TY - BOOK AU - Closs,Gerry AU - Downes,Barbara J. AU - Boulton,Andrew J. TI - Freshwater ecology: a scientific introduction SN - 063205266X (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - QH541.5.F7 C56 2004 U1 - 577.6 21 PY - 2004/// CY - Malden, MA. PB - Blackwell Pub. Co. KW - Freshwater ecology KW - Ecología de agua dulce N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas; What is ecological science? -- How does scale of measurement affect what we see? -- Wonderful water: linkages from the atom to the biosphere -- What's in a lake? -- What's in rivers and streams? -- Fundamental ecological questions -- How are population numbers and structure affected by dispersal? -- Why do organisms occupy particular habitats? -- How do freshwater communities recover from disturbance? -- What is the impact of predators in freshwater systems? -- Applied freshwater ecology -- What are the ecological effects of changing a water regime? -- How do we assess the impact of pollution? -- Can we fix smelly, green lakes? -- What is the impact of introduced species? ER -