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This book provides an overview of the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. It describes each ecosystem type, the remarkable aquatic life that thrives in these extreme habitats, and the similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic waters.

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Author:   Warwick F. Vincent (Laval University, Quebec, Canada) ,  Johanna Laybourn-Parry (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9780199213887

ISBN 10:   0199213887
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   11 September 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Warwick F. Vincent & Johanna Laybourn-Parry: Preface 1: Warwick F. Vincent, John E. Hobbie & Johanna Laybourn-Parry: Introduction to the limnology of high latitude lake and river ecosystems 2: Reinhard Pienitz, Peter T. Doran & Scott F. Lamoureux: Origin and geomorphology of lakes in the Polar Regions 3: Dominic A. Hodgson & John P. Smol: High latitude palaeolimnology 4: Warwick F. Vincent, Sally MacIntyre, Robert H. Spigel & Isabelle Laurion: The physical limnology of high latitude lakes 5: Diane M. McKnight, Michael N. Gooseff, Warwick F. Vincent & Bruce J. Peterson: High latitude rivers and streams 6: Ian Hawes, Clive Howard-Williams & Andrew G. Fountain: Ice-based freshwater ecosystems 7: John C. Priscu, Slawek Tulaczyk, Michael Studinger, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, Brent C. Christner & Christine M. Foreman: Antarctic subglacial water: origin, evolution and ecology 8: W. Berry Lyons & Jacques C. Finlay: Biogeochemical processes in high latitude lakes and rivers 9: Michael P. Lizotte: Phytoplankton and primary production 10: Antonio Quesada, Eduardo Fernández-Valiente, Ian Hawes & Clive Howard-Williams: Benthic primary production in polar lakes and rivers 11: John E. Hobbie & Johanna Laybourn-Parry: Heterotrophic microbial processes in polar lakes 12: David A. Pearce & Pierre E. Galand: Microbial biodiversity and biogeography 13: Milla Rautio, Ian A.E. Bayly, John A.E. Gibson & Marjut Nyman: Zooplankton and zoobenthos in high-latitude water bodies 14: Michael Power, Jim D. Reist & J. Brian Dempson: Fish in high latitude Arctic lakes 15: Kirsten S. Christoffersen, Erik Jeppesen, Daryl L. Moorhead & Lars J. Tranvik: Food web relationships and community structures in high latitude lakes 16: Martin J. Riddle & Derek C.G. Muir: Direct human impacts on high latitude lakes and rivers 17: Johanna Laybourn-Parry & Warwick F. Vincent: Future directions in polar limnology Glossary Index

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<br> The book thus provides a wide scale of illustrations from the Arctic and Antarctic, which will be appealing for both readers of general interest in environmental studies and scientists working exclusively in this research field. It is the first attempt paid to concentrate the various problems of polar limnology in one volume. --Journal of Sedimentary Research<br> There have been few comparative works on the aquatic systems of the Arctic and Antarctic, so this new volume...is a very welcome addition to the scientific literature...In my opinion, it will be a long time before River and Lakes is improved upon as the definitive comparative study of Arctic and Antarctic aquatic systems. --Antarctic Science<br>

<br> The book thus provides a wide scale of illustrations from the Arctic and Antarctic, which will be appealing for both readers of general interest in environmental studies and scientists working exclusively in this research field. It is the first attempt paid to concentrate the various problems of polar limnology in one volume. --Journal of Sedimentary Research<p><br> There have been few comparative works on the aquatic systems of the Arctic and Antarctic, so this new volume...is a very welcome addition to the scientific literature...In my opinion, it will be a long time before River and Lakes is improved upon as the definitive comparative study of Arctic and Antarctic aquatic systems. --Antarctic Science<p><br>

a very welcome addition William J. Green, Antarctic Science

Author Information

Prof. Warwick Vincent is Professor of Biology and Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Studies at Laval University, Québec City, Canada. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and honorary member of the Royal Society of New Zealand. His research focuses on aquatic microbial ecology, light and primary production, and ecosystem responses to climate change, with emphasis on Arctic and Antarctic waters. He has served on the editorial boards of Antarctic Science and Polar Biology, and on various research committees and studies. He was inaugural Chair of Canada's National Antarctic Committee. He teaches undergraduate, graduate and field courses in limnology at Laval University, and has been an instructor in the outreach initiative 'Students on Ice' to Antarctica. Prof. Johanna Laybourn-Parry is vice-provost Research at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Prior to that she was Executive Dean of Science at Keele University, UK, and Professor of Environmental Biology at Nottingham University. Her research is undertaken in the Antarctic with the Australian and US Antarctic programmes and in the Arctic at the Natural Environment Research Council Station in Svalbard. Her research interests focus on carbon cycling in polar lakes, protozoan ecophysiology, viral bacterial dynamics, bioprospecting for novel biochemicals, remote sensing of lake environments and biological processes on glaciers. She has published two sole authored books, and 128 peer reviewed articles and reviews. Her work has been funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, The European Union, the Royal Society, Industry and logistic support from the Australian Antarctic Science Advisory Committee and NSF.

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