The Biology of Lakes and Ponds (Biology of Habitats)

书籍介绍(英文)

This concise yet comprehensive introduction to the biology of standing waters (lakes and ponds) combines traditional limnology with current ecological and evolutionary theory. It integrates the effects of abiotic constraints and biotic interactions at both the population and community level, allowing the reader to understand how the distribution and success of different organisms in this freshwater habitat can be explained and predicted. The book is focused on temperate lakes and ponds, drawing on examples from polar and tropical systems to provide a broader context. The Biology of Lakes and Ponds, now in its second edition, will be a valuable text for university tuition. However, its lucid explanations and descriptions of adaptation, dominance, dispersal, and succession of organisms, as well as the effects of abiotic factors, predation, and competition, ensure its relevance and use to a broad audience of biologists and naturalists with an interest in freshwater ecology.



本简明而全面地介绍了（湖泊，池塘）常设水域生物结合当前的生态和进化的理论传统的湖沼。它集成在人口和社区一级的非生物和生物相互作用的制约作用，使读者了解如何分配和淡水的栖息地不同生物体的成功可以解释和预测。这本书的重点是温带湖泊，池塘，从极地和热带系统的例子即将提供更广泛的范围内。在湖泊，池塘生物，在现在的第二版，将成为大学的学费有价值的文本。但是，其明晰的解释和适应，优势，分散的描述，和生物演替，以及非生物因素，捕食的影响和竞争，确保有兴趣在其相关性和使用的生物学家和博物学家广大观众淡水生态。