JPR Advance Access originally published online on February 1, 2008
Journal of Plankton Research 2008 30(4):489-490; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbn013
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Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams
Institute for Limnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
Email: thomas.weisse@oeaw.ac.at
Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams. W. Lampert and U. Sommer, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, 324 pp. ISBN ISBN-13: 9780199213931
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This textbook was first published in German ("Limnoökologie") in 1993. Oxford University Press published the English edition, translated by James Haney, in 1997. A second, revised German edition was released in 1999. The second English edition that is now available is not a direct translation, but an updated and extended version of the second German edition. The chapter on ecological genetics now includes several subchapters on the development and application of molecular genetic methods. Similarly, the use of stable isotopes for the analysis of aquatic food webs and carbon cycling has been incorporated. Subchapters and sections on species diversity and ecosystem functioning, climate change and conservation management complement this new edition.
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