Résumé :
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This book consists of a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises representing the full scope of limnology. it provides the student with a solid foundation in this complex multidisciplinary field of ecology covering the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of standing and running waters. the book illustrates accepted standard methods as well as modern metabolic and experimental approaches and their research applications. step by step exercises cover topics such as major physical components of lakes and streams, important mineral nutrients, cycling of organic matter, benthic fauna, primary productivity of phytoplankton, quantitative methods in biota analysis, diurnal changes, experimental manipulation of model ecosystems, effects of sewage out-fall and other human activities, whole ecosystem and community analyses.
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