radiant flux, 16
scattered, 18
Secchi disc, 21
spectral distributions, 18, 20
transparency, 21
turbidity, 20
units of measurement, 15
Littoral zone, 291
algae, 293
benthic fauna, 294
macrophytes, 292
phytoplankton, 294
zooplankton, 294
Longitude, I
M
Macrophytes
biomass, 292
decomposition, 285
distribution, 292
emergent plants, 291
epiphytes, 291
productivity, 292
submersed plants, 291
taxonomy, 375
Maps, I
bathymetric, I, 9
depth contours, 6
land subdivisions, 3
public lands, 3
ranges, 4
townships, 4
Mean, 365
Meromictic lakes,
characteristics, 333
hydrodynamics, 37
Microcosms, 308
Microscopy
calibration, 145
epifluorescence, 256
inverted, 141
Mineralization: see Decomposition
Mixing, thermal resistance to, 34
Model ecosystems, 301
Molar solutions, 361
Molecular weights, 359
Morphology, 55, 62
Morphometry, I, 55
N
Nitrogen compounds, 83
ammonium nitrogen, 83
nitrate nitrogen, 84
Index
389
nitrite nitrogen, 84
organic nitrogen, 88
Nitrogen fixation, 88
Normal solutions, 360
Nutrients
o
algal, 302
enrichment, 305
inorganic, 81
stream budgets, 318
Organic carbon, 129
algae, 153
decomposition, 271, 281
dissolved (DOC), 130
extracellular, phytoplankton, 219
particulate (POC), 132
sediments, 338
Organic matter, 129
Oxbow lakes, 58
Oxygen deficits, 349
Oxygen, dissolved, 69
p
deficits, 349
percentage saturation, 76
productivity, phytoplankton, 208
solubility, 74
Winkler method, 70
Paleolimnology, 337
Palmer-Maloney counting cells, 150
Particulate organic matter
analysis, 132
decompostion,281
P/B ratios, 192
Petersen grab sampler, 182
Petersen population model, 247
pH, 108
measurement, 109
Phosphorus, 89
sediments, 338
soluble reactive phosphate, 89
total phosphorus, 92
Photometers, 19
Phytoplankton
biomass of species, 140, 152
biovolume, 141, 152
counting cells, 148
decomposition, 283
displacement method, 152
enumeration, 140, 147
filtration techniques, 151
littoral, 294