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The Biology of Lakes and Ponds 2nd Edition
Author(s): Christer Brönmark (Author), Lars-Anders Hansson (Author)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 17 Feb. 2005
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198516126
- ISBN-13: 9780198516125
Book Description
`his concise yet comprehensive introduction to the biology of standing waters (lakes and ponds) combines traditional limnology with current ecological and evolutionary theory. It integrates the effects of abiotic constraints and biotic interactions at both the population and community level, allowing the reader to understand how the distribution and success of different organisms in this freshwater habitat can be explained and predicted. The book is focused on temperate lakes and ponds, drawing on examples from polar and tropical systems to provide a broader context.
The Biology of Lakes and Ponds 2nd Edition, now in its second edition, will be a valuable text for university tuition. However, its lucid explanations and descriptions of adaptation, dominance, dispersal, and succession of organisms, as well as the effects of abiotic factors, predation, and competition, ensure its relevance and use to a broad audience of biologists and naturalists with an interest in freshwater ecology.
The Biology of Lakes and Ponds 2nd Edition, now in its second edition, will be a valuable text for university tuition. However, its lucid explanations and descriptions of adaptation, dominance, dispersal, and succession of organisms, as well as the effects of abiotic factors, predation, and competition, ensure its relevance and use to a broad audience of biologists and naturalists with an interest in freshwater ecology.
Editorial Reviews
Review
…this edition keeps the book as the foremost introductory text to the subject. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 37:1
About the Author
Christer Brönmark and Lars-Anders Hansson are both Professors in the Limnology Division of the Department of Ecology in the University of Lund, Sweden.
