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Contents // 1 Introduction 01 // 2 The abiotic frame and adaptations to cope // with abiotic constraints 07 // Introduction 07 // Staying afloat 08 // Turbulence 09 // Lake formation 11 // Temperature 14 // Light 24 // Abiotic factors affected by the catchment area 28 // Water colour 29 // Carbon 30 // pH 33 // Nutrients 36 // Oxygen 50 // Habitat permanence 58 // Practical experiments and observations 63 // 3 The organisms: the actors within the abiotic frame 66 // Introduction 66 // Viruses 69 // Prokaryotic organisms 70 // Eukaryotic organisms 71 // Protozoa 71 // Primary producers 73 // Metazoa—animals with differentiated cells 82 // Practical experiments and observations 106 // 4 Biotics: competition, herbivory, predation, // parasitism, and symbiosis 107 // Introduction 107 // Competition 109 // xiv CONTENTS // Predation and herbivory 125 // Parasitism 154 // Symbiosis 157 // Practical experiments and observations 158 // 5 Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems 163 // Introduction 163 // The evolution of an ecosystem approach 164 // Cascading trophic interactions 166 // Alternative stable states 179 // Microbial components 183 // Interaction strength in freshwater food chains 187 // Succession 200 // Impact of organisms on the abiotic frame 203 // Practical experiments and observations 205 // 6 Biodiversity and environmental threats 207 // Introduction 207 // Biodiversity in lakes and ponds 209 // Paleolimnology as a tool to understand history 220 // Eutrophication 222

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