Ecology of High Altitude Waters
«This book is useful and thought provoking for those dedicated to the beauty of or intellectual challenge provided by high altitude lakes and for students and researchers of any ecosystem at the edge of aquatic extremes in temperature, pH, or salinity.»
Conservation Biology
Truly high altitude aquatic ecosystems are found primarily at lower latitudes: vast regions in the tropical part of the Andes, the Himalayas and Tibet, considerable areas in East Africa, and minor zones of Oceania. Les mer
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topical themes in ecology, both at the regional and global scales. From specific functional adaptations of aquatic species to harsh environmental conditions through to global diversity patterns along altitudinal gradients and extinction risks of mountain populations due to vanishing glaciers,
ecological patterns and processes found in high altitude waters are both diverse and singular. Although poorly considered in classical textbooks of ecology and limnology, high altitude waters have much to offer existing (aquatic) ecological theories and applications. These often threatened and exploited habitats are also ideal for studying the intimate interactions between social and ecological systems that characterize the majority of ecosystems in the Anthropocene.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198736868
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 25 x 20 cm
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«This book is useful and thought provoking for those dedicated to the beauty of or intellectual challenge provided by high altitude lakes and for students and researchers of any ecosystem at the edge of aquatic extremes in temperature, pH, or salinity.»
Conservation Biology