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Ellen Wohl offers a survey of the history & present condition of river systems across the US. After describing the biological chemical & physical aspects of the functioning of rivers, she discusses the changes as the result of development & federal management, & examines rehabilitati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Stream ecology > United States.
Watershed management > United States.
Stream conservation > United States.
Ecology.
Ecology
Rivers
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > États-Unis.
Cours d'eau > Conservation > États-Unis.
Écologie.
ecology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
SCIENCE > General.
Stream conservation
Stream ecology
Watershed management
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why should we care about rivers?
  • American rivers
  • Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts
  • Poisoning America : commercial impacts
  • Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts
  • Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts
  • Thinking in terms of rivers.

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