Applied Freshwater Biology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Through rivers, wetlands, streams, and lakes, the flow of water sustains life. In addition to the myriad lifeforms that freshwater ecosystems support, including our own, they also provide opportunities for recreation and personal reflection. Unfortunately, our freshwaters have become seriously impacted and degraded by various stressors, including pollution, forestry, agriculture, urbanisation, exploitation of species, and more.In this comprehensive book, Richardson lays out the origins and nature of the most prominent environmental stressors to freshwater systems. The first two chapters provide a review of freshwater biology and hydrology. Each of the next 12 chapters focuses on a particular class of stressors, interactions they may have with other stressors, and a range of solutions currently available to mitigate the problems they cause. The last two chapters pull together key concepts to focus on the restoration of freshwater ecosystems and the importance of long-term monitoring.This work is ideally suited for students in upper and graduate-level college courses focused on freshwater ecology, biology, environmental sciences, and environmental engineering, as well as practitioners in these respective fields. Today, more than ever, we need trained individuals who understand how to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems for both human and non-human use, and this book provides the essential information required to get there.Key Features:Provides 28 case studies demonstrating scientific applications for the mitigation of stressors/impacts on aquatic ecosystems and nearly 100 colour illustrations and charts.Delves into impacts from both point source and non-point source pollution.Addresses issues with water withdrawals and transfers, as well as flow management and channelisation.Discusses solutions to problems resulting from erosion and sediment transport.Designed for use as a one-term college course, with each chapter covering two class periods.Chapters include thought-provoking homework activities for students Includes comprehensive references for additional reading and research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-05-31
Mått:178 x 254 x 22 mm
Vikt:898 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:350
Förlag:J Ross Publishing
ISBN:9781604271690

Utforska kategorier

Marinbiologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Hydrologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Miljöteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

John S. Richardson was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and earned his first degree from the University of Toronto (B.Sc. 1979). From there, his academic career took him west as he earned degrees from the University of Alberta (M.Sc. 1983) and the University of British Columbia (Ph.D. 1989). Dr. Richardson spent three years at Simon Fraser University as a post-doctoral fellow before landing a faculty position at the University of British Columbia.

Recensioner i media

"This book is exceptional in that it represents the perfect balance of fundamental knowledge about aquatic ecosystems as well as lucid examples of how that knowledge can be applied to solve complex problems." —Steven J. Cooke, Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada“Great book for teaching and training. Unique in my view with a strong applied focus.” — Margaret A. Palmer, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, and Director of the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center“This book is perfectly timed to be an invaluable resource for students in upper-level and graduate classes. Moreover, it will be a major information source for freshwater managers, government agencies, and conservationists." — Klement Tockner, Ph.D., Director General of the Senckenberg Society for Natural Research, Frankfurt, Germany“For factors ranging from sediment loading to polluting solutes and microplastics, Richardson vividly describes consequences to freshwater life but then presents case studies of rehabilitation and management efforts that are helping restore more natural regimes.” — Mary E. Power, Professor, University of California, Berkley,

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Hydrology and Freshwater BiologyChapter 2: Freshwater Ecosystems: Habitat Types and Geographic VariationChapter 3: SedimentChapter 4: Nonpoint Source PollutionChapter 5: Point Source PollutionChapter 6: Water Withdrawals and TransfersChapter 7: Flow Management and ChannelisationChapter 8: Forest and Agriculture ManagementChapter 9: Urban WaterbodiesChapter 10: Exploitation of SpeciesChapter 11: Invasive SpeciesChapter 12: Endangered SpeciesChapter 13: Multiple Stressors and Cumulative EffectsChapter 14: Climate Change and Climate ProofingChapter 15: RestorationChapter 16: MonitoringReferencesIndex