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Tabla de contenidos: Preface -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Water as a Substance -- 3. Rivers and Lakes - Their Distribution, Origins, and Forms -- 4. Water Economy -- 5. Light in Inland Waters -- 6. Fate of Heat -- 7. Water Movements -- 8. Structure and Productivity of Aquatic Ecosystems -- 9. Oxygen -- 10. Salinity of Inland Waters -- 11. The Inorganic Carbon Complex -- 12. The Nitrogen Cycle -- 13. The Phosphorus Cycle -- 14. Iron, Sulfer, and Silica Cycles -- 15. Planktonic Communities: Algae and Cyanobacteria -- 16. Plantonic Communities: Zooplankton and their Interactions with Fish -- 17. Bacterioplankton -- 18. Land-Water Interfaces: Larger Plants -- 19. Land-Water Interfaces: Attached Microorganisms, Littoral Algae, and Zooplankton -- 20. Shallow Lakes and Ponds -- 21. Sediments and Microflora -- 22. Benthic Animals and Fish Communities -- 23. Detrirus: Organic Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Metabolism -- 24. Past Productivity: Paleolimnology -- 25.The Ontogeny of Inland Aquatic Ecosystmes -- 26. Inland waters: Understanding is Essential for the Future -- References -- Appendix -- Index