Limnology (inland waters) Books

Book SynopsisThis accessible new textbook provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of groundwater systems and their management. Using straightforward language and analogies to everyday experiences, it explains the origins, nature, and behavior of subsurface water without resorting to complicated mathematics. Groundwater in the Environment draws on case studies and cutting-edge research from around the world, giving a unique insight into groundwater occurring in a wide range of different climate zones and geological settings. This book: provides a robust, practical introduction to groundwater quality, and a succinct summary of modern remedial technologies for polluted groundwaters explores how groundwater fits into the wider natural environment, especially in relation to freshwater ecosystems considers the vulnerability of groundwater systems and the effects of pollution, climate change, land-use change, and overexploitatiTrade Review"What a pleasure this book is! If you teach introductory hydrogeology to students of any discipline, then this book, by Paul Younger, is the one to recommend to your students as precourse or supplementary reading. If they read it, you will not need to give any lectures explaining the context, concepts, or issues...Put it at the top of your courses’ reading lists!" (David Lerner Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, Groundwater Vol. 45, No. 3 2007)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. 1. Occurrence of Water Underground. 1.1. Groundwater and the Global Water Cycle. 1.2. The Natural Zonation of Water Underground. 1.3. Water Pressure, the Saturated Zone, Aquifers, and Aquitards. 1.4. Aquifer Properties: Effective Porosity, Permeability, Storage. 1.5. The Geology of Groundwater Occurrence. 2. Sources of Groundwater: Recharge Processes. 2.1. Provenance of Groundwater. 2.2. Recharge Processes. 2.3. Movement of Water through the Unsaturated Zone. 3. Groundwater Movement. 3.1. “The Force that Drives the Water through the Rocks”. 3.2. Quantifying Flow Rates: Darcy’s Law and Hydraulic Conductivity. 3.3. Groundwater Flow Patterns. 3.4. Quantifying the Hydraulic Properties of Aquifers. 4. Natural Groundwater Quality. 4.1. How to Read a Water Analysis. 4.2. Chemical Characteristics of Natural Groundwaters: Origins and Significance. 4.3. Displaying and Classifying Groundwater Quality. 4.4. The evolution of Natural Groundwater Quality. 5. Groundwater Discharge and Catchment Hydrology. 5.1. Groundwater Discharge Features. 5.2. The role of Groundwater in Generating Surface Runoff. 5.3. Estimating the Groundwater Component of Catchment Runoff. 5.4. Physical Controls on Groundwater Discharge at the Catchment Scale. 6. Groundwater and Freshwater Ecosystems. 6.1. Freshwater Ecosystems. 6.2. Groundwater-fed Wetland Ecosystems. 6.3. Fluvial Ecosystems and the Hyporheic Zone. 6.4. Groundwater Ecology. 7. Groundwater as a Resource. 7.1. Current Resource Utilization of Groundwater. 7.2. Constraints on Groundwater Utility. 7.3. Methods of Groundwater Abstraction. 7.4. Conjunctive use of Groundwaters with Surface Waters. 7.5. Groundwater as a Thermal Resource. 8. Groundwater Hazards. 8.1. Geohazards and Hydro-geohazards. 8.2. Natural Hydro-geohazards. 8.3. Hydro-geohazards Induced by Human Activities. 9. Groundwater Under Threat. 9.1. Threats to Groundwater Systems. 9.2. Depletion of Groundwater Quantity. 9.3. Degradation of Groundwater Quality. 10. Modeling Groundwater Systems. 10.1. Why Simulate Groundwater Systems?. 10.2. Conceptual Models. 10.3. Representing the Conceptual Model Mathematically. 10.4. Ways of Doing the Sums: Solving Physically Based Models. 10.5. One Step Beyond: Simulating Groundwater Quality. 10.6. Groundwater Modeling In Practice. 11. Managing Groundwater Systems. 11.1. Approaches to Groundwater Resource Management. 11.2. Towards Sustainable Groundwater Development. 11.3. Groundwater Control Measures to Mitigate Geohazards. 11.4. Preventing Groundwater Contamination. 11.5. Remediating Contaminated Groundwaters. References. Glossary. Index

