Riparia: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities

Capa
Elsevier, 05/08/2010 - 448 páginas
This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, and discusses how riparia are used by human cultures as well as how riparia can be used to sustain environmental quality. In recent years riparian management has been widely implemented as a means of improving fisheries, water quality, and habitat for endangered species. This book provides the basic knowledge necessary to implement successful, long-term management and rehabilitation programs.
  • Treats riparian patterns & processes in a holistic perspective, from ecological components to societal activities
  • Contains over 130 illustrations and photos that summarize this complex ecological system
  • Synthesizes the information from more than 6,000 professional articles
  • Sidebars provide a look into ongoing research that is at the frontiers of riparian ecology and management

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Índice

1 Introduction
1
2 Catchments and the Physical Template
19
3 Riparian Typology
49
4 Structural Patterns
79
5 Biotic Functions of Riparia
125
6 Biophysical Connectivity and Riparian Functions
159
7 Disturbance and Agents of Change
189
8 Management
233
9 Conservation
269
10 Restoration
291
11 Synthesis
327
Bibliography
357
Index
415
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Página 271 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Página 370 - Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, OJ L 206, 22.7.1992.
Página 358 - Schwarz, 2000: Effect of stream channel size on the delivery of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico.
Página 236 - The public use of the banks of a river is part of the law of nations, just as is that of the river itself. All persons therefore are as much at liberty to bring their vessels to the bank, to fasten ropes to the trees growing there, and to place any part of their cargo there, as to navigate the river itself. But the banks of a river are the property of those whose land they adjoin : and consequently the trees growing on them are also the property of the same persons.
Página 376 - Harvey, JW, and KE Bencala. 1993. The effect of streambed topography on surface-subsurface water exchange in mountain catchments.
Página 363 - Brinson, MM, BL Swift, RC Plantico, and JS Barclay. 1981. Riparian Ecosystems: Their Ecology and Status.
Página 236 - Sed proprietas earum illorum est, quorum 4. The public use of the banks of a river is part of the law of nations, just as is that of the river itself. All persons, therefore, are as much at liberty to bring their vessels to the bank, to fasten ropes to the trees growing there, and to place any part of their cargo there, as to navigate the river itself. prsediis hserent : qua de causa arbores quoque in iisdem natse eorundem sunt.

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