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Rice Field Ecology in Northeastern Thailand

The Effect of Wet and Dry Seasons on a Cultivated Aquatic Ecosystem

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Authors:
  1. Charles W. Heckman
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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 34)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 1-6

  3. Geographical factors

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    Pages 7-13

  4. The rice field under investigation

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 14-29

  5. Materials and methods

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 30-35

  6. Flora and fauna

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 36-158

  7. Seasonal succession of the biota

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 159-169

  8. Community metabolism

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 170-194

  9. The rice field as a man-made habitat

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 195-199

  10. Summary

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 200-204

  11. Acknowledgements

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 205-206

  12. Literature cited

    • Charles W. Heckman
    Pages 207-216

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 217-228
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Research was carried out in Udorn Thani beginning in September, 1975, in order to elucidate the effects of seasonal changes on the aquatic community of a rice field. Physical and chemical changes that occur during the course of a year were recorded and related to the structure and activity of the aquatic biological com­ munity. A rice field was selected that is typical of the countless habitats of this kind that are found in Northeastern Thailand (Fig. 1). For a variety of reasons these habitats and their location are of special interest (Fig. 2). Figure 1. The rice field investigated, north of the province capital, Udorn Thani, Thailand. Northeastern Thailand and a small part of Laos comprise the middle Mekong Valley. Its geographic situation and climatic conditions set this area apart as a dis­ tinct sub-region of Southeast Asia. It is unfortunate that sufficient biological research has not yet been carried out to delimit the SUb-regions according to their fauna and flora and to fully describe the various ecosystems that occur in them. The middle Mekong Valley is one of the most neglected areas of the region, and there is no comprehensive literature on its biota. Very little ecological information is available on many of the species that abound there.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rice Field Ecology in Northeastern Thailand

  • Book Subtitle: The Effect of Wet and Dry Seasons on a Cultivated Aquatic Ecosystem

  • Authors: Charles W. Heckman

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9591-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-086-0Due: 30 April 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9593-2Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9591-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 228

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology

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