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The aquatic systems of the terrestrial environment are, per area, among the most productive systems of the Earth. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the features and processes that contribute to their high productivity.
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Czaya, E. 1981. Rivers of the worl?. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Hynes, H. B. N. 1970. The ecology of running wate?. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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Mielke, H.W. (1989). Freshwater Environments. In: Patterns of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6499-3_9
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