Wetzel’s Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems

1. Prologue 2. Water as a Substance 3. Rivers and Lakes – Their Distribution, Origins, and Forms 4. Water Economy 5. Light in Inland Waters 6. Fate of Heat 7. Water Movements 8. Structure and Productivity of Aquatic Ecosystems 9. Oxygen 10. Salinity of Inland Waters 11. The Inorganic Carbon Complex 12. The Nitrogen Cycle 13. The Phosphorus Cycle 14. Iron, Sulfer, and Silica Cycles 15. Algae and Cyanobacteria Communities 16. Ecology of Algae and Cyanobacteria 17. Zooplankton Communities 18. Ecology of Zooplankton 19. Benthic Animals 20. Fish 21. Bacterioplankton 22. LandWater Interfaces: Larger Plants 23. LandWater Interfaces: Attached Microorganisms and Littoral Algae 24. Shallow Lakes and Ponds 25. Sediments and Microflora 26. Organic Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Metabolism 27. Paleolimnology 28. The Ontogeny of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems 29. Inland waters: Understanding is Essential for the Future