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Author Angelier, E. (Eugène), author

Title Ecology of streams and rivers / Eugene Angelier ; translation editor, James Munnick
Published Enfield (NH), USA ; Plymouth, UK : Science Publishers, Inc, [2003]
©2003

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Description xi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Running water: agent of erosion, transport and redistribution of materials of the earth's crust -- Ch. 2. General characteristics of hydrographic networks -- Ch. 3. Organisms and ecosystems of running water -- Ch. 4. Current and benthic organisms: chronic instability of the surface horizon of the substrate -- Ch. 5. The hyporheic environment: continuity of the substrate -- Ch. 6. Macrophytes of running waters: a substrate for algae and fauna -- Ch. 7. Life in the water trail: plankton -- Ch. 8. Fish of running waters -- Ch. 9. Temperature, biological cycles and distribution of organisms -- Ch. 10. Light, salts and dissolved oxygen: secondary ecological factors in running water -- Ch. 11. Food webs and energy flows -- Ch. 12. From upstream to downstream: ecological zonation of water courses -- Ch. 13. Ecological impacts of development of water courses -- Ch. 14. From eutrophication to trophic pollution -- Ch. 15. Toxic pollution
Ch. 16. Biological methods of evaluating pollution -- Ch. 17. Conclusions
Summary "River and Stream Ecology is addressed to students of university and higher education courses on environment, ecology, hydrobiology, and geography. It is also addressed to engineers in charge of the development, management, and maintenance of water courses (Services for the Environment, Agriculture, Utilities, etc.), providing them with the fundamentals they need to carry out their work."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Translation from the French edition: Technique & Documentation, Paris, 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-210) and index
Notes "River and Stream Ecology is addressed to students of university and higher education courses on environment, ecology, hydrobiology, and geography. It is also addressed to engineers in charge of the development, management, and maintenance of water courses (Services for the Environment, Agriculture, Utilities, etc.), providing them with the fundamentals they need to carry out their work."--BOOK JACKET
Translation of: Écologie des eaux courantes. Paris : Technique & Documentation, 2000
Subject Stream ecology.
LC no. 2002030452
ISBN 1578082560
Other Titles Écologie des eaux courantes. English