1. Prologue // IAN JONES AND JOHN P. SMOL // I. Limnology in the 21st century // II. Robert G. Wetzel (1936-2005) // III. The fourth edition // Acknowledgments // 2. The Importance of Inland Waters // BRUNA GRIZZETTI AND SANDRA POIKANE // I. Our freshwater resources // II. Drivers of global change // III. Human impact on freshwater ecosystems // IV. Ecosystem condition and ecosystem services // V. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 3. Water as a Substance // RICH PAWLOWICZ AND RAM YERUBANDI // I. The characteristics of water // II. Summary // References // 4. Rivers and Lakes—Their Distribution, // Origins, and Forms // BERNHARD LEHNER // I. Distribution of inland surface waters // II. River and stream characteristics // III. Origin of lakes // IV. Succession of lakes // V. Morphology of lakes // VI. Reservoirs // VIL Climatic and anthropogenic effects // VIII. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 5. Hydrological Systems // ROY C. SIDLE AND TAKASHI GOMI // I. The hydrological cycle and relevant processes // II. Catchment structure and runoff generation // III. Water balance in catchments with lakes // IV. Management implications // V. Summary // References // 1 6. Light in Inland Waters // KEVIN C. ROSE // I. Light as an entity // II. At the water surface // III. Light attenuation in the water column / IV. Ecological role of solar radiation // V. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 7. Fate of Heat // 8 SALLY MACINTYRE AND DAVID P. HAMILTON // I. Distribution of heat in lakes // II. Stratification // III. Changes in seasonal and annual stratification with climate change // IV. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 8. Water Movements // DAVID P. HAMILTON AND SALLY MACINTYRE // I. Hydrodynamics and physical limnology // II. Water movement in rivers and streams // III. Water movement //
IV. Modeling water movements // V. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 9. Structure and Productivity of Aquatic // Ecosystems // LISETTE N. DE SENERPONT DOMIS AND BELINDA J. ROBSON // I. The ecosystem concept // II. Catchment concept // III. Streams and rivers // IV. Lakes // V. Spatial structure and terminology in lakes and rivers // VI. Subsidies and productivity in lakes and rivers // VII. Evaluation of biomass and production // 57 VIII. Aquatic food webs // IX. Population structure, growth, and regulation // X. Communities // 67 XI. Diversity and diversity metrics // XII. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 10. Water as a Chemical Environment // LEWIS A. MOLOT AND PETER J. DILLON // I. Water as a solvent // II. Chemical reactions in freshwater // III. Factors regulating concentrations of nongaseous solutes // IV. Factors regulating concentrations of dissolved gases in // water // V. Summary // References // 11. Oxygen // RAFAEL MARCE, LLUIS GOMEZ-GENER, AND // CAYELAN C. CAREY // I. The oxygen content of inland waters // II. Processes determining dissolved oxygen concentration // III. Distribution of dissolved oxygen in running waters // IV. Distribution of dissolved oxygen in lakes // V. Metrics for assessing anoxia and hypoxia in inland waters // VI. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 12. Salinity and Ionic Composition of Inland Waters // HILARY A. DUGAN // I. Salinities and ionic composition of inland waters // II. Sources of ions // III. Saline lakes // IV. Distribution of major ions in freshwaters // V. Salinity, osmoregulation, and distribution of biota // VI. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 13. The Inorganic Carbon Complex // JONATHAN J. COLE AND YVES T. PRAIRIE // I. The occurrence of inorganic carbon in freshwater systems // II. Spatial and temporal distribution of total inorganic carbon and pH in rivers and lakes //
III. Hypolimnetic CO2 accumulation in relation to lake metabolism // IV. Utilization of carbon by photoautotrophs and chemolitho trophs // V. Summary // References // 14. The Nitrogen Cycle // MICHELE A. BURFORD AND JING LU // I. Introduction // 229 II- Nitrogen sources, transformations, and fate in lakes and reservoirs - 331 // III. Nitrogen sources, transformations, and fate in streams and rivers 339 // IV. Effect of human activities 345 // V. Summary 347 // Acknowledgments 348 // References 348 // 15. The Phosphorus Cycle 359 // PETER J. DILLON AND LEWIS A. MOLOT // I. Phosphorus in fresh waters 360 // II. The distribution of organic and inorganic phosphorus in // lakes and streams 360 // 237 III. Phosphorus cycling in running waters 363 // IV. External natural and anthropogenic sources of phosphorus 365 // V. Phosphorus and the sediments: internal loading 369 // VI. Phosphorus cycling within the epilimnion 381 // VII. Phytoplankton requirements for phosphorus 389 // VIII. Phosphorus and eutrophication 394 // IX. Modeling relationships between nutrient loading and phytoplankton productivity 403 // X. Climate change and the phosphorus cycle 409 // XI. Summary 410 // Acknowledgments 411 // References 411 // 16. Other Important Elements 427 // EMMA S. KRITZBERG // I. Biogeochemical cycling of micronutrients and minor elements 427 // 295 II- Oxidation—reduction potentials in freshwater systems 428 // III. The iron and manganese cycle 429 // IV. The sulfur cycle 441 // V. Minor elements 448 // VI. The silica cycle 451 // VII. Summary 455 // Acknowledgments 456 // References 456 // 17. Algae and Cyanobacteria Communities 463 // JOHN WEHR AND SANET JANSE VAN VUUREN // I. Diversity and composition of algae in inland waters 464 // II. Major groups of algae 477 // III. Algal habitats in inland waters 484 // IV. Types of algal associations in inland waters 489 //
