Stream Ecology: Structure and function of running waters
- ISBN-10
- 1402055838
- ISBN-13
- 9781402055836
- Series
- Stream Ecology
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 436
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-08-17
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- J. David Allan, María M. Castillo
Description
A hugely important text for advanced undergraduates as well as graduates with an interest in stream and river ecology, this second, updated edition is designed to serve as a textbook as well as a working reference for specialists in stream ecology and related fields. The book presents vital new findings on human impacts, and new work in pollution control, flow management, restoration and conservation planning that point to practical solutions. All told, the book is expanded in length by some twenty-five percent, and includes hundreds of figures, most of them new.
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