Bibliography for articles on ecological succession in aquatic communities, IPA Newsletter, Fall 2013, Vol. 13 No. 4.
Books:
Amos, William H., The Life of the Pond. New York, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1967.
Caduto, Michael J., Pond and Brook: A Guide to Nature in Freshwater Environments. Hanover, University Press of
New England, 1990.
Comm. of MA Office of Environmental Affairs, The Practical Guide to Lake Management in Massachusetts, 2004.
“The Origin and Nature of Lakes”, pp. 2-14.
Cooke, G. Dennis, Welch, Eugene B., Peterson, Spencer A., Newroth, Peter R., Restoration and Management of
Lakes and Reservoirs, 2nd Ed. New York, Lewis Publishers, 1986. Pp. 21-44.
Emery, K. O., A Coastal Pond. New York, American Elsevier Publishing, 1969.
Enger, Eldon D. and Smith, Bradley F., Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships, 12th Ed. New York,
McGraw Hill, 2010. Ch. 6, “Kinds of Ecosystems and Communities”, pp. 109-114.
Oldale, Robert N., Cape Cod and the Islands: The Geologic Story. Orleans, MA, Parnassus Imprints,1992.
Thorson, Robert M., Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America’s Kettle Lakes. New York, Walker & Company,
2009.
Voshell, J. Reese Jr., A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America. Blacksburg, VA, The
MacDonald & Woodward Publishing Co., 2002. Introduction, pp. 9-56.
Robinson, Michelle, The Massachusetts Lake and Pond Guide. MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
Lakes and Ponds Program, 2004.
Articles:
“Alien Species in Fresh Waters: Ecological Effects, Interactions with Other Stressors, and Prospects for the Future”, by
David L. Strayer. Freshwater Biology, Suppl. 1, 2010. Pp. 152-174.
“Successional Changes in Communities” by Jamie M. Kneitel, Nature Education Knowledge Project, 3(10):41.
http://www.nature.com/scitable/searchscitable?criteria=%26%2334%3BSuccessional%20Changes%20in%20Communities%26%2334%3B.
“Plant Succession”, from Biosciences 124, Lecture Notes, Undergraduate Program in Plant Biology, University of
Maryland. http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci124/lec34.html.
Images:
The website teachers.rickards.leon.k12.fl.us has several excellent illustrations of the primary succession process in
ponds, and many others can be found by Googling “aquatic succession”, “images”.
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