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Stream ecosystems in a changing environment /
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change. Each chapter includes a se...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Hydrologic Exchange Flows and Their Ecological Consequences in River Corridors; Introduction; Origins of a Hydroecological Perspective in River Corridors; Delineating Hydrologic Exchange Flows (HEFs); Ecological Relevance of HEFs; Fluvial, Geomorphic, and Biological Influences on HEFs; Physical Drivers of HEFs; Hyporheic Exchange Flows; Hydrologic Exchange with Off-Channel Surface Waters; Bioroughness, Burrowing, and Bio-irrigation; Temporally Dynamic HEFs
- Flood and ET-Driven Vertical Exchange with StreambedBank Storage Exchange Flows; River-Floodplain Exchanges; Watershed Influences; Understanding Controls and Predicting Consequences Across Scales; Overview of Modeling Approaches; Modeling Transport in River Corridors: From Spiraling to Transient Storage; Water Mass Balance; Combined Water and Chemical Mass Balance; Reactive Chemical Transport; The Spiraling Model; Modeling Reactive Chemical Transport in Streams with Storage Zones; Dynamic Reactive Transport Simulated by the Transient Storage Model; Interpretation of HEF Parameters
- Prediction of HEFs Through Statistical Analysis of Published Data SetsPrediction of HEFs Using Physically Based Scaling Equations; Hydrogeologic Modeling of HEFs; Modeling Dynamic Exchanges with River Banks and Floodplains; Incorporating the Multiple Scales of Exchange Flows in River Network Models; Modeling Cumulative Effects of HEFs in River Networks; Synthesis: From Challenges Emerge Opportunities; Conclusions; Topics to Stimulate Discussion; References; Chapter 2: Shaping the Physical Template: Biological, Hydrological, and Geomorphic Connections in Stream Channels; Introduction
- Range of Variability in Alluvial ChannelsDisturbance-Recovery Regimes; Water-Sediment-Morphology Interactions; Vegetation Interactions; Bio-Hydro-Geomorphic Templates for Stream Ecosystems; Hydrogeomorphic Template for SW-GW Exchange; Hydrogeomorphic Template for Light Availability; Channel Complexity; Geomorphic Considerations for Environmental Flows; Geomorphically Effective Environmental Flows; Environmental Flow Challenges in Intensively Altered River Systems; Looking Forward and Downstream; Are Rivers Just Large Streams?; What Happens When Flow is No Longer Unidirectional?
- How Do Response Times in Stream Ecology Compare to Those in Fluvial Geomorphology?Which New Techniques and Technologies Will Allow Us to Answer the Above Questions?; Discussion Questions; Should We Restore Channel Complexity?; How Do We Disentangle the Various Urban Influences on SW-GW Exchanges?; What Would a Fluvial Geomorphic Model for Channel-Riparian Connections Look Like?; References; Chapter 3: Stream Microbial Ecology in a Changing Environment; Introduction; Changing Scientific Capacity; Technological Advances; Changing Template for SME; Conclusions; Future Directions