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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About this book -- About the companion website -- PART I: Processes in Aquatic Ecosystems -- CHAPTER 1: Australian waters: diverse, variable and valuable -- 1.1 The Challenge for Aquatic Ecologists -- 1.2 Defining Some Common Terms -- 1.3 Australian Inland Waters: Their Diversity and Distribution -- 1.4 The Water Regime: 'Where, When and to What Extent Water is Present' -- 1.4.1 Water budgets, scale issues and human influences on water regimes -- 1.4.2 Components of the water regime -- 1.4.3 Water regime variability -- 1.5 Linkages in Aquatic Ecosystems: from Molecular Bonds to Global Exchanges -- 1.5.1 Wonderful water and its molecular linkages -- 1.5.2 Linkages at the catchment scale -- 1.5.3 Linkages at the global scale: the hydrological cycle -- 1.5.4 Continental linkages and surface waters in Australia -- 1.5.5 Continental linkages and groundwaters in Australia -- 1.6 The Structure of This Book -- CHAPTER 2: Physical processes in standing waters -- 2.1 Depth and Physical Processes -- 2.2 Let There Be Light ... -- 2.2.1 Light reaching the water surface -- 2.2.2 Light below the water surface -- 2.2.3 Seeing through water: Secchi discs and quantum sensors -- 2.3 The Euphotic Zone -- 2.4 Light and Life -- 2.5 Temperature and Stratification -- 2.5.1 Causes of stratification -- 2.6 Using Circulation Patterns to Classify Standing Waters -- 2.7 Ecological Implications of the Different Types of Stratification and Mixing -- 2.8 Deep Versus Shallow Standing Waters: Depth Matters -- 2.8.1 How deep standing waters form -- 2.8.2 How shallow standing waters form -- 2.9 Synthesis -- CHAPTER 3: Chemical processes in standing waters -- 3.1 'There's a Certain Chemistry ...' -- 3.2 Dissolved Gases -- 3.2.1 Oxygen -- 3.2.2 Carbon dioxide -- 3.2.3 Hydrogen -- 3.2.4 Methane -- 3.3 Sources of Ions.

This volume presents approaches and methodologies for predicting the structure and diversity of key aquatic communities (namely, diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish), under natural conditions and under man-made disturbance. The intent is to offer an organized means for modeling, evaluating and restoring freshwater ecosystems.

Open workshop at the 18th EAFP Conference, Belfast, UK, 4th September 2017 ; International audience ; Worldwide, viral diseases pose a serious challenge to the fish farming industry and wild fish stocks. In order to prevent the spread of serious fish diseases and to contain and control fish disease outbreaks at a global scale, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has published relevant data on these fish diseases, both in the Aquatic Animal Health Code (OIE, 2017a), including the OIE listed fish diseases, and in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (OIE, 2017b), including recommended diagnostic methods. The list of viral OIE notifiable fish diseases currently includes: Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis disease (EHN), Infection with HPR-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISA), Infection with salmonid alphavirus, causing Pancreas disease (PD) and Sleeping disease (SD), Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD), Red sea bream iridoviral disease (RSIVD), Spring viraemia of carp (SVC), and Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). At European Union level, Commission Decision 2006/88/EC and Council Implementing Decision 2015/1554/EC provide specific regulation for surveillance and control of listed infectious aquatic diseases in Europe which include the fish viral diseases VHS, IHN, EHN, ISA, and KHVD (European Commission 2006, 2015). Due to the frequent emergence of new serious fish viral diseases, the OIE list of fish viral diseases is regularly being extended. However, apart from these well studied viral diseases, other non-notifiable serious fish viral diseases occur in freshwater fish farming. To focus on these new viral threats for freshwater fish farming, an open workshop was organized at the EAFP Conference at Belfast, 4th September 2017. The workshop consisted of five short lectures and a discussion, involving an audience of 69 international experts, originating from 25 countries, of which 6 outside Europe. The main topics presented included ...

Open workshop at the 18th EAFP Conference, Belfast, UK, 4th September 2017 ; International audience ; Worldwide, viral diseases pose a serious challenge to the fish farming industry and wild fish stocks. In order to prevent the spread of serious fish diseases and to contain and control fish disease outbreaks at a global scale, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has published relevant data on these fish diseases, both in the Aquatic Animal Health Code (OIE, 2017a), including the OIE listed fish diseases, and in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (OIE, 2017b), including recommended diagnostic methods. The list of viral OIE notifiable fish diseases currently includes: Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis disease (EHN), Infection with HPR-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISA), Infection with salmonid alphavirus, causing Pancreas disease (PD) and Sleeping disease (SD), Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD), Red sea bream iridoviral disease (RSIVD), Spring viraemia of carp (SVC), and Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). At European Union level, Commission Decision 2006/88/EC and Council Implementing Decision 2015/1554/EC provide specific regulation for surveillance and control of listed infectious aquatic diseases in Europe which include the fish viral diseases VHS, IHN, EHN, ISA, and KHVD (European Commission 2006, 2015). Due to the frequent emergence of new serious fish viral diseases, the OIE list of fish viral diseases is regularly being extended. However, apart from these well studied viral diseases, other non-notifiable serious fish viral diseases occur in freshwater fish farming. To focus on these new viral threats for freshwater fish farming, an open workshop was organized at the EAFP Conference at Belfast, 4th September 2017. The workshop consisted of five short lectures and a discussion, involving an audience of 69 international experts, originating from 25 countries, of which 6 outside Europe. The main topics presented included ...

