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Inland Waters of Southern Africa: An Ecological Perspective

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  • © 1990

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI, volume 64)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. The subcontinent

  2. The rivers and their catchments, floodplains and wetlands

  3. Natural and man-made lakes

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About this book

Limnology - the study of inland waters - had its genesis in Europe about the turn of the century. The studies of Fore1 on Lake Geneva were of seminal value at this time. It prospered under the early guidance of Thienemann, Naumann and Wesenberg-Lund in Europe and, soon transplanted, of Birge and Juday in North America (to name just a few early spirits). Now, liminology is a respectable scientific discipline taught at many universities, and limnologists are recognized as important contributors to our understanding of how this fragile spaceship functions. All this acknowledged, it must also be acknowledged that limnology is not yet a globally comprehensive science. To be sure, much is known about globally applicable processes, and the structural elements of aquatic ecosystems worldwide, but limnological emphases, interests and concerns remain essentially European and North American in balance. Much is known about lakes and rivers in less than one fifth of the world's land area (northern temperature regions); rather little is known about inland waters elsewhere.

Reviews

`All in all this is a well written, well presented book, generally thorough in it coverage, with some shortcomings but it will become a necessary reference for southern African, southern hemisphere and indeed many global limnologists.'
South African Journal of Zoology 26 (3) 1991

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Freshwater Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

    B. R. Allanson, J. H. O’Keeffe

  • Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    R. C. Hart

  • Division of Water Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

    R. D. Robarts

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inland Waters of Southern Africa: An Ecological Perspective

  • Authors: B. R. Allanson, R. C. Hart, J. H. O’Keeffe, R. D. Robarts

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2382-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0266-7Published: 31 January 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7572-5Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2382-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 458

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Zoology, Ecology

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