Gene E. Likens.
- Author
- Wetzel, Robert G.
- Publication
- New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QH96.57.A1 W48 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Likens, Gene E., 1935-
- Description
- xiii, 391 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- Limnological Analyses consists of a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises representing the full scope of limnology. It provides the student with a solid foundation in this complex multidisciplinary field of ecology covering the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of standing and running waters. The book illustrates accepted standards methods as well as modern metabolic and experimental approaches and their research applications. Step-by-step exercises cover topics such as a : 1) major physical components of lakes and streams; 2) important mineral nutrients; 3) cycling of organic matter; 4) benthic fauna; 5) primary productivity of phytoplankton; 6) quantitative methods in biota analysis; 7) diurnal changes; 8) experimental manipulation of model exosystems; 9) effects of sewage outfall and other human activities; 10) whole ecosystem and community analyses. Each exercice is preceded by an introductory section and concludes with questions for the student and a selection of suggested readings.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Laboratory Manual
- Laboratory manuals.
- Manuels de laboratoire.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Lake basin characteristics and morphometry -- Light and temperature -- Physical characteristics : lake models -- The heat budget of lakes -- Morphology and flow in streams -- Dissolved oxygen -- Inorganic nutrients : nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients -- The inorganic carbon complex : alkalinity, acidity, CO₂, pH, total inorganic carbon, hardness -- Organic matter -- Composition and biomass of phytoplankton -- Collection, enumeration, and biomass of zooplankton -- Benthic fauna of lakes -- Benthic fauna of streams -- Primary productivity of phytoplankton -- Zooplankton feeding -- Zooplankton production -- Predator-prey interactions -- Enumeration of fish or other aquatic animals -- Bacterial growth and productivity -- Decomposition : relative bacterial heterotrophic activity on soluble organic matter -- Decomposition : particulate organic matter -- The littoral zone -- Experimental manipulation of model ecosystems.
- Diurnal changes in a stream ecosystem : an energy and nutrient budget approach -- Diurnal changes in lake systems -- Special lake types -- Historical records of changes in the productivity of lakes -- Effect of sewage outfall on a stream ecosystem -- Estimates of whole lake metabolism : hypolimnetic oxygen deficits and carbon dioxide accumulation -- General chemical relationships -- Basic definitions used in community analyses -- Useful relationships relative to the use of colorimeters and spectrophotometers -- Characteristics and taxonomic sources of common freshwater organisms.
- ISBN
- 0387973311
- 9780387973319
- 3540973311
- 9783540973317
- LCCN
- 90036439
- OCLC
- ocm21563752
- 21563752
- SCSB-415303
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library