Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Thomas Mehner is vice director and senior researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin, Germany. He is limnologist and fisheries biologist by training, has got his PhD at the University of Rostock in 1992, and has received his habilitation in limnology in 1999. He has published about 170 ISI papers, with focus on fish communities, lake food webs, and evolutionary and behavioural ecology of aquatic organisms. He has been Handling Editor of ‘Aquatic Ecology’ and ‘Freshwater Biology’ for several years, and he is currently member of the Editorial Boards of ‘Global Change Biology’ and ‘Limnologica’. Since spring 2018, he has been the president of the International Society of Limnology (SIL). Thomas Mehner has taught courses on Limnology, Fish Ecology, Fisheries Management, Behaviour and Evolution, and Scientific Writing. He has trained many MSc and PhD students, and is actively mentoring undergraduates, graduates and post-doc researchers.

Provisional Contents include over 240 individual articles organized into the following broad sectionsIntroductory OverviewsProperties of waterHydrologic cycle: Surface and groundwater hydrologyHydrologic balance (lakes, reservoirs, riversLakes of the world (formation, diversity, distributionRivers of the world (formation, diversity, distributionLight and heat in aquatic ecosystemsHydrodynamics and mixing in rivers, reservoirs, and lakesInorganic chemicals: cycles and dynamicsOrganic compounds: Cycles and dynamicsBiological integration among inland aquatic ecosystemsBacteria and Fungi: planktonic and attachedAlgae (incl. cyanobacteria): Types, phytoplankton, and eutrophication /remediationZooplanktonInvertebratesVertebratesAir-water and land-water interface/wetland/littoral interactionsPollution and remediationConservation and Management of Inland AquaticEcosystems