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers provides essential insights into present-day water quality problems from an international perspective. Explains simply and effectively how lake sediments can be used to reconstruct pollution history Includes over 200 additional references and a new chapter on recent climatic change and its effects on water quality and quantity Tackles present-day water quality problems from an international perspective Previously published by Hodder Arnold PowerPoint slides of the artwork from the book are available from: http://post.queensu.ca/~pearl/textbook.htm Reviews: This is a very well-written and wide-ranging volume that is both instructive and topical. It is likely to prove useful as an introduction to the general area, a reference source and for teaching Trade Review?John Smol has produced a very readable text on modern day lake and river pollution problems and paleolimnologic approaches for providing insights into these problems. The breadth of coverage in this text is impressive.? ( Lake and Reservoir Management, September 2009) ?This was an enjoyable book to read as the author is extremely knowledgeable technically, and he writes well and in an easy to understand manner.? (Journal of the American Water Resources Association, June 2009) "The author has the gift of clear writing which is evident in terms of the fluidity and clarity of the book content ? .I can happily recommend this book knowing that my enthusiastic attempts will be more than well supplemented." (Journal of Paleolimnology, March 2009) "John Smol has extensive experience in this field of paleoenvironmental research which he combines well with his excellent written communication skills to produce a text that is easy to read but also thought provoking ? A very well written and formulated book. It strikes the right balance between description of key issues and the practical methods for investigating these." (Quaternary Science Reviews, Feb 09) "This comprehensive, up-to-date volume provides essential insights into the multidisciplinary science of paleolimnology aimed at tackling some of the most urgent environmental problems." (Lakeline, Fall 2008) "This is a very well-written and wide-ranging volume that is both instructive and topical. It is likely to prove useful as an introduction to the general area, a reference source and for teaching purposes." (The Holocene, November 2008) On the first edition: "This is a useful text. It provides a good level of detail so that the beginner in this area can appreciate what palaeolimnology can (and cannot) achieve." (Bigpond.net.au) ?I promise you will come away thinking!? Nandini Kumar, TerraGreen"Intellectually generous and gracious, a fine example showing us that scientists, too, have their poetic sides which can be used to charm us while they produce convincing work." (U.S. Water News)Table of ContentsPreface to the second edition. About the author. 1 There is no substitute for water. 2 How long is long?. 3 Sediments: an ecosystem’s memory. 4 Retrieving the sedimentary archive and establishing the geochronological clock: collecting and dating sediment cores. 5 Reading the records stored in sediments: the present is a key to the past. 6 The paleolimnologist’s Rosetta Stone: calibrating indicators to environmental variables using surface-sediment training sets. 7 Acidification: finding the “smoking gun”. 8 Metals, technological development, and the environment. 9 Persistent organic pollutants: industrially synthesized chemicals “hopping” across the planet. 10 Mercury – “the metal that slipped away”. 11 Eutrophication: the environmental consequences of over-fertilization. 12 Erosion: tracking the accelerated movement of material from land to water. 13 Species invasions, biomanipulations, and extirpations. 14 Greenhouse gas emissions and a changing atmosphere: tracking the effects of climatic change on water resources. 15 Ozone depletion, acid rain, and climatic warming: the problems of multiple stressors. 16 New problems, new challenges. 17 Paleolimnology: a window on the past, a key to our future. Glossary. References. Index

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Book SynopsisThis text examines the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems, past, present and future.Trade Review“In conclusion, the volume is excellent supplementary reading for graduate students and professionals, and individual chapters would do well as core readings on any course that looks at climate change in a freshwater context.” (Landscape Ecology, 1 May 2013) “Overall, the book is a valuable stand-alone publication on the subject of climate change and freshwater ecosystems.” (Austral Ecology, 1 November 2012) “This book makes an excellent contribution to summarizing the current state of knowledge and deserves a place on the bookshelves of natural scientists and decision makers alike.” (Journal of Paleolimnology, 2011) “Overall, I think that this volume will be of great interest to a broad audience in aquatic biology, mainly within the limnetic community, but also to terrestrial scientists because lakes integrate changes in the terrestrial landscape.” (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 March 2012) "Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above." (Choice, 1 August 2011) "Whether you agree with the interpretation or not, this is a fun approach to science that makes the book all the more enjoyable." (Frontiers of Biogeography, 1 June 2011) Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. 