Environmental Flows : Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium

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Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. It answers crucial questions about the flow of water within and between different kinds of ecosystems...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Arthington, Angela H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water-supply > Environmental aspects.
Streamflow > Environmental aspects.
Stream ecology.
Stream conservation.
Biotic communities.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect de l'environnement.
Cours d'eau > Conservation.
Cours d'eau > Debit > Aspect de l'environnement.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. River Values and Threats; 2. Global Hydrology, Climate, and River Flow Regimes; 3. Catchments, Drainage Networks, and Resource Regimes; 4. River Ecology, the Natural Flow Regime Paradigm, and Hydroecological Principles; 5. Effects of Catchment Change and River-Corridor Engineering; 6. History of Water Control and Dam Impacts; 7. Effects of Dams on Sediment, Thermal, and Chemical Regimes; 8. Effects of Dams on Habitat and Aquatic Biodiversity; 9. Introduction to Environmental Flow Methods.
  • 10. Hydraulic Rating and Habitat Simulation Methods11. Flow Protection Methods; 12. Flow Restoration Methods; 13. Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA); 14. Environmental Flow Relationships, Models, and Applications; 15. Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems and Threats; 16. Sustaining Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems; 17. Wetlands, Threats, and Water Requirements; 18. Estuaries, Threats, and Flow Requirements; 19. Setting Limits to Hydrologic Alteration; 20. Implementing and Monitoring Environmental Flows; 21. Legislation and Policy; 22. Adapting to Climate Change.
  • Appendix: The Brisbane Declaration (2007)Literature Cited; Index.

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