عنوان

Lake Chilwa :

(Number (ISBN

9400995946

(Number (ISBN

9400995962

(Number (ISBN

9789400995949

(Number (ISBN

9789400995963

Number

b542141

Title Proper

Lake Chilwa :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Studies of Change in a Tropical Ecosystem

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Margaret Kalk, A.J. McLachlan, C. Howard-Williams.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1979

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(480 pages)

Series Title

Monographiae biologicae, 35.

Text of Note

1. The environmental setting --;1. Introduction: Perspectives of research at Lake Chilwa --;2. The physical environment of Lake Chilwa --;3. The changes in the lake level --;4. The aquatic environment: I. Chemical and physical characteristics of Lake Chilwa --;5. The aquatic environment: II. Chemical and physical characteristics of the Lake Chilwa swamps --;2. The response of plants and animals to changes --;6. Algae in Lake Chilwa and the waters of its catchment area --;7. The distribution of aquatic macrophytes in Lake Chilwa: Annual and long-term environmental fluctuations --;8. Zooplankton in Lake Chilwa: adaptations to changes --;9. Decline and recovery of the benthic invertebrate communities --;10. Invertebrate communities in the Lake Chilwa swamp in years of high level --;11. Fishes: Distribution and biology in relation to changes --;12. The fisheries of Lake Chilwa --;13. Interactions between swamp and lake --;14. Amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds of Chilwa --;15. Insects of the floodplain --;3. The people of the Chilwa area --;16. The influence of history on Lake Chilwa and its people --;17. The people and the land --;18. Fishing and fish trading: Socio-economic studies --;19. Health and education --;4. Conclusions --;20. The Lake Chilwa ecosystem --;A limnological overview --;21. Focus on social problems --;Appendix A.A provisional checklist of plants and animals at lake Chilwa --;Index to Authors.

Aquatic biology.

Life sciences.

Class number

Book number

edited by Margaret Kalk, A.J. McLachlan, C. Howard-Williams.

A J McLachlan

C Howard-Williams

Margaret Kalk

Electronic name

[Book]

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