Open workshop at the 18th EAFP Conference, Belfast, UK, 4th September 2017 ; International audience ; Worldwide, viral diseases pose a serious challenge to the fish farming industry and wild fish stocks. In order to prevent the spread of serious fish diseases and to contain and control fish disease outbreaks at a global scale, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has published relevant data on these fish diseases, both in the Aquatic Animal Health Code (OIE, 2017a), including the OIE listed fish diseases, and in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (OIE, 2017b), including recommended diagnostic methods. The list of viral OIE notifiable fish diseases currently includes: Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis disease (EHN), Infection with HPR-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISA), Infection with salmonid alphavirus, causing Pancreas disease (PD) and Sleeping disease (SD), Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD), Red sea bream iridoviral disease (RSIVD), Spring viraemia of carp (SVC), and Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). At European Union level, Commission Decision 2006/88/EC and Council Implementing Decision 2015/1554/EC provide specific regulation for surveillance and control of listed infectious aquatic diseases in Europe which include the fish viral diseases VHS, IHN, EHN, ISA, and KHVD (European Commission 2006, 2015). Due to the frequent emergence of new serious fish viral diseases, the OIE list of fish viral diseases is regularly being extended. However, apart from these well studied viral diseases, other non-notifiable serious fish viral diseases occur in freshwater fish farming. To focus on these new viral threats for freshwater fish farming, an open workshop was organized at the EAFP Conference at Belfast, 4th September 2017. The workshop consisted of five short lectures and a discussion, involving an audience of 69 international experts, originating from 25 countries, of which 6 outside Europe. The main topics presented included ...

Open workshop at the 18th EAFP Conference, Belfast, UK, 4th September 2017 ; International audience ; Worldwide, viral diseases pose a serious challenge to the fish farming industry and wild fish stocks. In order to prevent the spread of serious fish diseases and to contain and control fish disease outbreaks at a global scale, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has published relevant data on these fish diseases, both in the Aquatic Animal Health Code (OIE, 2017a), including the OIE listed fish diseases, and in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (OIE, 2017b), including recommended diagnostic methods. The list of viral OIE notifiable fish diseases currently includes: Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis disease (EHN), Infection with HPR-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISA), Infection with salmonid alphavirus, causing Pancreas disease (PD) and Sleeping disease (SD), Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD), Red sea bream iridoviral disease (RSIVD), Spring viraemia of carp (SVC), and Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). At European Union level, Commission Decision 2006/88/EC and Council Implementing Decision 2015/1554/EC provide specific regulation for surveillance and control of listed infectious aquatic diseases in Europe which include the fish viral diseases VHS, IHN, EHN, ISA, and KHVD (European Commission 2006, 2015). Due to the frequent emergence of new serious fish viral diseases, the OIE list of fish viral diseases is regularly being extended. However, apart from these well studied viral diseases, other non-notifiable serious fish viral diseases occur in freshwater fish farming. To focus on these new viral threats for freshwater fish farming, an open workshop was organized at the EAFP Conference at Belfast, 4th September 2017. The workshop consisted of five short lectures and a discussion, involving an audience of 69 international experts, originating from 25 countries, of which 6 outside Europe. The main topics presented included ...

Open workshop at the 18th EAFP Conference, Belfast, UK, 4th September 2017 ; International audience ; Worldwide, viral diseases pose a serious challenge to the fish farming industry and wild fish stocks. In order to prevent the spread of serious fish diseases and to contain and control fish disease outbreaks at a global scale, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has published relevant data on these fish diseases, both in the Aquatic Animal Health Code (OIE, 2017a), including the OIE listed fish diseases, and in the Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (OIE, 2017b), including recommended diagnostic methods. The list of viral OIE notifiable fish diseases currently includes: Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis disease (EHN), Infection with HPR-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISA), Infection with salmonid alphavirus, causing Pancreas disease (PD) and Sleeping disease (SD), Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Koi herpesvirus disease (KHVD), Red sea bream iridoviral disease (RSIVD), Spring viraemia of carp (SVC), and Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). At European Union level, Commission Decision 2006/88/EC and Council Implementing Decision 2015/1554/EC provide specific regulation for surveillance and control of listed infectious aquatic diseases in Europe which include the fish viral diseases VHS, IHN, EHN, ISA, and KHVD (European Commission 2006, 2015). Due to the frequent emergence of new serious fish viral diseases, the OIE list of fish viral diseases is regularly being extended. However, apart from these well studied viral diseases, other non-notifiable serious fish viral diseases occur in freshwater fish farming. To focus on these new viral threats for freshwater fish farming, an open workshop was organized at the EAFP Conference at Belfast, 4th September 2017. The workshop consisted of five short lectures and a discussion, involving an audience of 69 international experts, originating from 25 countries, of which 6 outside Europe. The main topics presented included ...

Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, through exploitation, and also by climate change, as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. This book gathers papers on the biodiversity conservation of these increasingly threatened habitats. The papers provide a snapshot of the problems they face, and offer numerous examples which render this volume valuable to educators in marine, freshwater and wetlands ecology, conservation and ecological restoration.

The management of water supply and quality in lakes, rivers, and reservoirs has proceeded largely on the basis of local rather than global considerations. High-quality freshwater resources are now in critically short supply, not only because of local problems such as over-irrigation and eutrophication, but also as a result of large-scale impacts such as climate effects on the hydrosphere. This book explores the dichotomy of global strategies (international and generic) versus local strategies (site-specific) for lake, river, and reservoir management, and presents a series of contrasting perspectives on topics that include monitoring, modeling, water treatment, eutrophication, and restoration. The final chapter integrates these perspectives and identifies strengths, weaknesses, and complementary aspects of the two approaches to help refine future strategies for the sustainable use of the world's freshwater resources

Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Agriculture; Food Science; Plant Ecology; Animal Ecology; Marine & Freshwater Sciences

Over recent decades, there have been pivotal changes in the management and protection of water resources as human rights, environmental and water law have all turned towards the conservation of freshwater. This Research Handbook analyses the interactions and interplay between law and other fields, bringing together interdisciplinary contributors, from both academic and practitioner background, to establish the extent to which law is being informed by other fields. Providing expert advice from disciplines ranging from law and political science to geography and hydrogeology, this Research Handbook critically examines the impact on freshwater law on various disciplines. Offering concrete illustrations of the relationships between environmental sciences and law, and combining legal research with theories of international relations and political science, the Research Handbook on Freshwater Law and International Relations provides an original methodology to examine the challenge of freshwater management and protection. The insights provided by this Research Handbook will be invaluable to law and political science researchers with an interest in freshwater law and international relations, as well as advanced students of environmental sciences and practitioners and decision makers in freshwater management and protection

This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this record ; The Experimental Lakes Area in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, is a globally prominent freshwater research facility, conducting impactful whole-of-lake experiments on so-called 'pristine' lakes and watersheds. These lakes are located in traditional Anishinaabe (Indigenous) territory and the home of 28 Treaty #3 Nations, something rarely acknowledged until now. Indeed, Indigenous peoples in the area have historically been excluded from the research facility's governance and research. Shortly after it changed hands in 2014—from the federal government to the not-for-profit International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)—the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada released its Calls to Action to all Canadians. The newly named International Institute of Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) began to respond with a number of initiatives aimed to develop relationships with local Indigenous peoples and communities. In this paper, from the perspectives of IISD-ELA staff members, we share findings from an exploratory study into the relationships beginning to develop between IISD-ELA and Treaty #3 Nations. We used semi-structured interviews (n = 10) to identify how staff perceived their initial efforts and contextualize those with the current literature on meaningfully engagement in reconciliation. Our analysis highlights perceived barriers, including time, resources, and funding constraints, as well as an acknowledged lack of cultural awareness and sensitivity training. Participants also recognized the need to engage Indigenous knowledge holders and embrace their ways of knowing at the research station. While the study is small in scale, as an international leader in freshwater science, transparency in the IISD-ELA's journey in reconciliation has the potential to inform, influence, and 'unsettle' settler-colonial scientists, field stations, and institutions across the country and beyond. ; Canada Research Chairs Program

The Experimental Lakes Area in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, is a globally prominent freshwater research facility, conducting impactful whole-of-lake experiments on so-called 'pristine' lakes and watersheds. These lakes are located in traditional Anishinaabe (Indigenous) territory and the home of 28 Treaty #3 Nations, something rarely acknowledged until now. Indeed, Indigenous peoples in the area have historically been excluded from the research facility's governance and research. Shortly after it changed hands in 2014—from the federal government to the not-for-profit International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)—the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada released its Calls to Action to all Canadians. The newly named International Institute of Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) began to respond with a number of initiatives aimed to develop relationships with local Indigenous peoples and communities. In this paper, from the perspectives of IISD-ELA staff members, we share findings from an exploratory study into the relationships beginning to develop between IISD-ELA and Treaty #3 Nations. We used semi-structured interviews (n = 10) to identify how staff perceived their initial efforts and contextualize those with the current literature on meaningfully engagement in reconciliation. Our analysis highlights perceived barriers, including time, resources, and funding constraints, as well as an acknowledged lack of cultural awareness and sensitivity training. Participants also recognized the need to engage Indigenous knowledge holders and embrace their ways of knowing at the research station. While the study is small in scale, as an international leader in freshwater science, transparency in the IISD-ELA's journey in reconciliation has the potential to inform, influence, and 'unsettle' settler-colonial scientists, field stations, and institutions across the country and beyond.