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A Short History of Freshwater Science (aka, Limnology). Early Limnology: Lake Morphology. Early Limnology: Temperature Profiles. Early Limnology: Crazy Microorganisms. Early Limnology: Nuisance Algal Blooms. Advances in the last 200 years.
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A Short History of Freshwater Science (aka, Limnology)
Advances in the last 200 years Freshwater Systems as MICROCOSMS Freshwater Systems as INTEGRATORS OR
Stephen Forbes (1844-1930) Forbes SA. 1887. The lake as a microcosm. Bull of the Peoria Scientific Association, Reprinted Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural History Survey 15: 537-550.
Raymond L. Lindeman (1915-1942) Cedar Bog Lake, MN
Lindemann RL. 1942. The trophic-dynamic aspects of ecology. Ecology 23: 399-418.
Margaret B. Davis Rogers Lake, CT
Davis MB. 1969. Climate changes in southern Connecticut recorded by pollen deposition at Rogers Lake. Ecology 50: 409-663.
Davis MB. 1969. Climate changes in southern Connecticut recorded by pollen deposition at Rogers Lake. Ecology 50: 409-663. Age (yrs 1000) Depth (m)
Streams and Rivers as Nature’s Plumbing
Sample input… …and output
Advances in the last 150 years Freshwater Systems as MICROCOSMS Freshwater Systems as INTEGRATORS AND