I. The Subcontinent.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The geomorphology of southern Africa.- 3. The climate.- 4. The regional limnology of southern Africa.- 4.1 Surface waters of the subtropical coastal peneplain — Region 1.- 4.2 Surface waters of the elevated plateau and the southeastern coastal plain — Region 2.- 4.3 The surface waters of the Australo-montane (Alpine) region — Region 3.- 4.4 Temperate acid waters of the Cape Fold montane region — Region 4.- 4.5 The waters of the arid Karroid west inland from Port Elizabeth into Namibia and southern Botswana — Region 5.- II. The Rivers and Their Catchments, Floodplains and Wetlands.- 5. Types of rivers and their characteristics.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 River classification.- 6. Unique rivers.- 6.1 The Zambezi River.- 6.2 The Okavango River.- 6.3 The Orange River.- 7. A review of river research in southern Africa since 1900.- 7.1 River zonation and factors determining faunal changes.- 7.2 The effects of pollution.- 7.3 Major conclusions from hydrobiological studies.- 7.4 Modern concepts of river ecosystem functioning.- 8. Riverine wetlands.- 8.1 The Okavango Delta.- 8.2 The Pongolo River and its floodplain (Kwazulu).- 9. The influence of man.- 9.1 Catchment changes.- 9.2 River regulation.- 9.3 Water abstraction.- 9.4 The conservation of rivers in southern Africa.- III. Natural and Man-Made Lakes.- 10. Suspensoids, hydrodynamics and chemical conditions in natural and man-made lakes.- 10.1 Pigments, suspensoids and light.- 10.2 Hydrodynamics.- 10.3 The chemical properties of natural and man-made lakes.- 11. Primary producers and their production in lakes and reservoirs.- 11.1 Lakes.- 11.2 Inorganically turbid reservoirs.- 11.3 Biogenically turbid reservoirs.- 11.4 Aquatic macrophytes in reservoirs.- 12. Bacteria and their activity in lakes and reservoirs.- 12.1 Lakes.- 12.2 Reservoirs.- 13. Planktonic and benthic invertebrates.- 13.1 Invertebrate community structure.- 13.2 Spatial distribution of invertebrates.- 13.3 Temporal dynamics, standing stocks and production.- 13.4 Trophic interactions and related issues.- 14. Fish and fisheries.- 14.1 Zoogeography and community structure.- 14.2 Fish colonization of man-made lakes.- 14.3 Novel investigations of the biology of southern African fish under lacustrine conditions.- 14.4 Fisheries.- Synthesis and implications.- References.- Authors index.- Index of organisms.- General index.
