S. M. Haslam

The Riverscape and the River

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An innovative study of how the quantity, function and ecology of water changes from watershed to river.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 906g
• ISBN-13: 9780521839785
• ISBN-10: 0521839785
• Artikelnr.: 23526504

Autorenporträt

Dr S. M. Haslam is a fresh water ecologist in the Department of Plant Sciences at Cambridge University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The natural river and its destruction
3. The natural riverscape and its modification
4. Resources I. Water resources and their loss
5. Development and variation of rivers
6. Development and variation of riverscapes
7. Building blocks of river vegetation
8. Building blocks of flood plain vegetation
9. Resources II. Plants and animals, cleaning and minerals
10. Building blocks of the riverscape
11. Patterns, boundaries and fragmentation
12. Resources III. Settlements and constructions
13. The harsh riverscape
14. The tempered or smiling riverscape
15. Envoi.