Limnology

Limnology: A Critical Review

The word Limnology is derived from Greek limne-marsh, pond and evaluates how physical, chemical and biological environment regulates these relationships. The type of life which is supported by lentic communities will depend greatly on biotic components of the fresh water ecosystems. Phytoplankton’s are microscopic plants which obtain their energy via photosynthesis. They are important to the ec...

Limnology of Tundra Ponds

The goal of understanding in limnology

Part of the charm of science is its unpredictability R. MacArthur Limnology has enjoyed a long tradition of progress based on thoughtful interpretation of empirical findings. New understanding has grown in part from refining the details of known relationships but more often from uncovering interactions and processes that were previously unknown. The field is divided at present into camps which ...

Limnology of the Great Lakes of Nicaragua

Limnology of Andean piedmont rivers of Venezuela

We sampled 6 rivers of the piedmont region of Venezuela during the dry seasons of 1997 and 1998 to compare physical, chemical, and biological features and evaluate the influence of natural and anthropogenic differences in their watersheds. These 6 watersheds lie in a northeast-to-southwest transect along the interior slope of the Andes. Human disturbance declines and elevation of river origin i...