Ecology of Meromictic Lakes
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 follo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Meromictic Lakes, their Terminology and Geographic Distribution
- Physical Features of Meromictic Lakes: Stratification and Circulation
- Chemical Setting and Biogeochemical Reactions in Meromictic Lakes
- Biological and Ecological Features, Trophic Structure and Energy Flow in Meromictic Lakes
- Comparative Study of the Stability of Stratification and the Food Web Structure in the Meromictic Lakes Shira and Shunet (South Siberia, Russia)
- Rogoznica Lake, an Euxinic Marine Lake on the Adriatic Coast (Croatia) that Fluctuates Between Anoxic-Holomictic and Meromictic Conditions
- Lake Cadagno, Microbial Life in Crenogenic Meromixis
- Laguna de La Cruz, an Iron-Rich Karstic Meromictic Lake in Central Spain
- Meromictic Pit Lakes: Case Studies from Spain, Germany and Canada, and General Aspects of Management and Modeling
- Tropical Meromictic Lakes: Specifics of Meromixis and Case Studies of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Matano
- Mono Lake: Plankton Dynamics over Three Decades of Meromixis or Monomixis
- Mexican Meromictic Lakes: What we Know so far?- Conclusion: Ecology of Meromictic Lakes.
