The riverine ecosystem synthesis
Subtitle: toward conceptual cohesiveness in river science
By: James H. Thorp, Martin C. Thoms and Michael D. Delong
Contributors: Thoms, Martin C.; Delong, Michael D.; ScienceDirect (Online service)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Aquatic ecology series
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780080888002; 9780123706126
Subjects: Stream ecology; Fluvial geomorphology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the riverine ecosystem synthesis; title: Historical and recent perspectives on riverine concepts; title: Hierarchical patch dynamics in riverine landscapes; title: The spatial arrangement of river systems : the emergence of hydrogeomorphic patches; title: Defining the hydrogeomorphic character of a riverine ecosystem; title: Ecological implications of the riverine ecosystem synthesis : some proposed biocomplexity tenets (hypotheses); title: Ecogeomorphology of altered riverine landscapes : implications for biocomplexity tenets; title: Practical applications of the riverine ecosystem synthesis in management and conservation settings.