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Disconnected rivers: linking rivers to landscapes [Libro electrónico] / Ellen E. Wohl

Por: Wohl, Ellen E [autor/a].
Tipo de material: Libro en línea Libro en línea Editor: New Haven: Yale University Press, c2004Descripción: xiii, 301 páginas : ilustraciones mapas ; 25 centímetros.ISBN: 0300103328; 9780300127461.Tema(s): Stream ecology -- United States | Watershed management -- United States | Stream conservation -- United StatesNota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso Nota de bibliografía: Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 299-301 Número de sistema: 54758Contenidos:Mostrar Resumen:
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This important and accessible book surveys the history and present condition of river systems across the United States, showing how human activities have impoverished our rivers and impaired the connections between river worlds and other ecosystems.Ellen Wohl begins by introducing the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in rivers. She then addresses changes in rivers resulting from settlement and expansion, describes the growth of federal involvement in managing rivers, and examines the recent efforts to rehabilitate and conserve river ecosystems. In each chapter she focuses on a specific regional case study and describes what happens to a particular river organism-a bird, North America's largest salamander, the paddlefish, and the American alligator-when people interfere with natural processes.

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Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 299-301

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This important and accessible book surveys the history and present condition of river systems across the United States, showing how human activities have impoverished our rivers and impaired the connections between river worlds and other ecosystems.Ellen Wohl begins by introducing the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in rivers. She then addresses changes in rivers resulting from settlement and expansion, describes the growth of federal involvement in managing rivers, and examines the recent efforts to rehabilitate and conserve river ecosystems. In each chapter she focuses on a specific regional case study and describes what happens to a particular river organism-a bird, North America's largest salamander, the paddlefish, and the American alligator-when people interfere with natural processes. eng

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