V. Summary 493 // Acknowledgments 498 // References 498 // 18. Ecology of Algae and Cyanobacteria (Phytoplankton) // ELENA LITCHMAN AND PAULA DE TEZANOS PINTO // I. Introduction // II. Phytoplankton growth: resources and environmental // factors // III. Phytoplankton in food webs // IV. Temporal variation in phytoplankton communities // V. Spatial heterogeneity in phytoplankton // VI. Phytoplankton and global environmental change // VII. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 19. Zooplankton Communities: Diversity in Time and Space // STEPHEN J. THACKERAY AND BEATRIX E. BEISNER // I. Introducing the zooplankton // II. The microzooplankton // III. Rotifers, Cladocera, and copepods // IV. Food, feeding, and food selectivity // V. Reproduction and life histories // VI. Trait’based approaches to zooplankton communities // VII. Seasonal change and succession in zooplankton // communities // VIII. Within water body heterogeneity in zooplankton // communities // IX. Among water body heterogeneity in zooplankton communities // X. Zooplankton communities and environmental change // XI. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 20. Ecology and Functioning of Zooplankton // Communities // BEATRIX E. BEISNER AND STEPHEN J. THACKERAY // I. Zooplankton community interactions // II. Zooplankton food web functioning // III. Zooplankton productivity // IV. Zooplankton metacommunity ecology // V. Global changes and zooplankton community // functioning // VI. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 21. Benthic Animals // NURIA BONADA AND MICHAEL T. BOGAN // 1. Benthic animal groups // II. Hexapoda // III. Benthic communities in lakes, wetlands, and ponds // IV. Benthic communities of rivers and streams // V. Metacommunities of benthic animals // VI. Benthic animals and global change // VII. Summary // Acknowledgments // References //
22. Fish // ERIK JEPPESEN, PIETRO VOLTA, AND ZHIGANG MAO // I. Introduction // II. Fish communities in natural lakes and streams // III. Size-selective and size-efficiency hypotheses // IV. Importance of visibility in predation // V. Trophic cascades (pelagic and benthic food webs) // VI. Specific roles of fish in food webs // VII. Fish production and harvesting // VIII. Effects of physical modification // IX. Invasive species and ecosystem consequences // X. Restoring lakes by biomanipulation // XI. Climate change impact // XII. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 23. Pelagic Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses // KATHERINE D. MCMAHON AND RYAN J. NEWTON // I. Overview // II. Basic ecology // III. Microbes and the carbon cycle // IV. Drivers of biogeochemistry // V. Predators and viruses // VI. New discoveries from the era of DNA sequencing // VII. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 24. Freshwater Plants // PATRICIA A. CHAMBERS AND STEPHEN C. MABERLY // I. Characteristics of freshwater plants // II. Resource acquisition and physiological responses to // environmental conditions // III. Growth and distribution // IV. Consequences of environmental change // V. Management // VI. Summary // Acknowledgments // References // 25. Benthic Algae and Cyanobacteria of the // Littoral Zone // YVONNE VA DE BON CO EUR AND REX LOWE // I. Littoral benthic algae and Cyanobacteria // II. Metabolic interactions in littoral communities // III. Functional roles of periphyton in lakes // IV. Littoral benthic algae in a changing world 848 // V. Summary 850 // References 852 // 26. Shallow Lakes and Ponds 859 // MARIANA MEERHOFF AND MERYEM BEKLIOGLU // I. Origins and distribution 859 // II. Characteristics 860 // III. Alternative states theory revisited 863 // IV. Biodiversity 872 // V. Variations in the theme: temporary and urban ponds 875 // VI. Restoration 878 //
VII. Climate change, land-use change, and the biodiversity crisis 881 // VIII. Summary 884 // Acknowledgments 886 // References 886 // 27. Sediments and Microbiomes 893 // WARWICK F. VINCENT, MICHIO KUMAGAI, AND RAOUL-MARIE COUTURE // I. Sediment characterization 894 // II. Resuspension and redeposition of sediments 901 // III. Benthic boundary layer 902 // IV. Sediment microbiomes 904 // V. Microbiome processes 915 // VI. Implications of environmental change 925 // VIL Summary 928 // Acknowledgments 931 // References 931 // 28. Organic Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem // Metabolism 939 // ERIN R. HOTCHKISS AND TONYA DELSONTRO // I. Overview 939 // II. Organic matter composition 941 // III. Organic matter (OM) sources 951 // IV. Organic matter (OM) cycling 959 // V. Anthropogenic changes to organic matter (OM) dynamics 976 // VI. Summary 983 // Acknowledgments 987 // References 987 // 29. Wetlands 999 // SHUQING AN, SHENGLAI YIN, JOS T.A. VERHOEVEN, AND NASREEN JEELANI // I. Wetlands and their global distribution 999 // II. Wetland functions 1004 // III. Wetland destruction 1006 // IV. Climate change 1006 // V. Protection and restoration 1007 // VI. Examples of restoration and protection projects 1008 // VIL Summary 1011 // Acknowledgments 1012 // References 1012 // 30. Paleolimnology: Approaches and Applications 1015 // IRENE GREGORY-EAVES AND JOHN P. SMOL // I. Stratigraphy and geochemistry 1017 // II. Biological indicators 1025 // III. Case studies 1034 // IV. Summary 1036 // Acknowledgments 1038 // References 1038 // 31. Inland Waters: The Future of Limnology is // Interdisciplinary, Collaborative, Inclusive, and Global 1045 // SAPNA SHARMA, STEPHANIE E. HAMPTON, AND ISMAEL KIMIREI // I. Access to clean freshwater is a human right 1045 // II. Integrated approaches to water quality management and // science 1047 // III. Restoration of aquatic ecosystems 1051 //
IV. Broadening our global perspectives and voices 1055 // V. Summary 1058 // Acknowledgments 1058 // References 1058 // Index 1063 // Video chapter summaries are available at: https://limnology.org/resources/wetzel-videos/