9781848739727: Water and Life

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Water - begins with the fate of rain as it falls, looking at different modes of interception and how they can be measured. Water also flows through, and resides in the ground, and here the book looks at the interaction of this water with soils, at aquifers and springs. Life - introduces the concept of biodiversity by considering the variability of species distribution in different habitats. It then goes on to introduce the fundamentals of sampling and census. This topic concludes by considering the concepts of stability and resilience in ecosystems. There are questions and answers throughout

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