The Biology of Temporary Waters

This well-illustrated book collates and synthesies the diverse global literature on pure and applied aspects of temporary water habitats and their biota. The author definitely has a global focus...The book is surely in its scope and thoroughly referenced. * Basic and Applied Ecology * ...this work presents an informative overview of ephemeral aquatic ecosystems, and is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate courses or graduate seminars. * Choice, July 2007 * In this well-produced and carefully illustrated work, Williams consistently outlines the many gaps in our knowledge that will likely provide starting points for many theses richly detailed thoroughly referenced encyclopaedic in its scope suitable for practicing biologists, postgraduate students, and upper-level undergraduates. * J.S. Richardson, The Quarterly Review of Biology * A pioneering authority in the field, he has collated and synthesized a growing body of literature on the biology of temporary waters that represent a fascinating habitat for ecological and limnological research, incorporating a strong conservation component. Dudley Williams brilliantly compresses a huge, complex, perhaps unwieldy and occasionally unclear body of data into a surprisingly accessible account. The book is outstandingly successful and will soon be hailed as a most accessible text for graduate students and researchers. * Current Engineering Practice. * Appropriately priced and will be suitable for practising biologists * The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol.822, pp168 * ...thorough and extremely well referenced... * Biologist * This well illustrated and fascinating book documents the life found in every possible sort of temporary water the authors enthusiasm for these is infectious and he will surely re-kindle interest in these habitats, for they illustrate many ecological principles this book draws together what is generally a very dispersed literature and provides a coherent account of this fascinating topic. * M. Young, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society *