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" Lake Chilwa : "
edited by Margaret Kalk, A.J. McLachlan, C. Howard-Williams.
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BL
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722429
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b542141
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edited by Margaret Kalk, A.J. McLachlan, C. Howard-Williams.
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Lake Chilwa : : Studies of Change in a Tropical Ecosystem\ edited by Margaret Kalk, A.J. McLachlan, C. Howard-Williams.
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1979
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Monographiae biologicae, 35.
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(480 pages)
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9400995946
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: 9400995962
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: 9789400995949
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: 9789400995963
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1. The environmental setting --;1. Introduction: Perspectives of research at Lake Chilwa --;2. The physical environment of Lake Chilwa --;3. The changes in the lake level --;4. The aquatic environment: I. Chemical and physical characteristics of Lake Chilwa --;5. The aquatic environment: II. Chemical and physical characteristics of the Lake Chilwa swamps --;2. The response of plants and animals to changes --;6. Algae in Lake Chilwa and the waters of its catchment area --;7. The distribution of aquatic macrophytes in Lake Chilwa: Annual and long-term environmental fluctuations --;8. Zooplankton in Lake Chilwa: adaptations to changes --;9. Decline and recovery of the benthic invertebrate communities --;10. Invertebrate communities in the Lake Chilwa swamp in years of high level --;11. Fishes: Distribution and biology in relation to changes --;12. The fisheries of Lake Chilwa --;13. Interactions between swamp and lake --;14. Amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds of Chilwa --;15. Insects of the floodplain --;3. The people of the Chilwa area --;16. The influence of history on Lake Chilwa and its people --;17. The people and the land --;18. Fishing and fish trading: Socio-economic studies --;19. Health and education --;4. Conclusions --;20. The Lake Chilwa ecosystem --;A limnological overview --;21. Focus on social problems --;Appendix A.A provisional checklist of plants and animals at lake Chilwa --;Index to Authors.
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Aquatic biology.
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Life sciences.
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QH541.5.W3E358 1979
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A J McLachlan
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C Howard-Williams
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Margaret Kalk
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