Forbes, Stephen. 1887. The lake as a Microcosm http://openlibrary.org/books/OL178804M/lake_as_a_microcosm
<http://openlibrary.org/books/OL178804M/lake_as_a_microcosm>Are you restricting this to lakes??? Some folks teach it as aquatic ecology rather than restricting it to lakes and ponds. Malcolm On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:32 PM, PATRICK, L <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am teaching a limnology course for the first time and I would like to > expose our students (all undergrads) to more primary literature. Could > anyone please suggest a few peer-reviewed papers that I could use for such a > class? The papers should be relatively easy for undergrads to read, and > topics could include water retention time, internal phosphorus loading, > global freshwater distribution, differences between catchment types (e.g., > reservoirs vs. natural lakes), and littoral vs. pelagic zone. > > For lab, we are measuring in our local lake, Lake Mitchell (Mitchell, SD), > dissolved oxygen, turbidity (with a secchi disk), and the temperature > profile every two weeks. We also will do a plankton tow this week, and we > will measure total P and probably total N later in the semester. Papers > related to these would be helpful! > > These topics are out of my specialty, so I am well versed in food web > papers for lakes, but these other factors, well, not so much. > > Has anyone ever done a "reader" of limnology? That would be very useful... > > Thank you for your suggestions! > > Best regards, Brian > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > L. Brian Patrick, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor of Biology and Chair > Department of Biological Sciences > Dakota Wesleyan University > 1200 W. University Ave. > Mitchell, SD 57301 > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
