Biology of Lakes and Ponds

Christer Brönmark and Lars-Anders Hansson are both Professors in the Limnology Division of the Department of Ecology in the University of Lund, Sweden.

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

• Foreword by Nelson Hairston Jr. ; Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The abiotic frame and adaptations to cope with abiotic constraints ; 3. The organisms: the actors within the abiotic frame ; 4. Biotics: competition, herbivory, predation, parasitism, and symbiosis ; 5. Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems ; 6. Environment and conservation ; References ; Further reading ; Glossary ; Index