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The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis - Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science (Hardcover)
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The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis - Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science (Hardcover)
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This book presents the most comprehensive model yet for describing
the structure and functioning of running freshwater ecosystems.
This "riverine ecosystem synthesis" (RES) is a result of combining
several theories published in recent decades, dealing with aquatic
and terrestrial systems. New analyses are fused with a variety of
new perspectives on how river network ecosystems are structured and
function, and how they change along longitudinal, lateral, and
temporal dimensions. Among these novel perspectives is a
dramatically new view of the role of hydrogeomorphic forces in
forming functional process zones from headwaters to the mouths of
great rivers.
Designed as a useful tool for aquatic scientists worldwide whether
they work on small streams or great rivers and in forested or
semi-arid regions, this book will provide a means for scientists to
understand the fundamental and applied aspects of rivers in general
and includes a practical guide and protocols for analyzing
individual rivers. This combination of theoretical and applied
analysis is quite unique in running freshwater ecology. Specific
examples of rivers in at least four continents (Africa, Australia,
Europe and North America) serve to illustrate the power and utility
of the RES concept.
- Develops the classic, seminal article in River Research and
Applications, "A Model of Biocomplexity in River Networks Across
Space and Time" which introduced the RES concept for the first time
- Provides a guide to the practical analysis of individual rivers
using the Riverine Ecosystems Synthesis and extends its use from
pristine ecosystems to modern, human-modified rivers.
- An essential aid both to the study fundamentaland applied aspects
of rivers, such as rehabilitation, management, monitoring,
assessment, and flow manipulation of river networks.
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