Symposia Biologica Hungarica 19. - Human Impacts on Life in Fresh Waters (1979)
HUMAN IMPACTS ON LIFE IN FRESH WATERS Edited by P. BÍRÓ and J. SAI.ÁNKI (Symposia Biologica Hungariea 19) The volume includes the lectures presented at the Symposium on Human Impacts on Life in Fresh Waters held at the Biological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, between 7-9 September 1977. The 19 papers by experts from ten countries cover a wide range of limnological, toxicological, physiological and hydrological topics. The volume deals with the cultural eutrophication of fresh waters, the relationships between aquatic plants and animals, and the changes in ecosystems due to human impacts. A major part of the volume has been devoted to the biological effects of pollution of different origin on fresh waters, to their intensity and type and also to the prediction and prevention of their deleterious consequences. Effects of pollution and the impacts of commercial fisheries on fish fauna or a given fish population both in rivers and stagnant waters are treated in detail. Some effects of toxic compounds on the physiological functions of fresh water invertebrates are also described. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences BUDAPEST ISBN 963 05 1732 9