|aFreshwater ecology :|ba scientific introduction /|cGerry Closs, Barbara Downes, Andrew Boulton.
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|aMalden, MA. :|bBlackwell Pub. Co.,|c2004.
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|axiv, 221 p. :|bill. ;|c25 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references.
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|aWhat 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?.