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The Rivers handbook : hydrological and ecological principles : in two volumes
- Title
- The Rivers handbook : hydrological and ecological principles : in two volumes / edited by Peter Calow and Geoffrey E. Petts.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1992-1994.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v.2 | Text | Use in library | QH541.5.S7 R59 1992 v.2 | Off-site | |
| v.1 | Text | Use in library | QH541.5.S7 R59 1992 v.1 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm
- Subject
- Rivers
- Stream ecology
- Fresh water
- Ecology
- Environmental monitoring
- Conservation of natural resources
- Fresh Water
- Ecology
- Environmental Monitoring
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- ecology
- fresh water (water by property)
- Fresh water
- Environmental monitoring
- Conservation of natural resources
- Rivers
- Stream ecology
- Flusskunde
- Cours d'eau
- Écologie des cours d'eau
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part 1. Hydrological and physicochemical characteristics -- The hydrology of head watercatchments -- Analysis of river regimes -- Water quality I -- Physical characteristics -- Water quality II -- Chemical characteristics -- In-stream hydraulics and sediment transport -- Channel morphology and typology -- Floodplain construction and erosion -- Part 2. The biota -- Heterotrophic microbes -- Algae -- Macrophytes -- Invertebrates -- Riverine fishes -- The sampling problem -- Part 3. Inputs and pathways of matter and energy -- Food webs and species interactions -- Detritus processing -- Primary production -- Energy budgets -- Cycles and spirals of nutrients -- Part 4. Examples -- La Grande Riviere: a subarctic river and a hydroelectric megaproject -- The Rhone River: a large alluvial temperate river -- The Orinoco: physical, biological and cultural diversity of a major tropical alluvial river -- The River Murray, Australia: a semiarid lowland river -- A mountain river.
- ISBN
- 0632028327
- 9780632028320
- 0632029854
- 9780632029853
- LCCN
- 91041421
- OCLC
- ocm24870862
- 24870862
- SCSB-9650466
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library