Covers applied and basic aspects of limnology, with emphasis on wetlands and reservoirs. This text takes a synthetic approach to ecological problems, teaching students how to handle the challenges faced by contemporary aquatic scientists. It offers coverage of climate change, ecosystem function, hyp[...]

For the first time in history, humans have exceeded the sustaining capacity of Earth's global ecosystems. Our expanding footprint has tremendous momentum, and the insidious explosion of human impact creates a shockwave that threatens ecosystems worldwide for decades-possibly centuries. Walter K. Do[...]