Category Archives: Lakes & Ponds

Mosquitoes and Their Control

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Mosquitoes and Their Control presents a wealth of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology, research techniques and control of both nuisance and disease vector mosquitoes in an easily readable style, providing practical guidelines and important information for professionals and laymen … Continue reading →

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Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis state, and possible future of this peculiar inland water body from the physical oceanographic standpoint. Based on a wide range of material, a large part of which was … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Marine Genomics (Advances in Marine Genomics)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Marine biology has always played an important role in biological research, being at the origin of many key advances. To a certain extent, the influence of marine biology on the biological sciences was overshadowed over a period of several years … Continue reading →

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Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters (Ecological Studies)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The first comprehensive overview of the enormous ecological diversity of Baltic coastal ecosystems is presented in this volume provides. A short introduction into the Baltic Sea as a reference ecosystem is followed by detailed descriptions of the characteristics of coastal … Continue reading →

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Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and coral reefs are circumtropical ecosystems that are highly productive, and provide many important biological functions and economic services. These ecosystems cover large surface areas in the shallow tropical coastal seascape but have suffered from serious … Continue reading →

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Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats: A Practical Guide and Case Studies

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The predicted changes to global weather patterns and increases in the human population will put unprecedented pressure on European freshwater habitats and the species that depend on them. Our success in conserving the ecological value of these habitats will depend … Continue reading →

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Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Evidence now suggests that the roles of essential fatty acids as growth promoters and as indices of health and nutrition are fundamentally similar in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems integrates this divergent literature into a coordinated, digestible … Continue reading →

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Biosilica in Evolution, Morphogenesis, and Nanobiotechnology: Case Study Lake Baikal (Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology / Marine Molecular Biotechnology)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Lake Baikal is the oldest, deepest and most voluminous lake on Earth, comprising one fifth of the World’s unfrozen fresh water. It hosts the highest number of endemic animals recorded in any freshwater lake. Until recently it remained enigmatic why … Continue reading →

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Ecotoxicology of Antifouling Biocides

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Organotin compounds, used as antifouling biocides since 1960, are chemical compounds that act as endocrine disrupters. It is not known how organotin compounds cause hormone disturbance, however, and many questions remain about their effect on aquatic organisms. Studies on organotin … Continue reading →

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Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices (Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The 2nd international tagging and tracking symposium was held in San Sebastian, Spain, in October 2007, seven years after the first symposium was held in Hawaii in 2000 (Sibert and Nielsen 2001). In the intervening seven years, there have been … Continue reading →

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