Aiming to describe the role of dominant ecological factors and of human activities on the organisms of running water and the functioning of the ecosystem, this work covers the few European water courses that are well known in ecological studies.
By:
Eugene Angelier,
James Munnick
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 160mm,
Weight: 489g
ISBN: 9781138468641
ISBN 10: 1138468649
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 07 February 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
General/trade
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Running Water: Agent of Erosion, Transport and Redistribution of Materials of the Earth's Crust; General Characteristics of Hydrographic Networks; Organisms and Ecosystems of Running Water; Current and Benthic Organisms: Chronic Instability of the Surface Horizon of the Substrate; The Hyporheic Environment: Continuity of the Substrate; Macrophytes of Running Waters: A Substrate for Algae and Fauna; Life in the Water Trail: Plankton; Fishes of Running Waters; Temperature, Biological Cycles and Distribution of Organisms; Light, Salts and Dissolved Oxygen: Secondary Ecological Factors in Running Water; Food Webs and Energy Flows; From Upstream to Downstream: Ecological Zonation of Water Courses; Ecological Impacts of Development of Water Courses; From Eutrophication to Trophic Pollution; Toxic Pollution; Biological Methods of Evaluation Pollution