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
