This book brings together the highly scattered and diverse global literature on pure and applied aspects of temporary waters and their biotas. It examines their roles in both natural and human environments, and seeks common evolutionary themes. It wil be of particular interest to aquatic ecologists, invertebrate and vertebrate biologists, environmental biologists, wetland conservationists, those charged with controlling water-associated diseases, educators, and natural historians.
Editorial Reviews
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"A pioneering authority in the field, he has collated and synthesized a growing body of literature on the biology of temporary waters that represent a fascinating habitat for ecological and limnological research, incorporating a strong conservation component. Dudley Williams brilliantly compresses a huge, complex, perhaps unwieldy and occasionally unclear body of data into a surprisingly accessible account. The book is outstandingly successful and will soon be hailed as a most accessible text for graduate students and researchers."--Current Engineering Practice
"This well illustrated and fascinating book documents the life found in every possible sort of temporary water ... the authors enthusiasm for these is infectious and he will surely re-kindle interest in these habitats, for they illustrate many ecological principles ... this book draws together what is generally a very dispersed literature and provides a coherent account of this fascinating topic."-- M. Young, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society
"The book is encyclopedic in its scope. ... In this well-produced and carefully illustrated work, Williams consistently outlines the many gaps in our knowledge that will likely provide starting points for many theses."--Quarterly Review of Biology
"This work presents an informative overview of ephemeral aquatic ecosystems, and is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate courses or graduate seminars."--Choice
Review
"A pioneering authority in the field, he has collated and synthesized a growing body of literature on the biology of temporary waters that represent a fascinating habitat for ecological and limnological research, incorporating a strong conservation component. Dudley Williams brilliantly compresses a huge, complex, perhaps unwieldy and occasionally unclear body of data into a surprisingly accessible account. The book is outstandingly successful and will soon be hailed as a most accessible text for graduate students and researchers."--Current Engineering Practice
"This well illustrated and fascinating book documents the life found in every possible sort of temporary water ... the authors enthusiasm for these is infectious and he will surely re-kindle interest in these habitats, for they illustrate many ecological principles ... this book draws together what is generally a very dispersed literature and provides a coherent account of this fascinating topic."-- M. Young, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society
"The book is encyclopedic in its scope. ... In this well-produced and carefully illustrated work, Williams consistently outlines the many gaps in our knowledge that will likely provide starting points for many theses."--Quarterly Review of Biology
"This work presents an informative overview of ephemeral aquatic ecosystems, and is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate courses or graduate seminars."--Choice
About the Author
D. Dudley Williams is Professor of Zoology and Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada, and he also holds an Honorary Professorship at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
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