1 Introduction (Brian Moss, Richard W. Battarbee and Martin Kernan). 2 Aquatic Ecosystem Variability and Climate Change – A Palaeoecological Perspective (Richard W. Battarbee). 3 Direct Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystems (Ulrike Nickus, Kevin Bishop, Martin Erlandsson, Chris D. Evans, Martin Forsius, Hjalmar Laudon, David M. Livingstone, Don Monteith and Hansjörg Thies). 4 Climate Change and the Hydrology and Morphology of Freshwater Ecosystems (Piet F.M. Verdonschot, Daniel Hering, John Murphy, Sonja C. Jähnig, Neil L. Rose, Wolfram Graf, Karel Brabec and Leonard Sandin). 5 Monitoring the Responses of Freshwater Ecosystems to Climate Change (Daniel Hering, Alexandra Haidekker, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Tom Barker, Laetitia Buisson, Wolfram Graf, Gäel Grenouillet, Armin Lorenz, Leonard Sandin and Sonja Stendera). 6 Interaction of Climate Change and Eutrophication (Erik Jeppesen, Brian Moss, Helen Bennion, Laurence Carvalho, Luc DeMeester, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Nikolai Friberg, Mark O. Gessner, Mariet Hefting, Torben L. Lauridsen, Lone Liboriussen, Hilmar J. Malmquist, Linda May, Mariana Meerhoff, Jon S. Olafsson, Merel B. Soons and Jos T.A. Verhoeven). 7 Interaction of Climate Change and Acid Deposition (Richard F. Wright, Julian Aherne, Kevin Bishop, Peter J. Dillon, Martin Erlandsson, Chris D. Evans, Martin Forsius, David W. Hardekopf, Rachel C. Helliwell, Jakub Hruška, Mike Hutchins, Øyvind Kaste, Jirí Kopácek, Pavel Krám, Hjalmar Laudon, Filip Moldan, Michela Rogora, Anne Merete S. Sjøeng and Heleen A. de Wit). 8 Distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Mercury in Freshwater Ecosystems Under Changing Climate Conditions (Joan O. Grimalt, Jordi Catalan, Pilar Fernandez, Benjami Piña and John Munthe). 9 Climate Change: Defining Reference Conditions and Restoring Freshwater Ecosystems (Richard K. Johnson, Richard W. Battarbee, Helen Bennion, Daniel Hering, Merel B. Soons and Jos T.A. Verhoeven). 10 Modelling Catchment-Scale Responses to Climate Change (Richard A. Skeffington, Andrew J. Wade, Paul G. Whitehead, Dan Butterfield, Øyvind Kaste, Hans Estrup Andersen, Katri Rankinen and Gaël Grenouillet). 11 Tools for Better Decision Making: Bridges from Science to Policy (Conor Linstead, Edward Maltby, Helle Ørsted Nielsen, Thomas Horlitz, Phoebe Koundouri, Ekin Birol, Kyriaki Remoundou, Ron Janssen and Philip J. Jones). 12 What of the Future? (Brian Moss). Index.

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Book SynopsisFilling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. Reading the landscape' entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part of a catchment may have secondary consequences elsewhere, over different timeframes. These place-based field analyses are framed within their topographic, climatic and environmental context. Issues and principles presented in the first part of this book provide foundational understandings that underpin the approach to reading the landscape that is presented in the second half of the book. In reading the landscape, detective-style investigations and interpretations are tied to theoretical and conceptual principles to generate catchment-specific analyses of river character, behaviour and evolution, including responses to human disturbance. This book has been constructed as an intrTrade Review“Recommended readings for each chapter complement the bibliography and enhance the book's overall value. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners.” (Choice, 1 August 2013) Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgements xiv 1 Geomorphic analysis of river systems: an approach to reading the landscape 1 Introduction 1 How is geomorphology useful? 2 Geomorphic analysis of river systems: our approach to reading the landscape 3 Key messages from this chapter 7 2 Key concepts in river geomorphology 9 Introduction 9 Spatial considerations in reading the landscape 9 Catchment linkages and (dis)connectivity 14 Conceptualisation of time 17 Differentiating behaviour from change 21 Disturbance events 22 Magnitude–frequency relationships in river systems 23 River sensitivity and resilience 25 Catchment-specific analysis of river systems: combining spatial and temporal concepts 26 Conclusion 27 Key messages from this chapter 27 3 Catchment-scale controls on river geomorphology 29 Introduction: what is a catchment? 