Aquatic productivity : an introduction to some basic aspects of biological oceanography and limnology / W.D. Russell-Hunter

Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of P.S. Rainbow with the owner's bookplate. Series; Dr. Malvern Gilmartin Collection. Physical description; xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction: productivity in evolution and in nutrition -- 2. Organic cycles and trophic levels -- 3. The seasons in temperate seas -- 4. Food-chains and productivity in temperate seas -- 5. Polar, tropical, and inshore seas -- 6. Productivity in lakes -- 7. Streams, rivers, and water pollution -- 8. A closer look at the biogeochemistry of some elements -- 9. A close look at energy transfer -- 10. "Over-fishing" and "under-fishing" -- 11. Productivity and evolutionary change -- 12. The finite nature of primary productivity -- 13. The finite biomass and human nutrition -- 14. Future marine exploitation (A): improvements in a "sea-hunting" technology -- 15. Future marine exploitation (B): genesis of a "sea-farming" technology -- 16. Recapitulation and implications. Subjects; Biological productivity. Marine biology. Limnology. Fisheries. Biological productivity. Fisheries. Limnology. Marine biology. Ecology. Marine Biology. Oceanography. Water. Primary productivity (Biology). Aquatic ecology. Marine ecology. Biological productivity. Marine biology. Limnology. Biological productivity. Limnology. Marine biology. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…