(Ebook) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters [All 4 Set Volume] by Klement Tockner (Editor in Chief), Thomas Mehner (Editor in Chief) ISBN 9780128191668, 012819166X

(Ebook) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters [All 4 Set Volume] by Klement Tockner (Editor in Chief), Thomas Mehner (Editor in Chief) ISBN 9780128191668, 012819166X

The science of inland waters is limnology, also called the queen of sciences because of its multidisciplinary
nature, including aspects of biology, ecology, physics, chemistry, hydrology, and geology. Given the strong
interactions between humans and inland waters, this set of disciplines has to be expanded toward medical
sciences, toward technological disciplines such as engineering and construction, and toward social sciences, like
sociology, psychology, and history. Ultimately, covering the full bandwidth of scientific disciplines related to
inland waters requires a comprehensive approach.
We are convinced that an edited volume such as this Encyclopedia of Inland Waters can still serve as a reference output for a discipline. The strong interactions between authors, section editors, and us, the editors-in-chief, were the foundation for generating a volume that reliably reflects scientific quality and correctness, in contrast to several web-based text compilations that are exposed to less rigorous quality controls. Nevertheless, the chosen structure of the Encyclopedia keeps the contributions by researchers or researcher groups, and hence perpetuates the flavor of individual perspectives on topics. By this approach, the Encyclopedia of Inland Waters does not rival, but complements several textbooks on limnology and aquatic ecology.