Intro: Navigating Patagonian freshwaters- and this book Part 1: Ecosystem patterns and processes
Chapter 1: Are freshwaters wetlands?
Chapter 2: Patagonian Andean lakes and climate change
Chapter 3: Current state and recent changes of glaciers in the Patagonian Andes
(35 °S to 55°S)
Chapter 4: Biogeographical patterns of Patagonian freshwater microbiota
Chapter 5: Extreme freshwater ecosystems from Patagonia: The Copahue-Agrio system
Chapter 6: Mercury in aquatic systems of North Patagonia: sources, processes and trophic transfer
Chapter 7: Diversity patterns across aquatic communities from peat bogs Part II: Socioecological aspects of freshwater ecosystems in Patagonia
Chapter 8: Hydrologic Systems, water uses and emerging conflicts around freshwater availability in Patagonia
Chapter 9: Land-use effects on aquatic ecosystems: An overview of environmental impacts and tools for ecological assessment
Chapter 10: Patagonian wetlands: vertientes, vegas, mallines, turberas and lagunas
Chapter 11: Fish and fisheries of the Patagonian steppe
Chapter 12: Invasive species: The case of Didymosphenia geminata in Neuquén Province
Chapter 13: Influence of the fish introduction in lakes of the arid Patagonia
Chapter 14: Patagonian cultural limnology: knowledge and water management in Mapuche rural communities
Chapter 15: Political Ecology, water valoration and Water Law deliberation in the Province of Tierra del
Nacional de Tierra del Fuego
Part III: Conservation in Patagonian freshwaters
Chapter 16: Freshwater systems in protected areas in Patagonia
Chapter 17: Amphibians and waterbirds as bridges to conserve aquatic and terrestrial habitat in Patagonia
Chapter 18: Integrated long term conservation strategies to recover the critically endangered Hooded Grebe (Podiceps gallardoi), an endemic waterbird of Austral Patagonia
Conclusion: Reaching out for the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals in Patagonia
About the Author: Dr. Gabriela Mataloni, PhD is a Principal Researcher at the CONICET and former Associate Professor at the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), currently working at the Institute for Environmental Research and Engineering (IIIA CONICET-UNSAM). She completed her graduate and PhD studies at the University of Buenos Aires, where she pursued investigations on limnology as well as taxonomy and ecology of microalgae. These pertained mainly to Tierra del Fuego peat bogs, and freshwater and terrestrial environments from Antarctica. She conducted fieldwork in Antarctica over 11 summer seasons, establishing several international collaborations, and stayed at the British Antarctic Survey with a Fundación Antorchas-British Council fellowship. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. Her present research interests focus on environmental issues involving wetlands and freshwater ecosystems, mainly in Patagonia and Antarctica. She was a member of the Advisory Committee on Biodiversity and Sustainability of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina. She is currently Associate Editor of the Polar Biology journal.
Dr. Rubén D. Quintana, PhD is a Principal Researcher at the CONICET and Associate Professor at the National University of San Martín (UNSAM). At present, he is Regular Director of the Institute for Environmental Research and Engineering (IIIA, CONICET-UNSAM). He completed his graduate and PhD studies at the University of Buenos Aires. He carried out postdoctoral studies at the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, USA and at the Headquarters for the Study of Mediterranean Wetlands, University of Valencia, Spain. His research expertise is the ecology of wetlands, focusing in the effects of land use change on fluvial wetlands. He also has carried out investigations on biodiversity and landscape and regional ecology in different eco-regions of Argentina including Patagonian and Antarctic ecosystems. In addition, he is part of the team involved in the wetland inventory of Argentina. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, books and book chapters. He has collaborated with the International Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Irán, 1971) and he was Scientific Coordinator of the advisory committee on Biodiversity and sustainability of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina. To date, he is member of the National Committee of Ethics in Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina, and President of Foundation for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands /Wetlands International