29 Process zones in catchments: sediment source, transfer and accumulation zones 29 Longitudinal profiles of rivers 31 Geomorphic transitions along river longitudinal profiles 32 Catchment morphometrics as controls on river character and behaviour 34 Geologic controls on drainage network form, and river character and behaviour 37 The influence of catchment configuration upon flow and sediment flux 41 Conclusion 42 Key messages from this chapter 42 4 Catchment hydrology 44 Introduction: what is hydrology? 44 The hydrological cycle 44 Operation of the hydrological cycle 45 Runoff generation 47 Groundwater flows 49 Catchment-scale runoff and discharge generation models 50 Channel initiation 51 Gully and channel formation 51 Flow regimes of perennial, intermittent and ephemeral rivers 53 Discharge and the magnitude/frequency of flow in river systems 54 Flood stages and hydrographs 56 Analysis of hydrograph shape 58 Discharge measurement 59 Flow frequency 60 Flow variability 61 Conclusion 62 Key messages from this chapter 62 5 Impelling and resisting forces in river systems 65 Introduction 65 Impelling and resisting forces and Lane’s balance of erosion and deposition in channels 65 Mechanics of fluid flow 67 Impelling forces in river channels 68 Resisting forces in channels 70 Vegetation and wood as resistance elements in river systems 72 Manning’s n as a unifying roughness parameter 75 The balance of impelling and resisting forces along longitudinal profiles 77 Conclusion 79 Key messages from this chapter 79 6 Sediment movement and deposition in river systems 81 Introduction 81 Grain size (sediment calibre) and definitions of bedload, mixed load and suspended load in rivers 81 Phases of sediment movement along rivers: the Hjulström diagram 84 Entrainment of sediment in river channels 85 Transport of sediment in river channels 88 Material properties that affect sediment movement in river systems 93 Deposition in river systems 102 Interpreting sediment sequences as a tool to read the landscape 104 Conclusion 114 Key messages from this chapter 114 7 Channel geometry 116 Introduction 116 Bed and bank processes that influence channel shape 117 Channel shape: putting the bed and banks together 124 Hydraulic geometry and adjustments to channel morphology 127 Conclusion 131 Key messages from this chapter 131 8 Instream geomorphic units 132 Introduction 132 Categories of geomorphic units and measures used to identify them in the field 133 Process–form associations of instream geomorphic units 134 Unit and compound instream geomorphic units 151 Forced instream geomorphic units 151 The continuum of instream geomorphic units and transformations in type 152 Conclusion 153 Key messages from this chapter 154 9 Floodplain forms and processes 155 Introduction 155 Floodplain formation processes 156 Floodplain reworking processes 159 Floodplain geomorphic units 164 The energy spectrum of floodplain types 171 Conclusion 172 Key messages from this chapter 173 10 River diversity 174 Introduction 174 Framing rivers as assemblages of cross-scalar features 176 Defining reach boundaries 176 The continuum of river form 177 The spectrum of river diversity 178 Discriminating among river types 192 The River Styles framework 199 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret river diversity 201 Conclusion 203 Key messages from this chapter 203 11 River behaviour 205 Introduction 205 River behaviour versus river change 206 Dimensions of river adjustment 207 Natural capacity for adjustment of differing river types 209 Controls on the natural capacity for adjustment of different river types 210 Interpreting the behavioural regime of different river types by reading the landscape 212 Examples of behavioural regimes for differing types of rivers 214 Analysis of river behaviour using the river evolution diagram 222 Predicting river responses to altered flux boundary conditions 229 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret river behaviour 231 Conclusion 233 Key messages from this chapter 233 12 River evolution 235 Introduction 235 Timescales of river adjustment 236 Pathways and rates of river evolution 237 Geologic controls upon river evolution 239 Climatic influences on river evolution 241 Landscape memory: imprint of past geologic and climatic conditions upon contemporary river processes, forms and evolutionary trajectory 244 River responses to altered boundary conditions 246 Linking river evolution to the natural capacity for adjustment: adding river change to the river evolution diagram 255 Reading the landscape to interpret river evolution 261 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret river evolution 265 Conclusion 267 Key messages from this chapter 267 13 Human impacts on river systems 269 Introduction 269 Historical overview of human impacts upon river systems 270 Direct and indirect forms of human