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This accessible textbook takes a broad approach to river ecology, covering the basics but going beyond by including topics that are often overlooked such as blackwater streams and rivers, tidal creek ecosystems, and reservoir limnology. There is significant emphasis on anthropogenic impacts.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1: The Physical Nature of River Ecosystems
- 2: Nutrients and River Ecosystems
- 3: Lotic Primary Producers: Phytoplankton and Periphyton
- 4: Lotic Primary Producers: Macroalgae and Macrophytes
- 5: Stream and River Invertebrate Communities
- 6: Feeding the River: Unifying Concepts
- 7: Riverine Fishes and Other Vertebrate Communities
- 8: Blackwater Streams and Rivers
- 9: The Ecology of Tidal Creeks
- 10: Altering the Natural Flow: Dams and River Fragmentation
- 11: Reservoir Limnology
- 12: Industrial Pollution of Streams and Rivers
- 13: Human Wastewater Treatment and Industrial Livestock Production Wastes
- 14: Species Loss and Impacts of Invasive Species
- 15: Ecology and Pollution of Urban Streams
- 16: Protecting and Restoring Streams and Rivers
- 17: Floods, Hurricanes, and Climate Change
About the author
Michael Mallin is Research Professor at the Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA. His recent research efforts have focused on interrelationships between human landscapes and receiving waters, particularly in terms of microbial contamination and biochemical oxygen demand inputs, and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies to protect stream ecosystems. Professor Mallin is actively involved in science and management boards concerning watershed issues, and his research results have been utilized by the State General Assembly to revise coastal development policies in North Carolina. He was selected as a 2001 Aldo Leopold Environmental Leadership Fellow through the Ecological Society of America.
Summary
This accessible textbook takes a broad approach to river ecology, covering the basics but going beyond by including topics that are often overlooked such as blackwater streams and rivers, tidal creek ecosystems, and reservoir limnology. There is significant emphasis on anthropogenic impacts.
