Ponds

Formation, Characteristics & Uses

Buch | Hardcover

206 Seiten

2011
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61761-128-5 (ISBN)

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Most species of anurans require ponds for reproduction. This book discusses the attributes likely to influence a pond's suitability as a spawning site include factors such as vegetation, depth, water chemistry, presence of predators, hydroperiod and water chemistry. But in many landscapes, the availability of suitable ponds is limited. This book also discusses recreational and commercial pond usage in the south-eastern United States, which influences nutrient and fish production making the ecological role of shallow lakes and ponds among the most threatened habitats in the world. Also explored are lakes and ponds beyond the Earth, such as the dry lakebeds on Mars and active methane-ehtane ponds on Titan, and the behaviour of boundaries between gradient zone and convective zones in a salinity gradient solar pond.

Preface; Pond Usage by Anuran Amphibians; Recreational & Commercial Ponds in the Southeastern United States: Factors Influencing Nutrients & Fish Production; Optimum Size of Non-Convective Zone of Salt Gradient Solar Pond; A Dynamic Perspective of Shallow Lakes of Arid Patagonia as Habitat for Waterbirds; Phytoplankton from Subtropical Ponds: Growth Parameters, Carbohydrate Production, & Polysaccharide Composition of Three Chlorophytes; Lakes beyond the Earth: Dry Lakebeds on Mars, & Active Methane-Ethane Lakes on Titan; Zooplankton Assemblages in Southern Chilean Ponds: Potential Role of Trophic Status & Natural Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure; Laboratory Studies on Behavior of Boundaries between Gradient Zone & Convective Zones in a Salinity Gradient Solar Pond; Various Ponds Alive; The influence of fertilization on duck breeding in extensively managed fishponds of the Brenne, Central France; Index.

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	626 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	1-61761-128-X / 161761128X
ISBN-13	978-1-61761-128-5 / 9781617611285
Zustand	Neuware