Freshwater Ecosystems:

Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

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Publication Year:1996

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Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, National Research Council
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Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for the broad spectrum of problems that threaten ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-9	(skim)
1 Overview: Status of Inland Waters	10-23	(skim)
2 Limnology, the Science of Inland Waters: Evolution and Current Status	24-64	(skim)
3 Contemporary Water Management: Role of Limnology	65-117	(skim)
4 Education in Limnology: Current Status and Recommendations for Improvement	118-153	(skim)
5 Future of Limnology: Linking Education and Water Resource Management	154-180	(skim)
Background Papers	181-180	(skim)
Organizing Paradigms for the Study of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems	181-202	(skim)
Linkages Among Diverse Aquatic Ecosystems: A Neglected Field of Study	203-217	(skim)
Training of Aquatic Ecosystem Scientists	218-233	(skim)
Wetlands: an Essential Component of Curricula in Limnology	234-246	(skim)
Applied Aquatic Ecosystem Science	247-256	(skim)
Fundamental Research Questions in Inland Aquatic Ecosystem Science	257-278	(skim)
The Role of Major Research Centers in the Study of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems	279-288	(skim)
Bringing Biology Back into Water Quality Assessments	289-324	(skim)
Appendixes	325-326	(skim)
A Limnology Programs in U.S. Institutes of Higher Education: A Survey	327-343	(skim)
B Where Are the Limnologists: Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals	344-346	(skim)
C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	347-351	(skim)
D Other Contributors to This Report	352-354	(skim)
Index	355-364	(skim)

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Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for the broad spectrum of problems that threaten the nation's freshwater supply.

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"Chapter 1 is a gem; 'Overview: status of inland waters' provides great material on stresses to aquatic ecosystems, a review of water policy and law, and sidebars discussing the Potomanc River, Lake Erie, and the Florida Everglades...Who should read this book? Anyone who is teaching or contemplating teaching aquatic ecology will certainly modify their lectures after reading these chapters. Graduate students will find the background papers stimulating, and all interested in limnology could benefit from reading the chapters highlighted above." Book Reviews

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