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Inland Waters of Southern Africa: An Ecological Perspective
Av B.R. Allanson, R.C. Hart m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
2188 kr
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Limnology - the study of inland waters - had its genesis in Europe about the turn of the century. The studies of Fore1 on Lake Geneva were of seminal value at this time. It prospered under the early guidance of Thienemann, Naumann and Wesenberg-Lund in Europe and, soon transplanted, of Birge and …
Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
Av F. di Castri, A.J. Hansen m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
3279 kr
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In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in …
Acid Waters in Wales
Av R.W. Edwards, A.S. Gee m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1643 kr
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This book brings together research into the process of stream acidification and its impact on Welsh surface waters, carried out over the past decade or so. It is perhaps surprising that not until the 1980's was clear evidence of stream acidification assembled. In Wales, concerns over pollution had …
Applied Population Biology
Inbunden, 1992
1643 kr
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An increasing variety of biological problems involving resurce management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There appears to be a mixed …
Lake Titicaca
A Synthesis of Limnological Knowledge
Av Claude Dejoux, A. Iltis m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
3279 kr
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Lake Titicaca, because of its area and volume and its situation at high attitude within the tropics, is a unique hydrological site in the world. It should be noted that it stands at the transition point between two very distinct geographical regions: the desert fringe of the Pacific coast to the …
Lough Neagh
The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource
Av R.B. Wood, R.V. Smith
Inbunden, 1993
2188 kr
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Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles. It covers an area of 383 km2 being 30 km along its longest axis. From pre-historic times the lake and its rivers influenced the settlements of man in the role of a fishery and communication link with the interior of Ireland. Ireland's first …
Freshwater Ecosystems of Suriname
Av P.E. Ouboter
Inbunden, 1993
1643 kr
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Since the limnological research on the man-made Brokopondo Reservoir in the 1960s, numerous data have been collected on the ecology of Surinam rivers and swamps. This book is a compilation of these data: it is a comprehensive survey of the aquatic ecology of one of the peripheral areas of Amazonia. …
Cayman Islands
Natural History and Biogeography
Inbunden, 1994
934 kr
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In the course of the last century a considerable amount of scientific work has been carried out in the Cayman Islands. The results of this (outlined in Chapter 1) are widely distributed in unpublished reports, university theses, various scientific publications and books, many of these sources being …
Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan
Av Victor Fet, Khabibulla S. Atamuradov
Inbunden, 1994
879 kr
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The work gives an account of the biogeography, animal and plant ecology and natural conservation in Turkmenistan. This region, within the former USSR borders on Iran and Afghanistan, includes both deserts and arid mountains. Turkmenistan, and especially the mountains of Kopetdagh, is an important …
Pantanal of Mato Grosso (Brazil)
World’s Largest Wetlands
Av F.D. Por
Inbunden, 1995
1643 kr
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For a naturalist and limnologist, the Pantanal has the extreme fascination of an "ultima Thule" ofundisturbed and little known wilderness. The scientific world at large is almost unaware of its richness. In an age when scientific research is overstretched because of lack of funds and the hands are …
Tropical Rainforest Research — Current Issues
Proceedings of the Conference held in Bandar Seri Begawan, April 1993
Av D.S. Edwards, W.E. Booth m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
2188 kr
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The Conference on Tropical Rainforest Research: Current Issues was organised by the University of Brunei Darussalam and The Royal Geographical Society, London, and held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, over 8 days in April 1993. Over 160 participants from 22 countries attended the …
Rocas Alijos
Scientific Results from the Cordell Expeditions
Inbunden, 1996
3481 kr
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Rocas Alijos lies 180 nautical miles west of Baja California. It comprises several exposed rocks that surmount a large oceanic volcano rising from the ocean floor well off the continental shelf. It is located at the transition zone between two major biologic provinces, at a latitude where the …
Introduction to Saline Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Inbunden, 1997
879 kr
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Since 1956 the author has been making extensive and detailed investigations of saline lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. On the basis of large amounts of first-hand data and multidisciplinary analysis, the book deals with the temporal and spatial evolution of the plateau saline lakes and the …
Pantanal of Poconé
Biota and Ecology in the Northern Section of the World’s Largest Pristine Wetland
Inbunden, 1998
2188 kr
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This text provides an in-depth analysis of the ecological relationships in the northern part of the world's largest wetland in a near-natural state. It offers a survey of the flora and fauna of the region, which should make it particularly interesting for researchers in biodiversity and the …
Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes
Av J.T. Lehman
Inbunden, 1998
1643 kr
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The idea for this book was born at the June 1996 meeting of the IDEAL Steering Committee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We had just completed a successful and stimulating special symposium during the annual meeting of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, and enthusiasm was running high …
Monograph of the Oxytrichidae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)
1999
4252 kr
