The Amazon

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Introduction: History of the discovery of the Amazon and of research of Amazonian waters and landscapes
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   Chapter 2 The geological evolution of the Amazon basin and its mineral resources
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   Chapter 3 The relief of the extra-Andean Amazon basin
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   Chapter 4 Climatology of the Amazon region
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   Chapter 5 The Amazon and its main affluents: Hydrography, morphology of the river courses, and river types
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   Chapter 6 Water chemistry of the Amazon basin: The distribution of chemical elements among freshwaters
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   Chapter 7 Sedimentation and sediments of Amazonian rivers and evolution of the Amazonian landscape since Pliocene times
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   Chapter 8 Ecology of the várzea , floodplain of Amazonian whitewater rivers
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    Chapter 9 ‘Seasonal igapó ’-forests of Central Amazonian blackwater rivers and their terrestrial arthropod fauna
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    Chapter 10 Ecology of aquatic macrophytes in Amazonia
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    Chapter 11 Phytoplankton
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    Chapter 12 Primary production in the Amazonian aquatic ecosystem
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    Chapter 13 Zooplankton of Amazonian lakes and rivers
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    Chapter 14 The fishes of Amazonia
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    Chapter 15 The aquatic mammals and reptiles of the Amazon
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    Chapter 16 Microbiology of Amazonian waters
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    Chapter 17 Ecology, fisheries and fish culture in Amazonia
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    Chapter 18 Diseases related to the aquatic environment in the Amazon
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    Chapter 19 Hydrology of catchment areas of Central-Amazonian forest streams
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    Chapter 20 Soils of the Amazon region
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    Chapter 21 Clay minerals of Amazonian soils
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    Chapter 22 The Amazonian forest
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    Chapter 23 The role of fungi in Amazonian forests and in reforestation
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    Chapter 24 Unifying principles of Amazonian landscape ecology and their implications
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    Chapter 25 The indigenous peoples of Amazonia, their cultures, land use patterns and effects on the landscape and biota
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    Chapter 26 Development planning and practices of economic exploitation in Amazonia
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    Chapter 27 Former and recent utilizations of Amazonia and their impact on the environment
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    Chapter 28 The conservation of nature in the Brazilian Amazonia
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    Chapter 29 Present ‘development’ of Amazonia in the light of the ecological aspect of life, and alternative concepts