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. 本简明而全面的介绍（湖泊和池塘）结合当前的生态和进化理论中的湖泊水域生物站立。它综合了人口和社区一级的非生物和生物相互作用的制约作用，让读者了解如何分配，并在这淡水栖息地的不同生物的成功可以解释和预测。该书的重点是温带湖泊和池塘，从极地和热带系统的例子行将提供更广泛的范围内。在湖泊和池塘生物，现在在其第二版，将是大学学费的宝贵文字。但是，它的清晰解释和适应，优势，分散的描述，和生物演替，以及非生物因素，捕食的影响，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。
