The Ecology of Running Waters - Hardcover

H. B. N. Hynes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802016898 ISBN 13: 9780802016898

Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1970

Synopsis

A comprehensive study of the biological and chemical characteristics of rivers and streams and the life cycles of numerous plants and animals

About this title

About the Author:

Noel Hynes is Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D. in 1941 from the University of London. After a period in Trinidad studying tropical agriculture, and wartime work on locusts in East Africa, he was appointed to an academic post at the University of Liverpool. In 1964 he moved to Canada to build the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo, where he remained until his retirement. His research has been concentrated upon the biology of rivers and streams, and he has published over 180 scientific papers, two scientific books and an autobiography. He has been honoured by receiving the Neumann/Thienemann Medal of the International Society of Limnology, the highest honour in his field of work.

Review:

"Dr. Hynes is to be congratulated on writing so valuable a book." -- The Journal of Ecology

"Professor Hynes has produced a superb book." -- Freshwater Biology

"This book is a must for the student of aquatic biology. The book, like the author, ... highest esteem." -- The Canadian Field Naturalist

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0802016898
• ISBN 13: 9780802016898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 555