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Lake basin characteristics and morphometry -- Light and temperature -- Physical characteristics : lake models -- The heat budget of lakes -- Morphology and flow in streams -- Dissolved oxygen -- Inorganic nutrients : nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients -- The inorganic carbon complex : alkalinity, acidity, COb2s, pH, total inorganic carbon, hardness -- Organic matter -- Composition and biomass of phytoplankton -- Collection, enumeration, and biomass of zooplankton -- Benthic fauna of lakes -- Benthic fauna of streams -- Primary productivity of phytoplankton -- Zooplankton feeding -- Zooplankton production -- Predator-prey interactions -- Enumeration of fish or other aquatic animals -- Bacterial growth and productivity -- Decomposition : relative bacterial heterotrophic activity on soluble organic matter -- Decomposition : particulate organic matter -- The littoral zone -- Experimental manipulation of model ecosystems. Diurnal changes in a stream ecosystem : an energy and nutrient budget approach -- Diurnal changes in lake systems -- Special lake types -- Historical records of changes in the productivity of lakes -- Effect of sewage outfall on a stream ecosystem -- Estimates of whole lake metabolism : hypolimnetic oxygen deficits and carbon dioxide accumulation -- General chemical relationships -- Basic definitions used in community analyses -- Useful relationships relative to the use of colorimeters and spectrophotometers -- Characteristics and taxonomic sources of common freshwater organisms. |
