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INTRODUCTION TO AQUATIC ECOLOGY

INTRODUCTION TO AQUATIC ECOLOGY. Water on Earth. Uneven Global Distribution of Fresh Water. Definitions by Wetzel (2001) see page 4. Limnology Freshwater Ecology Freshwater Biology. Theories of Ecology Taken from Dodds (2009). Cross-Cutting Theories Hierarchical Structure of Life

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INTRODUCTION TO AQUATIC ECOLOGY

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  1. INTRODUCTION TO AQUATIC ECOLOGY

  2. Water on Earth

  3. Uneven Global Distribution of Fresh Water

  4. Definitions by Wetzel (2001)see page 4 • Limnology • Freshwater Ecology • Freshwater Biology

  5. Theories of EcologyTaken from Dodds (2009) • Cross-Cutting Theories • Hierarchical Structure of Life • Ecological Stoichiometry • Ecological Diffusion • Physiological Ecology • Metabolic Scaling • Populations • Population Biology • Metapopulations

  6. Ecological Theories Continued • Communities • Community Structure • Island Biogeography • Ecosystems • Control of Ecosystem Energetics • Nutrient Cycling • Nutrient Spiraling and Solute Transport • River Continuum

  7. Rise of Aquatic Ecology in Europe Francois-Alphonse Forel (1841-1912) • Worked on biology, chemistry, circulation, and sedimentation of Lake Geneva (published 1892-1904) • Coined Limnology, the study of lakes • Explained density currents and seiches August Thienemann (1882-1960) • German Limnologist, Zoologist, Ecologist • Biology of the Chironomidae EinarNaumann (1891-1934) • Swedish Botanist • Established Limnological Field Station at Lund • Defined concepts of oligotrophy, eutrophy, and dystrophy • With Thienemann, established first international limnological society

  8. Rise of Aquatic Ecology in US Stephen Forbes (1844-1930) • First chief of Illinois Natural History Survey • First to study aquatic ecosystems • The Lake as a Microcosm (1887) Jacob Reighard (1861-1942) • University of Michigan • In charge of Michigan Fish Commission • Then, director of biological survey of the Great Lakes Edward Birge (1851-1950) • University of Wisconsin-Madison • Together with Juday pioneered methods for the study of lakes and streams • Together they did much work on plankton ChanceyJuday (1871-1944) • University of Wisconsin-Madison, hired by Birge to study Lake Mendota • A founder of Limnological Society of America Birge Juday

  9. G. Evelyn Hutchison (1903-1991) A Treatise on Limnology • Vol 1: Geography, Physics and Chemistry (1957) • Vol 2: Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton (1967) • Vol 3: Limnological Botany (1975) • Vol 4: The Zoobenthos (1993)

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