The Biology of Lakes and Ponds (Biology of Habitats Series) - Softcover

Brönmark, Christer; Hansson, Lars-Anders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198516134 ISBN 13: 9780198516132

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This 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, 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.

About this title

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.

Review:

...this edition keeps the book as the foremost introductory text to the subject. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 37:1

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0198516134
• ISBN 13: 9780198516132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 596