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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dean Jacobsen (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen) , Olivier Dangles (Director of Investigations, Director of Investigations, French Institute for Research and Development)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.70cm Weight: 0.718kg ISBN: 9780198736875ISBN 10: 0198736878 Pages: 298 Publication Date: 24 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: The high altitude environment 2: The waterscape at high altitudes 3: Living conditions in high altitude waters 4: Organisms and diversity patterns at high altitudes 5: Strategies and adaptations to the aquatic life at high altitude 6: Community dynamics in highland watersheds 7: Energy flow and species interactions at the edge 8: High altitude waters in the face of climate change 9: A growing human footprint in the highlands 10: Conserving sustainable ecosystem servicesReviewsThis book is useful and thought provoking for those dedicated to the beauty of or intellectual challenge provided by high altitude lakes and for students and researchers of any ecosystem at the edge of aquatic extremes in temperature, pH, or salinity. * Conservation Biology * Author InformationDr. Dean Jacobsen has a permanent position as Associate Professor in freshwater ecology at the Freshwater Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 1994 he has been doing a large part of his research in Andean streams in Ecuador, in addition to projects in other high places such as Bolivia, Peru, and Tibet. His work has focused on biodiversity, community ecology, eco-physiology, bio-assessment, climate change, and glacial influence, with benthic fauna as a model system. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, popular dissemination, and reports. Dr. Olivier Dangles has a permanent position as a director of investigations in ecology and development at the French Institute for Research and Development (IRD). He has a broad interest in community ecology, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development in both natural and cultivated systems. Over the last ten years, he has focused his research on biodiversity dynamics in the face of climate change in the tropical Andes, mainly Ecuador and Bolivia where he has worked for 9 and 2 years, respectively. He has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to 3 books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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