disturbance to rivers 272 Conceptualising river responses to human disturbance: adding human disturbance to the river evolution diagram 282 Assessing geomorphic river condition and recovery potential 290 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret human impacts on river systems 293 Conclusion 295 Key messages from this chapter 295 14 Sediment flux at the catchment scale: source-to-sink relationships 297 Introduction 297 Conceptualising sediment flux through catchments 297 Techniques used to construct a sediment budget 298 Controls upon sediment flux 302 Analysis of sediment flux across various scales 309 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret catchment-scale sediment flux 315 Conclusion 318 Key messages from this chapter 318 15 The usefulness of river geomorphology: reading the landscape in practice 320 Introduction 320 Respect diversity 321 Understand system dynamics and evolution 321 Know your catchment 322 Closing comment: how the book should be used 323 References 324 Selected readings 328 Index 335

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Book SynopsisFilling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. Reading the landscape' entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part of a catchment may have secondary consequences elsewhere, over different timeframes. These place-based field analyses are framed within their topographic, climatic and environmental context. Issues and principles presented in the first part of this book provide foundational understandings that underpin the approach to reading the landscape that is presented in the second half of the book. In reading the landscape, detective-style investigations and interpretations are tied to theoretical and conceptual principles to generate catchment-specific analyses of river character, behaviour and evolution, including responses to human disturbance. This book has been constructed as an intrTrade Review“Recommended readings for each chapter complement the bibliography and enhance the book's overall value. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals/practitioners.” (Choice, 1 August 2013) Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgements xiv 1 Geomorphic analysis of river systems: an approach to reading the landscape 1 Introduction 1 How is geomorphology useful? 2 Geomorphic analysis of river systems: our approach to reading the landscape 3 Key messages from this chapter 7 2 Key concepts in river geomorphology 9 Introduction 9 Spatial considerations in reading the landscape 9 Catchment linkages and (dis)connectivity 14 Conceptualisation of time 17 Differentiating behaviour from change 21 Disturbance events 22 Magnitude–frequency relationships in river systems 23 River sensitivity and resilience 25 Catchment-specifi c analysis of river systems: combining spatial and temporal concepts 26 Conclusion 27 Key messages from this chapter 27 3 Catchment-scale controls on river geomorphology 29 Introduction: what is a catchment? 29 Process zones in catchments: sediment source, transfer and accumulation zones 29 Longitudinal profi les of rivers 31 Geomorphic transitions along river longitudinal profi les 32 Catchment morphometrics as controls on river character and behaviour 34 Geologic controls on drainage network form, and river character and behaviour 37 The infl uence of catchment confi guration upon fl ow and sediment fl ux 41 Conclusion 42 Key messages from this chapter 42 4 Catchment hydrology 44 Introduction: what is hydrology? 44 The hydrological cycle 44 Operation of the hydrological cycle 45 Runoff generation 47 Groundwater fl ows 49 Catchment-scale runoff and discharge generation models 50 Channel initiation 51 Gully and channel formation 51 Flow regimes of perennial, intermittent and ephemeral rivers 53 Discharge and the magnitude/frequency of fl ow in river systems 54 Flood stages and hydrographs 56 Analysis of hydrograph shape 58 Discharge measurement 59 Flow frequency 60 Flow variability 61 Conclusion 62 Key messages from this chapter 62 5 Impelling and resisting forces in river systems 65 Introduction 65 Impelling and resisting forces and Lane’s balance of erosion and deposition in channels 65 Mechanics of fl uid fl ow 67 Impelling forces in river channels 68 Resisting forces in channels 70 Vegetation and wood as resistance elements in river systems 72 Manning’s n as a unifying roughness parameter 75 The balance of impelling and resisting forces along longitudinal profi les 77 Conclusion 79 Key messages from this chapter 79 6 Sediment movement and deposition in river systems 81 Introduction 81 Grain size (sediment calibre) and defi nitions of bedload, mixed load and suspended load in rivers 81 Phases of sediment movement along