Freshwater Ecosystems
Subtitle: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: September 27, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780309054430
Subjects: Applied ecology; Environmental science; Earth Sciences - Hydrology; Environmental - General; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Science / Ecology; Limnology; Environmental Studies; Study and teaching (Higher); United States; Nature/Ecology
Description: 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. Freshwater Ecosystems responds with recommendations for strengthening the field and ensuring the readiness of the next generation of practitioners.

Highlighted with case studies, this book explores limnology's place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with concrete suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The volume examines the wide-ranging career opportunities for limnologists and recommends strategies for integrating limnology more fully into water resource decision management.