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Large Lakes

Ecological Structure and Function

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Max M. Tilzer

    1. Limnological Institute, University of Constance, Constance, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Colette Serruya

    1. Oceanographic Institute, Tel Shikmona, Haifa, Israel

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Part of the book series: Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience (BROCK/SPRINGER)

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Distribution of the World’s Large Lakes

      • Charles E. Herdendorf
      Pages 3-38

    3. Specific Properties of Large Lakes

      • Max M. Tilzer
      Pages 39-43

  3. Physical Features of Large Lakes and Their Significance for Biological Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Mixing and Transport in Lakes: Mechanisms and Ecological Relevance

      • Dieter M. Imboden
      Pages 47-80

    3. On Internal Seiches and Noisy Current Fields—Theoretical Concepts Versus Observations

      • M. Bohle-Carbonell, David van Senden
      Pages 81-106

    4. Long-Term Modelling of Stratification in Large Lakes: Application to Lake Constance

      • Eckard Hollan, Paul F. Hamblin, Hubert Lehn
      Pages 107-124

    5. Spring Mixing Depth as a Determinant of Annual Primary Production in Lakes

      • Charles R. Goldman, Alan Jassby
      Pages 125-132

    6. Behavior of a Medium-Sized Basin Connected to a Large Lake

      • Axel Zenger, Johann Ilmberger, Gerhard Heinz, Michael Schimmele, Peter Schlosser, Dieter Imboden et al.
      Pages 133-155

    7. Effects of Water Level Fluctuation on the Structure and Function of the Littoral Zone

      • Avital Gasith, Sarig Gafny
      Pages 156-171

  4. Particle Transport and Chemical Fluxes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Horizontal Transport and Sedimentation by Interflows and Turbidity Currents in Lake Geneva

      • Federico Giovanoli
      Pages 175-195

    3. Significance of Sediment Resuspension and Particle Settling

      • Brian J. Eadie, Henry A. Vanderploeg, John A. Robbins, Gerald L. Bell
      Pages 196-209

    4. Time Scales of Sediment Focusing in Large Lakes as Revealed by Measurement of Fallout Cs-137

      • D. N. Edgington, J. A. Robbins
      Pages 210-223

    5. Characterizing Autochthonous Iron Particles and Colloids—the Need for Better Particle Analysis Methods

      • D. Perret, R. R. De Vitre, G. G. Leppard, J. Buffle
      Pages 224-244

    6. Pathways and Residence Times of Radiotracers in Lake Constance

      • A. Mangini, U. Christian, M. Barth, W. Schmitz, H. H. Stabel
      Pages 245-264

    7. Biological Transfer and Sedimentation of Chernobyl Radionuclides in Lake Constance

      • G. Lindner, M. Becker, R. Eckmann, P. Frenzel, J. Kleiner, D. Petermann-Seyboldt et al.
      Pages 265-287

    8. Lacustrine Carbonates as Geochemical Archives of Environmental Change and Biotic/Abiotic Interactions

      • Kerry Kelts, Michael Talbot
      Pages 288-315

    9. Sedimentation and Eutrophication History of Austrian Alpine Lakes

      • J. Schneider, J. Röhrs, P. Jäger
      Pages 316-335
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The vast majority of the world's lakes are small in size and short lived in geological terms. Only 253 of the thousands of lakes on this planet have surface areas larger than 500 square kilometers. At first sight, this statistic would seem to indicate that large lakes are relatively unimportant on a global scale; in fact, however, large lakes contain the bulk of the liquid surface freshwater of the earth. Just Lake Baikal and the Laurentian Great Lakes alone contain more than 38% of the world's total liquid freshwater. Thus, the large lakes of the world accentuate an important feature of the earth's freshwater reserves-its extremely irregular distribution. The energy crisis of the 1970s and 1980s made us aware of the fact that we live on a spaceship with finite, that is, exhaustible resources. On the other hand, the energy crisis led to an overemphasis on all the issues concerning energy supply and all the problems connected with producing new energy. The energy crisis also led us to ignore strong evidence suggesting that water of appropriate quality to be used as a resouce will be used up more quickly than energy will. Although in principle water is a "renewable resource," the world's water reserves are diminishing in two fashions, the effects of which are multiplicative: enhanced consumption and accelerated degradation of quality.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Limnological Institute, University of Constance, Constance, Federal Republic of Germany

    Max M. Tilzer

  • Oceanographic Institute, Tel Shikmona, Haifa, Israel

    Colette Serruya

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