Tasek Bera : The Ecology of a Freshwater Swamp

J. I. Furtado and S. Mori This volume, 'Tasek Bera, the ecology of a tropical freshwater swamp', is a monograph based on research at Tasek Bera, under the auspices of the International Biological Programme (lBP) involving Japanese and Malaysian scientists under the sponsorship of the Malaysian National Committee for the IBP (MNC-IBP) which was initiated by the Malaysian Scientific Association (MSA). This collaboration was initiated by one of us (S. Mori) in 1966 at the Scientific Committee for Freshwater Productivity (PF) of the International Biological Programme (SCIBP) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (lCSU). It involved discussions between the Japanese National Com­ mittee for the IBP (JIBP) and the Malaysian National Committee for the IBP (MNC-IBP) and their respe J.I. Furtado and S. Mori This volume, 'Tasek Bera, the ecology of a tropical freshwater swamp', is a monograph based on research at Tasek Bera, under the auspices of the International Biological Programme (lBP) involving Japanese and Malaysian scientists under the sponsorship of the Malaysian National Committee for the IBP (MNC-IBP) which was initiated by the Malaysian Scientific Association (MSA). This collaboration was initiated by one of us (S. Mori) in 1966 at the Scientific Committee for Freshwater Productivity (PF) of the International Biological Programme (SCIBP) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (lCSU). It involved discussions between the Japanese National ComƯ mittee for the IBP (JIBP) and the Malaysian National Committee for the IBP (MNC-IBP) and their respe Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Introduction....Pages 1-5 General description of Tasek Bera....Pages 7-54 Environmental conditions....Pages 55-148 Decomposition....Pages 149-189 Primary production....Pages 191-277 Secondary production....Pages 279-319 Ecological notes on fishes....Pages 321-354 General discussion....Pages 355-363 Back Matter....Pages 365-413