rivers: the Hjulström diagram 84 Entrainment of sediment in river channels 85 Transport of sediment in river channels 88 Material properties that affect sediment movement in river systems 93 Deposition in river systems 102 Interpreting sediment sequences as a tool to read the landscape 104 Conclusion 114 Key messages from this chapter 114 7 Channel geometry 116 Introduction 116 Bed and bank processes that infl uence channel shape 117 Channel shape: putting the bed and banks together 124 Hydraulic geometry and adjustments to channel morphology 127 Conclusion 131 Key messages from this chapter 131 8 Instream geomorphic units 132 Introduction 132 Categories of geomorphic units and measures used to identify them in the fi eld 133 Process–form associations of instream geomorphic units 134 Unit and compound instream geomorphic units 151 Forced instream geomorphic units 151 The continuum of instream geomorphic units and transformations in type 152 Conclusion 153 Key messages from this chapter 154 9 Floodplain forms and processes 155 Introduction 155 Floodplain formation processes 156 Floodplain reworking processes 159 Floodplain geomorphic units 164 The energy spectrum of fl oodplain types 171 Conclusion 172 Key messages from this chapter 173 10 River diversity 174 Introduction 174 Framing rivers as assemblages of cross-scalar features 176 Defi ning reach boundaries 176 The continuum of river form 177 The spectrum of river diversity 178 Discriminating among river types 192 The River Styles framework 199 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret river diversity 201 Conclusion 203 Key messages from this chapter 203 11 River behaviour 205 Introduction 205 River behaviour versus river change 206 Dimensions of river adjustment 207 Natural capacity for adjustment of differing river types 209 Controls on the natural capacity for adjustment of different river types 210 Interpreting the behavioural regime of different river types by reading the landscape 212 Examples of behavioural regimes for differing types of rivers 214 Analysis of river behaviour using the river evolution diagram 222 Predicting river responses to altered fl ux boundary conditions 229 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret river behaviour 231 Conclusion 233 Key messages from this chapter 233 12 River evolution 235 Introduction 235 Timescales of river adjustment 236 Pathways and rates of river evolution 237 Geologic controls upon river evolution 239 Climatic infl uences on river evolution 241 Landscape memory: imprint of past geologic and climatic conditions upon contemporary river processes, forms and evolutionary trajectory 244 River responses to altered boundary conditions 246 Linking river evolution to the natural capacity for adjustment: adding river change to the river evolution diagram 255 Reading the landscape to interpret river evolution 261 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret river evolution 265 Conclusion 267 Key messages from this chapter 267 13 Human impacts on river systems 269 Introduction 269 Historical overview of human impacts upon river systems 270 Direct and indirect forms of human disturbance to rivers 272 Conceptualising river responses to human disturbance: adding human disturbance to the river evolution diagram 282 Assessing geomorphic river condition and recovery potential 290 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret human impacts on river systems 293 Conclusion 295 Key messages from this chapter 295 14 Sediment fl ux at the catchment scale: source-to-sink relationships 297 Introduction 297 Conceptualising sediment fl ux through catchments 297 Techniques used to construct a sediment budget 298 Controls upon sediment fl ux 302 Analysis of sediment fl ux across various scales 309 Tips for reading the landscape to interpret catchment-scale sediment fl ux 315 Conclusion 318 Key messages from this chapter 318 15 The usefulness of river geomorphology: reading the landscape in practice 320 Introduction 320 Respect diversity 321 Understand system dynamics and evolution 321 Know your catchment 322 Closing comment: how the book should be used 323 References 324 Selected readings 328 Index 335 The color plate section can be found between pages 194 and 195

