Polar Lakes and Rivers
Limnology of Arctic and Antarctic Aquatic Ecosystems
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 11 September 2008
- ISBN 9780199213894
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages346 pages
- Size 246x189x18 mm
- Weight 816 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 75 line, 25 black and white halftone illustrations and a 16 page colour plate section 0
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Short description:
This book provides an overview of the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. It describes each ecosystem type, the remarkable aquatic life that thrives in these extreme habitats, and the similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic waters.
MoreLong description:
This is the first book to describe the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. From the lake-rich floodplains of the Arctic to the deep, enigmatic waters of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, these regions contain some of the most extraordinary aquatic ecosystems on Earth. They provide a fascinating diversity of habitats for plant, animal and microbial communities, and are proving to be valuable model systems for exploring many ecological themes including landscape-lake interactions, adaptation of life to environmental extremes, and controls on the structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Some of these waters also have direct global implications, including permafrost thaw lakes as sources of greenhouse gases, subglacial aquatic environments as a storehouse of ancient microbes, and Arctic rivers as major inputs of freshwater and organic carbon to the World Ocean. Given that many polar areas are experiencing greater climate warming than at lower latitudes, these ecosystems can also be viewed as sentinels of global change.
This timely volume brings together many of the world's leading researchers in polar limnology to describe these diverse aquatic environments and their ecology. It introduces each major ecosystem type, examines the similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic systems as well as their responses to environmental change, and describes new frontiers for future research. A glossary of terms is provided for non-specialists, and a set of colour plates introduces the ecosystems and their biota.
Polar Lakes and Rivers will be of value to students and specialist researchers alike, as well as to those with a more general interest in aquatic ecology, polar environments or global change who require an authoritative overview of this fast emerging topic.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction to the limnology of high latitude lake and river ecosystems
Origin and geomorphology of lakes in the Polar Regions
High latitude palaeolimnology
The physical limnology of high latitude lakes
High latitude rivers and streams
Ice-based freshwater ecosystems
Antarctic subglacial water: origin, evolution and ecology
Biogeochemical processes in high latitude lakes and rivers
Phytoplankton and primary production
Benthic primary production in polar lakes and rivers
Heterotrophic microbial processes in polar lakes
Microbial biodiversity and biogeography
Zooplankton and zoobenthos in high-latitude water bodies
Fish in high latitude Arctic lakes
Food web relationships and community structures in high latitude lakes
Direct human impacts on high latitude lakes and rivers
Future directions in polar limnology
Glossary
Index
