Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences

To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all basic sciences?from chemistry and fluid mechanics to botany, ichthyology, and microbiology. Now, prominent limnologists are concerned about this important field, citing the lack of adequate educational programs and other issues.

Freshwater...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309054435
• ISBN13: 9780309054430
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"