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I have written this book because there is, as in almost all supraspecific ciliate taxa, an ur- gent need for an up-to-date revision of the oxytrichids, which are common in terrestrial, limnetic, and marine biotopes. The last comprehensive, illustrated guides to this group of hypotrichs were …
Nouragues
Dynamics and Plant-Animal Interactions in a Neotropical Rainforest
Av F. Bongers, P. Charles-Dominique m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
2188 kr
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Nouragues is a tropical forest research station in French Guiana. It was established in 1986 for research on natural mechanisms of forest regeneration. Since then a lot of research has been done on this and related topics.This book provides an overview of the main research results, and focuses on …
Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria)
Vol I: Protospathidiidae, Arcuospathidiidae, Apertospathulidae
Av Wilhelm Foissner, Kuidong Xu
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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The spathidiids belong to the ciliate subclass Haptoria (Protozoa, Ciliophora), that is, they are predators using toxicysts to overwhelm the prey.Over 200 nominal spathidiid species have been described, sometimes based on seemingly minute differences. Thus, many protozoologists considered them as …
Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria
Inbunden, 2007
3279 kr
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The book includes 22 chapters by 28 authors united by the single theme: biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria. From the single-celled organisms in the Black Sea sand to the endemic cave crustaceans, from the mountain glacial relict insects to the most diverse bird fauna in Europe, the unique fauna …
Bridging Divides
Maritime Canals as Invasion Corridors
Av Stephan Gollasch, Bella S. Galil m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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Maritime canals dissolve natural barriers to the dispersal of marine organisms, thus providing novel opportunities for natural dispersal, as well as for shipping-mediated transport. The introduction of alien species has proved to be one of the most profound and damaging of anthropogenic deeds - …
Monograph of the Urostyloidea (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)
2007
6439 kr
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This is the second book of a series treating the hypotrichs, a major part of the spirotrichous ciliates. It summarises 230 years of morphological, morphogenetic, faunistic, and ecological data, heretofore scattered in some 1,300 references around the world. The book provides taxonomists, cell …
Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates
Theory and Human Use
Av Victor R. Alekseev, Bart De Stasio m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Dormancy is a suspension of the vital functions in an organism to overcome harsh environmental conditions, and sometimes can last for centuries. It is a widespread adaptation in many phyla, ranging from bacteria to vertebrates, and may exert a great influence on aquatic communities.Contributors to …
Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America
Av Ingo S. Wehrtmann, Jorge Cortés
2008
2838 kr
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Life began in the sea, and even today most of the deep diversity of the planet is marine. This is often forgotten, especially in tropical countries like Costa Rica, renowned for their rain forests and the multitude of life forms found therein. Thus this book focusing on marine diversity of Costa …
Lake Taihu, China
Dynamics and Environmental Change
Av Boqiang Qin
2008
1936 kr
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2 In China, there are more than 2,759 lakes with surface area greater than 1km , and 2 the total lake area is 91,019km . One-third of these lakes are freshwater lakes, and the majority are situated in the middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang River or in eastern China’s coastal areas. These …
Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)
Inbunden, 2008
3277 kr
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The present book is a monograph about two groups of hypotrichous ciliates, namely the Amphisiellidae and the Trachelostylidae. It is the third of six volumes which - view the Hypotricha, one of the three major taxa of the spirotrichs. The first volume is about the Oxytrichidae, a rather large …
Nile
Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use
Inbunden, 2009
3277 kr
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What have we learnt about the Nile since the mid-1970s, the moment when Julian Rzóska decided that the time had come to publish a comprehensive volume about the biology, and the geological and cultural history of that great river? And what changes have meanwhile occurred in the basin? The human …
Chemical Derivatization in Analytical Chemistry
Separation and Continuous Flow Techniques
Av R. W. Frei
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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With the second volume in this senes we have continued the theme of Volume 1 and expanded more generally into separation and continuous flow techniques. The first chapter gives an account on flow injection analysis. Thi~ technique has gained considerable interest in the recent past and offers many …
Zoogeography of Arachnida
Av Petar Beron
Häftad, 2018
3061 kr
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This volume merges all geographical and paleogeographical data on all groups of the arachnofauna. The book features topics such as the ecological factors, climate and other barriers that influence the distribution of arachnida. It also elaborates on the characteristics of the distribution such as …
Dormancy in Aquatic Organisms. Theory, Human Use and Modeling
Av Victor R. Alekseev, Bernadette Pinel-Alloul
Inbunden, 2019
1643 kr
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This is the second volume on dormancy in aquatic organisms. The book is divided into three parts whereby the first part is devoted to several groups of aquatic organisms which are under-studied in terms of the dormancy’s role in the life cycle. The second part looks at the use of dormancy phenomena …
Dormancy in Aquatic Organisms. Theory, Human Use and Modeling
Av Victor R. Alekseev, Bernadette Pinel-Alloul
Häftad, 2020
1643 kr
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This is the second volume on dormancy in aquatic organisms. The book is divided into three parts whereby the first part is devoted to several groups of aquatic organisms which are under-studied in terms of the dormancy’s role in the life cycle. The second part looks at the use of dormancy phenomena …
