Freshwater Ecosystems of Suriname

Since the limnological research on the man-made Brokopondo Reservoir in the ''sixties, numerous data have been collected on the ecology of Surinam rivers and swamps. This book is a compilation of these data: it is the first comprehensive survey of the aquatic ecology of one of the peripheral areas of Amazonia. The geomorphology of the country, situated on the Guyana Shield, is the main factor...