Filling a long-standing need for a desk reference that synthesizes
current research, Land Use Effects on Streamflow and Water Quality
in the Northeastern United States reviews and discusses the impact
of forest management, agriculture, and urbanization. The book
provides a gateway to the diverse scientific literature that is
urgently needed to understand and solve ubiquitous watershed
management problems. The authors use an in-depth approach that
focuses on the science behind sound management principles and
practices.
The book begins with a summary of the scientific principles and
processes that define and govern the interactions between
activities on land and conditions in streams, lakes, and estuaries.
Building on these principles, later chapters progress from basic
science to small-scale, controlled field experiments to
landscape-scale studies and their watershed management
implications. This nested format parallels the development of
watershed management projects and solutions. The deliberate
integration of land use history, ecology, hydrology, chemistry, and
resource management avoids the artificial separation of
inter-related watershed characteristics and tracks causes and
effects over realistic time scales.
The authors present the hydrologic and water quality principles
on which to construct management plans for water supply watersheds
across a wide range of sizes, configurations, and time scales.
Rigorously reviewed by a distinguished panel of scientists and
watershed managers, the book benefits from their collective
experience across the full range of watershed science and
management. It provides a diverse audience with the opportunity to
update and expand their knowledgein critical areas of watershed
science and management.
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