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The Amazon

Limnology and landscape ecology of a mighty tropical river and its basin

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Harald Sioli

    1. Abt. Tropenökologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, Plön, W. Germany

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 56)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction: History of the discovery of the Amazon and of research of Amazonian waters and landscapes

    • Harald Sioli
    Pages 1-13

  3. The geological evolution of the Amazon basin and its mineral resources

    • Hannfrit Putzer
    Pages 15-46

  4. The relief of the extra-Andean Amazon basin

    • Gerhard Klammer†
    Pages 47-83

  5. Climatology of the Amazon region

    • Eneas Salati, José Marques
    Pages 85-126

  6. The Amazon and its main affluents: Hydrography, morphology of the river courses, and river types

    • Harald Sioli
    Pages 127-165

  7. Water chemistry of the Amazon basin: The distribution of chemical elements among freshwaters

    • K. Furch
    Pages 167-199

  8. Sedimentation and sediments of Amazonian rivers and evolution of the Amazonian landscape since Pliocene times

    • G. Irion
    Pages 201-214

  9. Ecology of the várzea, floodplain of Amazonian whitewater rivers

    • W. J. Junk
    Pages 215-243

  10. ‘Seasonal igapó’-forests of Central Amazonian blackwater rivers and their terrestrial arthropod fauna

    • J. Adis
    Pages 245-268

  11. Ecology of aquatic macrophytes in Amazonia

    • W. J. Junk, C. Howard-Williams
    Pages 269-293

  12. Phytoplankton

    • G. Uherkovich
    Pages 295-310

  13. Primary production in the Amazonian aquatic ecosystem

    • H. Rai, G. Hill
    Pages 311-335

  14. Zooplankton of Amazonian lakes and rivers

    • B. A. Robertson, E. R. Hardy
    Pages 337-352

  15. The fishes of Amazonia

    • J. Géry
    Pages 353-370

  16. The aquatic mammals and reptiles of the Amazon

    • R. C. Best
    Pages 371-412

  17. Microbiology of Amazonian waters

    • H. Rai, G. Hill
    Pages 413-441

  18. Ecology, fisheries and fish culture in Amazonia

    • W. J. Junk
    Pages 443-476

  19. Diseases related to the aquatic environment in the Amazon

    • R. Milward de Andrade
    Pages 477-499

  20. Hydrology of catchment areas of Central-Amazonian forest streams

    • W. Franken, P. R. Leopoldo
    Pages 501-519
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About this book

The Amazon -that name was given to the biggest river on earth and is often used for the whole area of its basin too. This geographical region is currently referred to as Amazonia, thus emphasizing the peculiar character of its aquatic and terrestrial reaches. The Amazon embodied the dream of many a naturalist to explore what for a long time was a terra incognita. In recent years, however, Amazonia has emerged as a main centre for 'development' by some of the countries in which it lies and by foreign industrialized nations. The development projects and enterprises have aroused woridwide interest and have given rise to discussions on their aims and their consequences to the Amazonian nature. Limnological and ecological investigations in Amazonia started only about 40 years ago. The editor had the good fortune to partake in them from the very beginning. He spent his decisive years in Amazonia, and dedicated his life's work to that research and to that country and the Amazonian people. Nearing the end of his scicntific activities, hc is gratcful to bc ablc to summarizc in this book most of the knowledge we possess at present of Amazonian limnology and landscape ecology.

Reviews

`The range of topics included is impressively broad, covering ecology of aquatic and terrestrial environments, the geology and physiography of the basin, and the history, economics and econological impact of human development.'
Australian Journal of Ecology, 12 (1987)
`...well organized and abundantly illustrated... well produced and well edited, and is essential reading for all biologists, geographers, ecologists, and limnologists interested in the Amazon region.'
American Scientist (May/June 1986)
`The nature of a book like this means a warehouse of information in which present and future scientists on the spot find an indispensable and rich source of data. Interested readers can roam in it, dreaming of a fascinating world of forms and functions.'
Hydrobiological Bulletin, 19:1 (1985)
`The utilitarian value of the assemblage of articles, the wide spectrum of topics considered, the consistent expertness of the authors and the uniqueness of the collection make this book a very definite MUST for reachers in numerous fields tangential to limnology and ecology of tropical humid rain-forests.'
Interciencia

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abt. Tropenökologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Limnologie, Plön, W. Germany

    Harald Sioli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Amazon

  • Book Subtitle: Limnology and landscape ecology of a mighty tropical river and its basin

  • Editors: Harald Sioli

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6542-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6544-7Published: 12 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6542-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 800

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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