Sustaining River Ecosystems and Water Resources / by Ellen Wohl.
Wohl, Ellen E., 1962- author.
2018
QH541.5.S7 W64 2018
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Title Sustaining River Ecosystems and Water Resources / by Ellen Wohl.
Author Wohl, Ellen E., 1962- author.
ISBN 9783319651248
3319651242
9783319651231
3319651234
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65124-8
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 151 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-65124-8 doi
Call Number QH541.5.S7 W64 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.4
Summary This work is designed to broaden the scope with which many people regard a river. Rivers are commonly regarded from a very simplistic perspective as conduits for downstream flows of water. In this context, it may be considered acceptable and necessary to engineer the channel to either facilitate such flows (e.g., channelization, levees) or limit flows and store water (e.g., water supply reservoirs, flood control). The book presents the concept of a river as a spatially and temporally complex ecosystem that is likely to be disrupted in unexpected and damaging ways by direct river engineering and by human activities throughout a drainage basin. Viewing a river as a complex ecosystem with nonlinear responses to human activities will help to promote a more nuanced and effective approach to managing river ecosystems and to sustaining the water resources that derive from rivers. In this context, water resources refers to ecosystem services including water supply, water quality, flood control, erosion control, and riverine biota (e.g., freshwater fisheries). Chapters in this book draw extensively on existing literature but integrate this literature from a fresh perspective. General principles are expanded upon and illustrated with photographs, line drawings, tables, and brief, site-specific case studies from rivers around the world.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Series SpringerBriefs in environmental science.
Available in Other Form Sustaining river ecosystems and water resources.
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Chapter1. Introduction
Chapter2. Rivers as Ecosystems
Chapter3. Human Alterations of Rivers
Chapter4. Toward Sustainable Rivers and Water Resources.

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