Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson

Rivers of Europe (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With numerous full-color photographs and maps, Rivers of Europe includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Rivers of Europe provides the information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets.

• Coverage on more than 180 European rivers
• Summarizes biological, ecological and biodiversity characteristics
• Provides conservation managers with information to resolve conflicts between recreational use of rivers, their use as a water supply, and the need to conserve natural habitats
• Data on river hydrology (maximum , minimum and average flow rates), seasonal variation in water flow
• Numerous full-color photographs
• Information on the underlying geology and its affect on river behaviour

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 728
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780080919089
• Artikelnr.: 38122145

Autorenporträt

Professor Tockner received a PhD from the University of Vienna. He has special expertise on freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and river and wetland restoration and management. He has published about 250 scientific papers including more than 180 ISI papers. Klement Tockner has successfully managed large inter- and transdisciplinary projects such as the EC-funded project BioFresh on freshwater biodiversity. He is member of several scientific committees and advisory boards, and elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Germany Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Forward
1.General Overview
2.Volga River Basin
3.Danube River Basin
4.Iberian Rivers
5.Continental Atlantic Rivers
6.Rhine River Basin
7.Rhone River Basin
8.Rivers of the Fenno-Scandinavian Shield
9.Arctic Rivers
10.British and Irish Rivers
11.Rivers of the Balkan
12.Italian Rivers
13.Western Steppic Rivers
14.Rivers of the Central Highlands and
Plains
15.Rivers of the Boreal Uplands
16.Baltic and Eastern Continental Rivers
17.Rivers of Anatolia and the Caucasus
18.Ural River Basin
19.Perspectives

Rezensionen

"This outstanding reference contains an enormous amount of information on characterizing and synthesizing natural features of European rivers and their catchments. Topics in this book include land use, climate hydrology, biodiversity, and environmental issues, such as pollution, fragmentation by dams, introduction of non-native species, and loss of biodiversity.I recommend this book highly to anyone interested in rivers." --Journal of the North American Benthological Society, October 2010, page 1527-9