For the Love of Rivers : A Scientist's Journey /

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"Rivers and streams supply our water and capture our imaginations. We seek the more pristine ones to fish or paddle, to hike along or simply sit and watch. But what is it we are seeing? What is essential about streams and rivers for us as humans? In For the Love of Rivers, stream ecologist Kurt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fausch, Kurt D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nakano, Shigeru, > 1962-2000.
Stream health.
Stream ecology.
Human ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Rivers.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
human ecology.
Cours d'eau > Sante.
Écologie humaine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An awakening
  • Exploring the mystery of charrs
  • Riverscapes : how streams work
  • Tragedy in the Sea of Cortez
  • Riverwebs
  • Running dry
  • Natives of the West
  • For the love of rivers
  • What is the future?
  • Epilogue : Nakano's legacy.

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