ویرایش دوم این کتاب 300 صفحه ای با فرمت pdf ارائه می شود.عنوان های آن عبارتند از: The abiotic frame and adaptations to copewith abiotic constraints Introduction Staying afloat Turbulence Lake formation Temperature Light Abiotic factors affected by the catchment area Water colour Carbon pH Nutrients Oxygen Habitat permanence Practical experiments and observations The organisms: the actors within the abiotic frame Introduction Viruses Prokaryotic organisms Eukaryotic organisms Protozoa Primary producers Metazoa—animals with differentiated cells Practical experiments and observations Biotics: competition, herbivory, predation,parasitism, and symbiosis Competition Predation and herbivory Parasitism Symbiosis Practical experiments and observations Food web interactions in freshwater ecosystems The evolution of an ecosystem approach Cascading trophic interactions Alternative stable states Microbial components Interaction strength in freshwater food chains Succession Impact of organisms on the abiotic frame Practical experiments and observations Biodiversity and environmental threats Biodiversity in lakes and ponds Paleolimnology as a tool to understand history Eutrophication Acidification Contamination Global climate change Solar ultraviolet radiation Combined effects of environmental hazards Exotic species Global differentiation Actions taken against environmental threats