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Freshwater Ecosystems

1st Edition
January 1, 1985
A.H. Gnauck + 1 more
English
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Ecosystem analysis and ecological modelling is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary branch of science used in theoretical developments in ecology and having practical applications in environmental protection. In this book, the authors introduce new holistic, particularly cybernetic, concepts into ecosystem theory and modelling, and provide a concise treatment of mathematical modelling of freshwater ecosystems which covers methods, subsystem models, applications and theoretical developments.Part I begins with a brief introduction to the principles of systems theory and their applications to ecosystems, and provides a summary of various methods of systems analysis. In Part II emphasis is laid on the pelagic processes in standing water, characterised by relatively uninvolved structures from which models can be readily developed. Part III describes applications of the technique of modelling to solutions of theoretical and practical problems, with different modelling methods and objectives being used in the various chapters. More recent developments in the methods and theory of ecosystem modelling are covered in Part IV which also includes a discussion of future trends. The book is addressed to practising ecologists and engineers in the fields of ecology, limnology, environmental protection, and water quality managements, as well as to graduate/post-graduate university students in science and engineering. Students and researchers involved in environmental applications of mathematics and cybernetics will also find the book of interest.

Pipeflow Analysis

1st Edition
Volume 19
February 1, 1984
D.J. Stephenson
English
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Surveying and Charting of the Seas

1st Edition
Volume 37
January 1, 1984
W. Langeraar
English
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A practical book for those engaged in marine surveying and charting activities who must acquire, process and present data for hydrographic or engineering purposes. It covers the latest instrumental and equipment development, automation and computerization, as well as conventional methods for those without access to sophisticated instrumentation.

Pedogenesis and Soil Taxonomy : The Soil Orders

1st Edition
Volume 11B
October 1, 1983
L.P. Wilding + 2 more
English
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Pedogenesis and Soil Taxonomy: Concepts and Interactions

1st Edition
Volume 11A
July 1, 1983
L.P. Wilding + 2 more
English
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Hydrology and Water Resources in Tropical Regions

1st Edition
Volume 18
July 1, 1983
J. Balek
English
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A comprehensive, integrated view of the behaviour of the tropical hydrological cycle under various ecological, geographical and climatological conditions. The book also examines the problems of water management in relation to agriculture and civil engineering.

Granite Landforms

1st Edition
October 1, 1982
C.R. Twidale
English
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Granite Landforms provides a systematic, coherent, and comprehensive account and analysis of granite landforms. It examines granite forms and their genesis; the morphology of granite exposures; the nature of the materials from which granitic rocks have evolved; and the weathering processes near the Earth’s surface. It also describes major landforms and assemblages, as well as the minor features that have evolved on the major hosts. Organized into four parts encompassing 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of granite, including their characteristics, occurrences, and composition. It then discusses the factors that influence the weathering of granitic rocks and considers boulders and inselbergs, the all-slopes topography in granite, granite plains and rock basins, granite forms associated with steep slopes, and scarp foot depressions. The reader is also introduced to the piedmont angle, grooves or flutings, caves and tafoni, split rocks, cracked blocks and plates, and the role of climate in the development of landforms on granitic outcrops. Geologists, geomorphologists, geology students, and anyone interested in geology will find this book extremely useful.