Hydrobiology
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'''Hydrobiology''' is the science of [[life]] and life processes in [[water]]. Much of modern hydrobiology can be viewed as a sub-discipline of [[ecology]] but the sphere of hydrobiology includes [[alpha taxonomy|taxonomy]], economic biology, industrial biology, [[morphology (biology)|morphology]], [[physiology]] etc. The one distinguishing aspect is that all relate to aquatic organisms. Much work is closely related to [[limnology]] and can be divided into [[lotic system ecology]] (flowing waters) and [[lentic system ecology]] (still waters).
One of the significant areas of current research is [[eutrophication]]. Special attention is paid to [[biotic]] interactions in [[plankton]] assemblage including the [[microbial loop]], the mechanism of influencing [[algal bloom|water bloom]]s, [[phosphorus]] load and lake turnover. Another subject of research is the [[acid]]ification of mountain lakes. Long-term studies are carried out on changes in the ionic composition of the water of rivers, lakes and reservoirs in connection with [[acid rain]] and [[fertilisation]]. One goal of current research is elucidation of the basic environmental functions of the [[ecosystem]] in reservoirs, which are important for [[water quality]] management and [[water supply]].
Much of the early work of hydrobiologists concentrated on the biological processes utilised in [[sewage treatment]] and [[water purification]] especially [[slow sand filter]]s. Other historically important work sought to provide biotic indices for classifying waters according to the [[biocoenosis|biotic communities]] that they supported. This work continues to this day in Europe in the development of classification tools for assessing water bodies for the EU [[water framework directive]].
== Field of research interests ==
The following are the research interests of hydrobiologists:
* acidification impact on lake and reservoir ecosystems
* [[paleolimnology]] of remote mountain lakes
* molecular ecology, [[phylogeography]] and taxonomy of Cladocera
* ultramorphology of [[cladocera]]n limbs and feeding adaptations
* chemical communication in [[plankton]] (prey-predator interaction)
* biomanipulation of water reservoirs
* cyclus of major nutrients ([[phosphorus]], [[nitrogen]])
* self-controlling mechanisms at population and community level
== Organizations ==
*[http://aslo.org/ American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)]
*[http://www.limnology.org/ International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL)]
*[http://www.fba.org.uk/ Freshwater Biological Association, England]
*[http://www.natur.cuni.cz/hydrobiology/hydropages/ Department of Hydrobiology (Charles University, Prague)]
*[http://www.tu-dresden.de/fghhihb/hybi_en.html Dresden University of Technology Institute of Hydrobiology]
*[http://www.cas.cz/en/HBU.html Institute of Hydrobiology, ASCR]
*[http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/ihf/welcomeen.htm Institute of Hydrobiology and Fishery Science]
*[http://www.vuv.cz/ Water Research Institute T.G.M.]
*[http://www.jcu.cz/~hbu/index.htm Hydrobiological Institute, Academy of Science of Czech Republic]
*[http://www.jcu.cz/~vurh/welcome_gb.html Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology]
*[http://savba.savba.sk/sav/inst/uzae/hydrobio.htm Department of Hydrobiology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia]
*[http://www.mpil-ploen.mpg.de/ Max-Planck-Institut fur Limnologie in Ploen, Germany]
*[http://www.iii.to.cnr.it/uk.htm CNR-Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia]
*[http://159.226.163.238/english/default.aspx Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences]
*[http://www.hydrobiology.biz/ Hydrobiology Pty Ltd] Brisbane, Australia based private consulting company
*[http://www.ut.ee/BGZH/engelsk/IZH.htm Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology] University of Tartu, Estonia
*[http://www.ibss.iuf.net/depart/sanitar/sanitar.html Department of Marine Sanitary Hydrobiology] Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
*[http://www.zoology.bas.bg/depts/hbi_dept.html Department of Hydrobiology] Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
== Journals ==
*[http://www.schweizerbart.de/j/archiv-hydrobiologie/ Archiv für Hydrobiologie]
*[http://www.fba.org.uk/f_forum.html/ Freshwater Forum]
*[http://www.environmental-center.com/magazine/kluwer/hydr/ Hydrobiologia]
*[http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/journals/alphabeticIndex/2246/ International Review of Hydrobiology]
*[http://www.geocities.com/indhydro/ Indian Hydrobiology]
*[http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=4&ab=ajthf The African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries] Uganda
==Notable Researchers==
Morgan Johnston Greenwald
== See also ==
* [[Aquatic ecosystem]]
* [[Aquatic toxicology]]
* [[Freshwater biology]]
* [[Lake Pohjalampi]]
* [[Water management]]
== References ==
*E.P.H. Best (Editor), Jan P. Bakker (Editor) ''Netherlands-Wetlands'' (Developments in Hydrobiology series) (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1993, 328 pp) ISBN 0-7923-2473-0
*R.I. Jones (Editor), V. Ilmavirta (Editor) ''Flagellates in Freshwater Ecosystems'' (Developments in Hydrobiology series) (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1992, 498pp.) ISBN 90-6193-651-9
*Jürgen Schwoerbel ''Methods of hydrobiology (freshwater biology)'' (Pergamon Press; [1st English ed.] edition, 1970, 200pp.) ISBN 0-08-006604-6
== External links ==
*[http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4301/links.html The Waterrose Aquatic Ecology Page]
*[http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-10027-69-33111959-0,00.html Developments in Hydrobiology-Springer Book Series] Prints proceedings for international conferences on Hydrobiology
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