Ecology of oligotrophic, subarctic Thingvallavatn
OIKOS 1992. 437 pp. Hard cover. Illustrated in b/w and colour. OIKOS 64: 1-2. ISBN: 87-7001-226-1. Cover slightly worn with bump at spine end. Affects insert as a 2 mm dogs ear throughout. Dedication in ink from editor on title page. Last ten leafs with one very vague fold-like unevenness in upper margin. In all a nice and clean copy. 27x19.6x3.5cm, 1668g
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 8770012261
- Titel
- Ecology of oligotrophic, subarctic Thingvallavatn
- Författare
- Pétur M. Jónasson
- Förlag
- Copenhagen : Islandic Literature Society
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Prologue / Vigdís Finnbogadottír -- Iceeland: an island astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge / Pétur M. Jónasson -- Thingvallavatn research history / Pétur M. Jónasson -- Exploitation and conservation of the Thingvallavatn catchment area / Pétur M. Jónasson -- Geology -- Geology of the Thingvallavatn area /Kristján Sæmundsson -- Bedrock, sediments, and faults in Thingvallavatn /Kjartan Thors -- The recent sedimentation history of Thingvallavatn, Iceland / Haflidi Haflidason, Gudrún Larsen, Gunnar Ólafsson -- Meteorology -- Climatic conditions of the Thingvallavatn area / Markús Á. Einarsson -- Vegetation of catchment area -- The vegetation and soils of the Thingvallavatn area /Ingvi Thorsteinsson, Ólafur Arnalds -- Vascular plants of the Thingvallavatn area / Eythór Einarsson -- Physics and chemistry -- Physical characteristics of Thingvallavatn, Iceland / Hákon Adalsteinsson, Pétur M. Jónasson, Sigurjón Rist -- Stable isotope study of the Thingvallavatn area. Groundwater origin, age and evaporation models / Árný E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Sigfús J. Johnsen -- Chemical characteristics and trace elements of Thingvallavatn / Jón Ólafsson -- Plankton -- Production and nutrient supply of phytoplankton in subarctic, dimitic Thingvallavatn, Iceland / Pétur M. Jónasson, Hákon Adalsteinsson, Gunnar St. Jónsson -- The structure and function of the zooplankton community in Thingvallavatn / Úlfar Anbtonsson -- Benthos -- Photosynthesis and production of epilithic algal communities in Thingvallavatn / Gunnar St. Jónsson -- Metabolism and community dynamics within Nitella opaca (Charophyceae) beds in Thingvallavatn / Timo Kairesalo, Gunnar St. Jónsson, Karl Gunnarsson, Claus Lindegaard, Pétur M. Jónasson -- Zoobenthos ecology of Thingvallavatn: vertical distribution, abundance, population dynamics and production / Claus Lindegaard -- Fishes -- The arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Thingvallavatn / Odd T. Sandlund, Karl Gunnarsson, Pétur M. Jónasson, Bror Jonsson, Torfinn Lindem, Kristinn P. Magnússon, Hilmar J. Malmquist, Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir, Skúli Skúlason, Sigurdur S. Snorrason -- Population dynamics of the planktivorous arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (“murta”) in Thingvallavatn / Sigurdur S. Snorrason, Pétur M. Jónasson, Bror Jonsson, Torfinn Lindem, Hilmar J. Malmquist, Odd T. Sasndlund, Skúli Skúlason -- Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus in Thingvallavatn: habitat and food in a lake dominated by arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus / Odd T. Sandlund, Pétur M. Jónasson, Bror Jonsson, Hilmar J. Malmquist, Skúli Skúlason, Sigurdur S. Snorrason -- Production of fish stocks in Thingvallavatn, Iceland / Sigurdur S. Snorrason, Odd T. Sandlund, Bror Jonsson -- Birds -- Birds of the Thingvallavatn/ Kjartan G. Magnússon -- Mammals -- Mammals of the Thingvallavatn area / Páll Hersteinsson -- Synthesis -- The ecosystem of Thingvallavatn: a synthesis / Pétur M. Jónasson -- Epilogue / Pétur M. Jónasson