500 __ |a First edition published as : Ecology of fresh waters / Brian Moss. Subtitle varies.

505 0_ |a The world as it was and the world as it is -- Early evolution and diversity of freshwater organisms -- Diversity continued : multicellular organisms in freshwaters -- Water : a remarkable unremarkable substance -- Water as a habitat : some background water chemistry -- Key nutrients, trace elements and organic matter -- Light thrown upon the waters -- Headwater streams and rivers -- Uses, misuses and restoration of headwater streams and rivers -- Rich systems : floodplain rivers -- Floodplains and human affairs -- Lakes and other standing waters -- The communities of shallow standing waters: mires, shallow lakes and the littoral zone -- Plankton communities of the pelagic zone -- The profundal zone and carbon storage -- Fisheries in standing waters -- The uses, abuses and restoration of standing waters -- Climate change and the future of freshwaters.