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Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems: Effects and Responses

ISBN: 978-1-4443-4179-9
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400 pages
June 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction: The Nature of Droughts.

2. Types of Drought and their Assessment.

3. The Perturbation of Hydrological Drought.

4. Droughts of the Past: Dendrochronology and Lake Sediments.

5. Water bodies, catchments and the abiotic effects of drought.

6. Drought and Temporary Waters.

7. Drought, Floodplain Rivers and Wetland Complexes .

8. Drought and Perennial Aquatic Systems: Plants and Invertebrates.

9. Drought and Fish of Standing and Flowing Waters.

10. Estuaries and Drought.

11. Human-induced exacerbation of Drought Effects on Aquatic Ecosystems.

12. Conclusions.

References.

Index.