BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 LAKES -- LIMNOLOGY: THE STUDY OF FRESH WATERS -- THE HISTORY OF LAKES -- THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKES -- WATER AND ENERGY FLUXES IN LAKES -- THE WATER QUALITY OF LAKES -- LAKE BASINS -- THE CLASSIFICATION OF BASINS -- BASIN TOPOGRAPHY -- SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTATION -- LAKE WATERS -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION -- THERMAL PROPERTIES -- VERTICAL MIXING AND OVERTURN -- THE HEAT BUDGET OF LAKES -- HEAT TRANSFER -- USES AND ABUSES OF LAKES -- ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY -- PROBLEMS AND EFFECTS -- CHAPTER 2 LAKE HYDRAULICS -- CURRENTS -- PRESSURE GRADIENTS -- WIND STRESS -- INTERNAL WAVES AND LANGMUIR CIRCULATION -- SURFACE WAVES -- SEICHES -- THE EFFECTS OF WAVE AND CURRENT ACTION -- THE HYDROLOGIC BALANCE OF THE LAKES -- THE WATER BUDGET -- WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS -- LAKE EXTINCTION -- CHAPTER 3 INLAND WATER ECOSYSTEMS -- THE ORIGIN OF INLAND WATERS -- PERMANENT BODIES OF STANDING FRESH WATER -- TEMPORARY BODIES OF STANDING FRESH WATER -- SALINE LAKES -- THE BIOTA OF INLAND WATERS -- THE STRUCTURE OF INLAND WATER ECOSYSTEMS -- THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY OF INLAND WATER ECOSYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 4 MAJOR LAKES OF THE WORLD -- DEAD SEA -- CASPIAN SEA -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- GREAT BEAR LAKE -- THE GREAT LAKES -- LAKE ERIE -- LAKE HURON -- LAKE MICHIGAN -- LAKE ONTARIO -- LAKE SUPERIOR -- GREAT SALT LAKE -- GREAT SLAVE LAKE -- LAKE BAIKAL -- LAKE BALKHASH -- LAKE CHAD -- GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE -- HYDROLOGY -- PLANT LIFE -- ANIMAL LIFE -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- LAKE NYASA -- LAKE TANGANYIKA -- LAKE VICTORIA -- LAKE WINNIPEG -- CHAPTER 5 WETLANDS -- COASTAL SYSTEMS -- MANGROVE SWAMPS -- SALT MARSHES -- FRESHWATER TIDAL MARSHES -- SEAWEED-BASED SYSTEMS -- SEA-GRASS BEDS -- BEACHES AND MUDFLATS -- INLAND WETLAND SYSTEMS -- FRESHWATER MARSHES.

BOGS AND FENS -- FORESTED SWAMPS -- RIPARIAN SYSTEMS -- WETLAND MANAGEMENT -- WETLAND ECOLOGY -- CHAPTER 6 WETLAND FLORA AND FAUNA -- BOG BIOTA -- MARSH FLORA -- ANIMALS OF THE MARSH -- TREES AND OTHER PLANTS OF THE SWAMP -- SALT SWAMP FLORA -- SWAMP FAUNA -- SPECIFIC WETLAND REGIONS -- BANGWEULU -- BIG CYPRESS SWAMP -- CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK -- THE EVERGLADES -- GREAT DISMAL SWAMP -- HIMMERLAND -- LAKE HAMMAR -- OKAVANGO DELTA -- OKEFENOKEE SWAMP -- PRIPET MARSHES -- SUNDARBANS -- ZOIGÊ MARSH -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A NOTABLE SMALLER LAKES OF THE WORLD -- HONGZE LAKE -- KOKO NOR -- LAKE COMO -- LAKE CONSTANCE -- LAKE EDWARD -- LAKE EYRE -- LAKE GARDA -- LAKE GENEVA -- LAKE LADOGA -- LAKE MAGGIORE -- LAKE MARACAIBO -- LAKE MANAGUA -- LAKE NASSER -- LAKE NICARAGUA -- LAKE ONEGA -- LAKE RUDOLF -- LAKE TAI -- LAKE TITICACA -- LAKE URMIA -- LAKE VAN -- LAKE WINNIPEGOSIS -- LAKE YSYK -- TONLE SAP -- APPENDIX B AVERAGE NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF THE EARTH'S MAJOR HABITATS -- APPENDIX C AREAS AND VOLUMES OF THE GREAT LAKES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INLAND WATER ECOSYSTEMS -- LAKES -- CASPIAN SEA -- THE GREAT LAKES -- LAKE CHAD -- WETLANDS -- THE EVERGLADES -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.