1. Prologue
2. The Importance of Inland Waters
3. Water as a Substance
4. Rivers and Lakes - Their Distribution, Origins, and Forms
5. Hydrological Systems
6. Light in Inland Waters
7. Fate of Heat
8. Water Movements
9. Structure and Productivity of Aquatic Ecosystems
10. Water as a Chemical Environment
11. Oxygen
12. Salinity and Ionic Composition of Inland Waters
13. The Inorganic Carbon Complex
14. The Nitrogen Cycle
15. The Phosphorus Cycle
16. Other Important Elements
17. Algae and Cyanobacteria Communities
18. Ecology of Algae and Cyanobacteria (Phytoplankton)
19. Zooplankton Communities: Diversity in Time and Space
20. Ecology and Functioning of Zooplankton Communities
21. Benthic Animals
22. Fish
23. Pelagic Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses
24. Freshwater Plants
25. Benthic Algae and Cyanobacteria of the Littoral Zone
26. Shallow Lakes and Ponds
27. Sediments and Microbiomes
28. Organic Carbon Cycling and Ecosystem Metabolism
29. Wetlands
30. Paleolimnology: Approaches and Applications
31. Inland Waters: The Future of Limnology is Interdisciplinary,
Collaborative, Inclusive, and Global