Freshwaters and Wetlands of Patagonia

Intro: Navigating Patagonian freshwaters- and this book.- 1: Are freshwaters wetlands? .- 2: Patagonian Andean lakes and climate change.-  3: Current state and recent changes of glaciers in the Patagonian Andes (35 °S to 55°S).- 4: Biogeographical patterns of Patagonian freshwater microbiota.-  5: Extreme freshwater ecosystems from Patagonia: The Copahue-Agrio system.- 6: Mercury in aquatic systems of North Patagonia: sources, processes and trophic transfer.- 7: Diversity patterns across aquatic communities from peat bogs.- 8: Hydrologic Systems, water uses and emerging conflicts around freshwater availability in Patagonia.- 9:  Land-use effects on aquatic ecosystems: An overview of environmental impacts and tools for ecological assessment.- 10: Patagonian wetlands: vertientes, vegas, mallines,turberas and lagunas.- 11: Fish and fisheries of the Patagonian steppe.- 12: Invasive species: The case of Didymosphenia geminata in Neuquén Province.- 13: Influence of the fish introduction in lakes of the arid Patagonia.- 14: Patagonian cultural limnology: knowledge and water management in Mapuche rural communities.- 15: Political Ecology, water valoration and Water Law deliberation in the Province of Tierra del Nacional de Tierra del Fuego.- 16: Freshwater systems in protected areas in Patagonia.- 17: Amphibians and waterbirds as bridges to conserve aquatic and terrestrial habitat in Patagonia.- 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.

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