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Freshwater Ecology, Second Edition, is a broad, up-to-date treatment of everything from the basic chemical and physical properties of water to advanced unifying concepts of the community ecology and ecosystem relationships as found in continental waters.With 40% new and expanded coverage, this text covers applied and basic aspects of limnology, now with more emphasis on wetlands and reservoirs than in the previous edition. It features 80 new and updated figures, including a section of color plates, and 500 new and updated references. The authors take a synthetic approach to ecological problems, teaching students how to handle the challenges faced by contemporary aquatic scientists.This text is designed for undergraduate students taking courses in Freshwater Ecology and Limnology; and introductory graduate students taking courses in Freshwater Ecology and Limnology.- Expanded revision of Dodds'' successful text.- New boxed sections provide more advanced material within the introductory, modular format of the first edition.- Basic scientific concepts and environmental applications featured throughout.- Added coverage of climate change, ecosystem function, hypertrophic habitats and secondary production.- Expanded coverage of physical limnology, groundwater and wetland habitats.- Expanded coverage of the toxic effects of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupters as freshwater pollutants- More on aquatic invertebrates, with more images and pictures of a broader range of organisms- Expanded coverage of the functional roles of filterer feeding, scraping, and shredding organisms, and a new section on omnivores.- Expanded appendix on standard statistical techniques.- Supporting website with figures and tables - http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companion.jsp?ISBN=9780123747242

Freshwater Ecology, Third Edition, covers everything from the basic chemical and physical properties of water, to the advanced and unifying concepts of community ecology and ecosystem relationships found in continental waters. Giving students a solid foundation for both courses and future fieldwork, and updated to include key issues, including how to balance ecological and human health needs, GMOs, molecular tools, fracking, and a host of other environmental issues, this book is an ideal resource for both students and practitioners in ecology and related fields.

Winner of a 2020 Textbook Excellence Award (College) (Texty) from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association Provides an updated revision of this classic text, covering both basic scientific concepts and environmental applications Includes additional biography boxes with greater cultural diversity of the featured scientists Covers expanded content on developing nations, ecosystem goods and services, properties of water, global change, impacts of fracking, molecular tools for classification and identification of aquatic organisms, a discussion of emergent diseases and aquatic habitats, and more