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A collection of short, punchy essays arguing that communities are alive and thriving, but not under government control.

Communities. --- Communities --- Community --- Social groups --- Political aspects.

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European Parliament. --- European Parliament --- #SBIB:327.7H221 --- Europees Parlement --- European Communities. Parliament

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This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornhöved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel. Historically speaking, the present research scheme, like comparable long-term ecosystem studies at Göttingen, Bayreuth, München, and Berchtesgaden, has been conceived as the core of a comprehensive ecological surveillance system for Germany (Ellenberg et al. 1978). Comprising three interrelated components, namely an ecological monitoring network, comparative ecosystem research, and an environmental specimen bank, this system is intended to promote both ecological science and planning and policy. In this connection the geo- and bioscientifically based ecosystem research aims at understanding the structure and functions of systems, the natural equilibrium and stress tolerance of singular components and the entire system against changes and disturbances from within and from outside, and the relationships between diversity, productivity, and stability. Thus, ecosystem research forms the indispensable basis for the rational analysis of the comprehensive data sets made available by ecological monitoring networks and for the adequate selection of plant, animal, and soil specimens for environmental specimen banking purposes.

Biotic communities --- Ecosystem management --- Environmental monitoring --- Land-water ecotones --- 504 --- 911.53 --- Ecosystems management --- Applied ecology --- Environmental management --- Nature conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Aquatic-terrestrial ecotones --- Terrestrial-aquatic ecotones --- Water-land ecotones --- Ecotones --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- 504 Environment. Environmental science --- Environment. Environmental science --- Computer simulation --- Cultural landscape --- Management --- Measurement --- Monitoring

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Looking at how maturing digital media and network technologies are transforming place, culture, politics and infrastructure in our everyday life this book provides a synoptic overview as well as illustrative case studies. "Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connects us with others as it removes us from any stable sense of location. Networked Publics examines the ways that the social and cultural shifts created by these technologies have transformed our relationships to (and definitions of) place, culture, politics, and infrastructure. Four chapters--each by an interdisciplinary team of scholars using collaborative software--provide a synoptic overview along with illustrative case studies. The chapter on place describes how digital networks enable us to be present in physical and networked places simultaneously--often at the expense of nondigital commitments. The chapter on culture explores the growth and impact of amateur-produced and remixed content online. The chapter on politics examines the new networked modes of bottom-up political expression and mobilization. And finally, the chapter on infrastructure notes the tension between openness and control in the flow of information, as seen in the current controversy over net neutrality."

Internet --- Online social networks --- Convergence (Telecommunication) --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Electronic social networks --- Social networking Web sites --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- USA. --- Telecommunication --- Social media --- Social networks --- Sociotechnical systems --- Web sites --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web --- Virtual communities --- SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies --- DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/Social Media & Networking --- SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General --- Communities, Online (Online social networks) --- Communities, Virtual (Online social networks) --- Online communities (Online social networks)

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Most aquatic ecosystems have variable water levels. These water-level fluctuations (WLF) have multiple effects on the organisms above and below the waterline. Natural WLF patterns in lakes guarantee both productivity and biodiversity, while untimely floods and droughts may have negative effects. Human impacts on WLF have led to a stabilization of the water levels of many lakes by hydraulic regulation, untimely drawdown due to water use, or floods due to water release from hydropower plants in the catchments. This book provides a first review in this field. It presents selected papers on the ecological effects of WLF in lakes, resulting from a workshop at the University of Konstanz in winter 2005. Issues addressed here include the extent of WLF, and analyses of their effects on different groups of biota from microorganisms to vertebrates. Applied issues include recommendations for the hydrological management of regulated lakes to reduce negative impacts, and a conceptual framework is delivered by an extension of the floodpulse concept for lakes. Current impacts on water use, including increasing demands on drinking and irrigation water, hydropower etc., and climate change effects on WLF make this book an essential resource for aquatic ecologists, engineers, and decision-makers dealing with the management of lake ecosystems and their catchments.

Life Sciences. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Life sciences. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Aquatic biology. --- Wildlife management. --- Sciences de la vie --- Ecosystèmes menacés --- Hydrobiologie --- Faune --- Aménagement --- Biotic communities -- Effect of water levels on -- Congresses. --- Lake ecology -- Congresses. --- Lake hydrology -- Congresses. --- Water levels -- Congresses. --- Water levels. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Level, Water --- Levels, Water --- Water --- Water level --- Level --- Levels --- Environment. --- Aquatic ecology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental Management. --- Aquatic sciences --- Biology --- Hydraulic measurements --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Aquatic ecology . --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Aquatic biology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology