Ecology of Meromictic Lakes
Editors: Gulati, Ramesh D., Zadereev, Egor, Degermendzhi, Andrei G. (Eds.)
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- Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, but also includes a wealth of new findings
- Furthers readers understanding of the limnology of inland lakes
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- About this book
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This volume presents recent advances in the research on meromictic lakes and a state-of-the art overview of this area. After an introduction to the terminology and geographic distribution of meromictic lakes, three concise chapters describe their physical, chemical and biological features. The following eight chapters present case studies of more than a dozen meromictic lakes, showing the variety of physical and biochemical processes that promote meromixis. The result is a broad picture of the ecology and biochemistry of meromictic lakes in tropical and cold regions, in man-made pit lakes and euxinic marine lakes, and in freshwater as well as hypersaline lakes. In the final chapter the editors provide a synthesis of the topic and conclude that the study of meromictic lakes also offers new insights into the limnology of inland lakes. The book appeals to researchers in the fields of ecology, limnology, environmental physics and biophysics.
- About the authors
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Volume Editors
Ramesh D. Gulati, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands, r.gulati@nioo.knaw.nl
Egor S. Zadereev, Institute of Biophysics, SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, egor@ibp.ru
Andrei G. Degermendzhi, Institute of Biophysics, SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, ibp@ibp.ru
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction: Meromictic Lakes, Their Terminology and Geographic Distribution
Pages 1-11
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Physical Features of Meromictic Lakes: Stratification and Circulation
Pages 15-34
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Chemical Setting and Biogeochemical Reactions in Meromictic Lakes
Pages 35-59
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Biological and Ecological Features, Trophic Structure and Energy Flow in Meromictic Lakes
Pages 61-86
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Comparative Study of the Stability of Stratification and the Food Web Structure in the Meromictic Lakes Shira and Shunet (South Siberia, Russia)
Pages 89-124
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Ecology of Meromictic Lakes
- Editors
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- Ramesh D. Gulati
- Egor Zadereev
- Andrei G. Degermendzhi
- Series Title
- Ecological Studies
- Series Volume
- 228
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-49143-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-49143-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-49141-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-84093-2
- Series ISSN
- 0070-8356
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 405
- Number of Illustrations
- 64 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
- Topics
