Antarctic Lakes
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 August 2014
- ISBN 9780199670499
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages242 pages
- Size 253x195x18 mm
- Weight 750 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book draws together current knowledge on Antarctic lakes describing the formation, chemistry, biology and ecology of these pristine, delicate aquatic environments.
MoreLong description:
The Antarctic continent carries the greatest diversity of lake environments on the planet: freshwater and saline lakes, tidal freshwater epishelf lakes, lakes on ice shelves and glacier surfaces, and over three hundred subglacial lakes; extraordinary ecosystems that have been separated from the atmosphere for up to millions of years. This book provides a unique and cutting edge synthesis of Antarctic limnology, drawing together current knowledge on geomorphology, morphometry, chemistry, community structure and function. It emphasises throughout the value of these near-pristine ecosystems as barometers of climate change, showing how responsive and vulnerable they are to the indirect impacts of anthropogenic activity.
Antarctic Lakes begins with an introduction to their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, providing a basis for understanding the subsequent detailed chapters on different lake types, and ends with a chapter considering the application of new technologies to polar limnology as well as identifying future research directions. This accessible text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in Antarctic and polar limnology, and will also be of broad interest to researchers working in the areas of polar science, microbial ecology (and extremophiles), climatology, glaciology, and astrobiology.
This book represents an important benchmark of knowledge. ... [A]s a reference text it will act to introduce a wider community to the scientific study of, and the conditions for, extreme life at the end of the planet. ... [T]his well-written, well-illustrated, and well-structured book will serve future generations well as a point of knowledge at this particular moment.
Table of Contents:
An Introduction to Antarctic Lakes
Freshwater Lakes
Saline Lakes
Epishelf Lakes
Lakes and Ponds on Glaciers and Ice Shelves
Subglacial Lakes
Conclusions and Future Directions
