Perspectives in Running Water Ecology
Margaret Lock
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Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 854.
The discipline of stream ecology has grown exponentially along with most other areas of science in the last three decades. The field has changed from a fish management-dominated poor-sister of limnology to a discipline with theoretical constructs and ecological insights as rich as those in any area of ecology. A focus on energy transformations, nutrient turnover and the storage and processing of organic substrates has greatly enhanced the development of current paradigms. For example, the data base on microbial-biochemical invertebrate interactions in streams is now very extensive. A survey of the stream ecology literature reveals the central role played by ... Read more
The discipline of stream ecology has grown exponentially along with most other areas of science in the last three decades. The field has changed from a fish management-dominated poor-sister of limnology to a discipline with theoretical constructs and ecological insights as rich as those in any area of ecology. A focus on energy transformations, nutrient turnover and the storage and processing of organic substrates has greatly enhanced the development of current paradigms. For example, the data base on microbial-biochemical invertebrate interactions in streams is now very extensive. A survey of the stream ecology literature reveals the central role played by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468411249
SKU
V9781468411249
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