Ponds : formation, characteristics, and uses / Paul L. Meyer, editor.

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PONDS: FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND USES ; PONDS: FORMATION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND USES ; CONTENTS; PREFACE ; POND USAGE BY ANURAN AMPHIBIANS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; AN OVERVIEW OF ANURAN LIFE HISTORY; Reproductive Mode of Anurans ; DECLINING AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS; HABITAT LOSS AND ALTERATION OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS ; Exotic Anurans; MANIPULATION OF POND HABITATS AS A POTENTIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY ; Other Potential Opportunities for Lineage-Specific Control Measures ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES.

RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL PONDS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: FACTORS INFLUENCING NUTRIENTS AND FISH PRODUCTION ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. RECREATIONAL FISHING POPULARITY NATIONWIDE AND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES ; 1.1. Fish Species and Stocking Rates ; 1.2. Economic Value ; 1.3. Pond Density Nationwide and in the Southeast; 1.4. Pond Fertilization ; 1.5. Sediment Nutrients and Benthic Invertebrates Interactions in Ponds; 2. COMMERCIAL PONDS ; 2.1. Early Aquaculture in the United States ; 2.2. Physical Pond Features ; 2.3. Economic Value and Competition.

2.4. Industry Inefficiencies 2.5. The Future of Commercial Catfish Ponds ; 3. SYNOPSIS ; REFERENCES ; OPTIMUM SIZE OF NON-CONVECTIVE ZONE OF SALT GRADIENT SOLAR POND ; NOMENCLATURE ; INTRODUCTION ; DESIGN STRUCTURE OF SALT GRADIENT SOLAR POND ; OPTIMUM NCZ SIZE CONSIDERING THERMAL PERFORMANCE ASPECT ; Analysis for optimum size of NCZ for rapid Warm-Up (Determination of xM); Analysis for Optimum Size of NCZ for Maximum Heat Retrieval after Warm Up (Determination of xm) ; EFFECT OF OPTIMUM NCZ SIZE ON THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF SGSP ; Input Data for Simulation Model.

APPLYING GRADIENT ZONE STABILITY CRITERION TO THE NCZ SIZES AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN WITH ADDITIONAL NCZ; APPENDIX I ; APPENDIX II. ANALYSIS FOR NON-LINEAR SALINITY PROFILE; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES; A DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF SHALLOW LAKES OF ARID PATAGONIA AS HABITAT FOR WATERBIRDS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; STUDY AREA ; METHODS ; Field Data Collection ; Lake Classification ; Spatial and Temporal Variation ; Waterbird Habitat Suitability; RESULTS; Lake Characterization ; Spatial and Temporal Variations; Waterbird Habitat Suitability; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES.

PHYTOPLANKTON FROM SUBTROPICAL PONDS: GROWTH PARAMETERS, CARBOHYDRATE PRODUCTION, AND POLYSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION OF THREE CHLOROPHYTES ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; Organisms and Culture Conditions ; Experiments ; HPIC-PAD Analysis ; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES ; LAKES BEYOND THE EARTH: DRY LAKEBEDS ON MARS, AND ACTIVE METHANE-ETHANE LAKES ON TITAN ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; LAKES ON MARS ; CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT LAKES ; POSSIBLE FORMATION MECHANISMS ; IMPORTANCE OF LAKES ON MARS ; LAKES ON TITAN ; OBSERVED CHARACTERISTICS ; COMPOSITION AND SOURCE OF THE LIQUID.

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