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This book presents the results of a 15-year study of the structure and function of one of the largest tropical floodplains, the Amazon River floodplain. It covers qualitative aspects, e.g., adaptations of aquatic and terrestrial organisms to the flood pulse as well as quantitative aspects, e.g., studies of biomass, primary production, decomposition, and nutrient cycles. The authors interpret their findings and the most important data from other studies under an integrating scientific concept, the Flood Pulse Concept.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Animal Life in the Floodplain
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Conclusions
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Central Amazon Floodplain
Book Subtitle: Ecology of a Pulsing System
Editors: Wolfgang J. Junk
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03416-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-59276-1Published: 05 June 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08214-6Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03416-3Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 528
Topics: Ecology, Plant Sciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation