Stream Ecology : Structure and function of running waters

Stream Ecology : Structure and function of running waters / by J. David Allan.

Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents. While this diversity makes river ecosystems seem overwhelmingly complex, a central theme of this volume is that the processes acting in r...

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Main Author: Allan, J. David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1995.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Aquatic biology.
Ecology.
Nature conservation.
Pollution.
biological sciences.
pollution.
chemical pollution.
Aquatic biology
Ecology
Life sciences
Nature conservation
Pollution
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Channels and flow
  • 2 Streamwater chemistry
  • 3 Physical factors of importance to the biota
  • 4 Autotrophs
  • 5 Heterotrophic energy sources
  • 6 Trophic relationships
  • 7 Predation and its consequences
  • 8 Herbivory
  • 9 Competitive interactions
  • 10 Drift
  • 11 Lotic communities
  • 12 Organic matter in lotic ecosystems
  • 13 Nutrient dynamics
  • 14 Modification of running waters by humankind
  • References.

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