TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meyer,Paul L.
TI  - Ponds: Formation, Characteristics and Uses
T2  - Earth Sciences in the 21st Century
SN  - 9781617613777
AV  - GB1803.2 -- .P66 2011eb 
U1  - 551.48/2 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Ponds
KW  - Pond ecology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- PONDS: FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND USES -- PONDS: FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND USES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- POND USAGE BY ANURAN AMPHIBIANS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AN OVERVIEW OF ANURAN LIFE HISTORY -- Reproductive Mode of Anurans -- DECLINING AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS -- HABITAT LOSS AND ALTERATION OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS -- Exotic Anurans -- MANIPULATION OF POND HABITATS AS A POTENTIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY -- Other Potential Opportunities for Lineage-Specific Control Measures -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL PONDS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: FACTORS INFLUENCING NUTRIENTS AND FISH PRODUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. RECREATIONAL FISHING POPULARITY NATIONWIDE AND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES -- 1.1. Fish Species and Stocking Rates -- 1.2. Economic Value -- 1.3. Pond Density Nationwide and in the Southeast -- 1.4. Pond Fertilization -- 1.5. Sediment Nutrients and Benthic Invertebrates Interactions in Ponds -- 2. COMMERCIAL PONDS -- 2.1. Early Aquaculture in the United States -- 2.2. Physical Pond Features -- 2.3. Economic Value and Competition -- 2.4. Industry Inefficiencies -- 2.5. The Future of Commercial Catfish Ponds -- 3. SYNOPSIS -- REFERENCES -- OPTIMUM SIZE OF NON-CONVECTIVE ZONE OF SALT GRADIENT SOLAR POND -- NOMENCLATURE -- INTRODUCTION -- DESIGN STRUCTURE OF SALT GRADIENT SOLAR POND -- OPTIMUM NCZ SIZE CONSIDERING THERMAL PERFORMANCE ASPECT -- Analysis for optimum size of NCZ for rapid Warm-Up (Determination of xM) -- Analysis for Optimum Size of NCZ for Maximum Heat Retrieval after Warm Up (Determination of xm) -- EFFECT OF OPTIMUM NCZ SIZE ON THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF SGSP -- Input Data for Simulation Model -- APPLYING GRADIENT ZONE STABILITY CRITERION TO THE NCZ SIZES -- AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN WITH ADDITIONAL NCZ -- APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II. ANALYSIS FOR NON-LINEAR SALINITY PROFILE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- A DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF SHALLOW LAKES OF ARID PATAGONIA AS HABITAT FOR WATERBIRDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- METHODS -- Field Data Collection -- Lake Classification -- Spatial and Temporal Variation -- Waterbird Habitat Suitability -- RESULTS -- Lake Characterization -- Spatial and Temporal Variations -- Waterbird Habitat Suitability -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PHYTOPLANKTON FROM SUBTROPICAL PONDS: GROWTH PARAMETERS, CARBOHYDRATE PRODUCTION, AND POLYSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION OF THREE CHLOROPHYTES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- Organisms and Culture Conditions -- Experiments -- HPIC-PAD Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- LAKES BEYOND THE EARTH: DRY LAKEBEDS ON MARS, AND ACTIVE METHANE-ETHANE LAKES ON TITAN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LAKES ON MARS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT LAKES -- POSSIBLE FORMATION MECHANISMS -- IMPORTANCE OF LAKES ON MARS -- LAKES ON TITAN -- OBSERVED CHARACTERISTICS -- COMPOSITION AND SOURCE OF THE LIQUID -- CONNECTION WITH CLIMATE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- ZOOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES IN SOUTHERN CHILEAN PONDS: POTENTIAL ROLE OF TROPHIC STATUS AND NATURAL ULTRAVIOLET  RADIATION EXPOSURE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SHALLOW MOUNTAIN WATER BODIES OF NORTHERN PATAGONIA -- SHALLOW WATER BODIES OF PATAGONIAN PLAINS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- LABORATORY STUDIES ON BEHAVIOR OF BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GRADIENT ZONE AND CONVECTIVE ZONES IN A SALINITY GRADIENT SOLAR POND -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LABORATORY-EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- 3.1. Qualitative Study of the Flow -- 3.2. Quantitative Study of the Flow -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- VARIOUS PONDS ALIVE -- ABSTRACT; ONE: Circles Centers Everywhere, Circumferences Nowhere --  TWO: Zillion Sand-Grains, Zillion Worlds --  THREE: Inter-Kaleidoscopes, Vacuous, Being-Nothing Involved -- Vacuous Kaleidoscopes -- Kaleidoscopes of the Common and of Life-Death --  FOUR: Relativism Life-Worldly, Intercultural --  History, Mistakes, Alive always --  Cash Value of Various Ponds Alive -- REFERENCES -- THE INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZATION ON DUCK BREEDING IN EXTENSIVELY MANAGED FISHPONDS OF THE BRENNE, CENTRAL FRANCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Fishpond Characteristics According to Fertilization Categories -- Variation in Duck Brood Density -- Size Variation with Age in Pochard Broods -- Discussion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
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