Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Water as a substance
- Lakes: their distribution, origins, forms
- Water economy
- Light in lakes
- Fate of heat
- Water movements
- Oxygen
- Salinity of inland waters
- Inorganic carbon
- The nitrogen cycle
- The phosphorus cycle
- Iron, sulfur, and silica cycles
- Phytoplankton
- The littoral zone
- Zooplankton, benthic fauna, and fish community interactions
- Organic carbon cycle and detritus
- Ontogeny and evolution of lake ecosystems