Floodplains

Jeffrey J. Opperman is the global lead freshwater scientist for WWF and a research associate at the University of California, Davis. Peter B. Moyle is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Eric W. Larsen is a research scientist and fluvial geomorphologist in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Joan L. Florsheim is a researcher in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, and earth-surface processes at the Earth Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Amber D. Manfree is a postdoctoral researcher in geography at the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis.

"This work is a thorough exploration of floodplains that should interest scientists and managers alike."

• AuthorsAcknowledgments1 • INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS2 • HYDROLOGY3 • GEOMORPHOLOGY4 • BIOGEOCHEMISTRY5 • ECOLOGY: INTRODUCTION6 • FLOODPLAIN FORESTS7 • PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION8 • FISHES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES9 • ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND FLOODPLAIN RECONCILIATION10 • FLOODPLAINS AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE11 • CASE STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION12 • CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY13 • CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS TODAY14 • RECONCILING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS15 • CONCLUSIONS: MANAGING TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITSReferencesGeospatial Data SourcesIndex