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Book SynopsisWith $2 billion spent annually on stream restoration worldwide, there is a pressing need for guidance in this area, but until now, there was no comprehensive text on the subject. Filling that void, this unique text covers both new and existing information following a stepwise approach on theory, planning, implementation, and evaluation methods for the restoration of stream habitats. Comprehensively illustrated with case studies from around the world,Stream and Watershed Restoration provides a systematic approach to restoration programs suitable for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses on stream or watershed restoration or as a reference for restoration practitioners and fisheries scientists. Part of the Advancing River Restoration and Management Series. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/roni/streamrestoration.Trade Review“This would be very useful as a textbook in graduate classes in ecosystem restoration or engineering ecology, or as a reference for researchers and professionals. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners.” (Choice, 1 January 2014) “Overall, what this book provides is a good starting point for anyone who wants to study in more depth the various components that together result in a successful river restoration project. To this end, this book provides exactly what it says it does in the title.” (Restoration Ecology, 1 November 2013) Table of ContentsList of Contributors, xi Foreword, xiii Series Foreword, xv Preface, xvi 1 Introduction to Restoration: Key Steps for Designing Effective Programs and Projects, 1 1.1 Introduction, 1 1.2 What is restoration?, 2 1.3 Why is restoration needed?, 3 1.4 History of the environmental movement, 4 1.5 History of stream and watershed restoration, 5 1.6 Key steps for planning and implementing restoration, 7 1.7 References, 8 2 Watershed Processes, Human Impacts, and Process-based Restoration, 11 2.1 Introduction, 11 2.2 The hierarchical structure of watersheds and riverine ecosystems, 13 2.3 The landscape template and biogeography, 17 2.4 Watershed-scale processes, 18 2.4.1 Runoff and stream flow, 18 2.4.2 Erosion and sediment supply, 20 2.4.3 Nutrients, 22 2.5 Reach-scale processes, 22 2.5.1 Riparian processes, 22 2.5.2 Fluvial processes: Stream flow and flood storage, 26 2.5.3 Fluvial processes: Sediment transport and storage, 27 2.5.4 Channel and floodplain dynamics, 28 2.5.5 Organic matter transport and storage, 29 2.5.6 Instream biological processes, 29 2.6 Common alterations to watershed processes and functions, 31 2.6.1 Alteration of watershed-scale processes, 31 2.6.2 Alteration of reach-scale processes, 34 2.6.3 Direct manipulation of ecosystem features, 35 2.7 Process-based restoration, 35 2.7.1 Process-based principles for restoration, 36 2.7.2 Applying the principles to restoration, 37 2.8 Summary, 40 2.9 References, 40 3 Watershed Assessments and Identification of Restoration Needs, 50 3.1 Introduction, 50 3.2 The role of restoration goals in guiding watershed assessments, 51 3.2.1 Stating restoration goals, 52 3.2.2 Designing the watershed assessment to refl ect restoration goals and local geography, 53 3.3 Assessing causes of habitat and biological degradation, 56 3.3.1 Use of landscape and river classifi cation to understand the watershed template, 57 3.3.2 Assessing watershed-scale (non-point) processes, 61 3.3.2.1 Sediment supply: Erosion and delivery to streams, 61 3.3.2.2 Hydrology: Runoff and stream fl ow, 63 3.3.2.3 Nutrients and pollutants, 68 3.3.3 Assessing reach-scale processes, 70 3.3.3.1 Riparian processes, 70 3.3.3.2 Floodplain processes, 73 3.3.3.3 Fluvial processes and conditions, 73 3.4 Assessing habitat alteration, 79 3.4.1 Habitat type and quantity, 79 3.4.2 Water quality, 84 3.5 Assessing changes in biota, 86 3.5.1 Single-species assessment, 86 3.5.2 Multi-species assessment, 89 3.6 Assessing potential effects of climate change, 91 3.7 Identifying restoration opportunities, 93 3.7.1 Summarize the watershed assessment results and identify restoration actions, 93 3.7.2 Develop a restoration strategy, 94 3.7.3 Summarize constraints on restoration opportunities, 95 3.7.4 Climate change considerations, 96 3.8 Case studies, 96 3.8.1 Skagit River, Washington State, USA, 96 3.8.2 River Eden, England, UK, 100 3.9 Summary, 103 3.10 References, 104 4 The Human Dimensions of Stream Restoration: Working with Diverse Partners to Develop and Implement Restoration, 114 4.1 Introduction, 114 4.2 Setting the stage: Socio-political geography of stream restoration, 116 4.2.1 Nature of the challenge, 116 4.2.2 Understanding property and property rights, 116 4.2.3 Landscapes of restoration, 117 4.2.4 Understanding landowner/manager and agency objectives, 120 4.2.5 Why understanding socio-political geography is important, 121 4.3 How stream restoration becomes accepted, 122 4.3.1 Restoration as innovation, 123 4.3.2 Innovation diffusion through networks, 123 4.3.3 Process of innovation adoption, 123 4.3.4 Innovation acceptance, 124 4.3.5 Why understanding innovation diffusion is important, 125 4.4 Organizations and the behaviors and motivations of those who work for them, 125 4.4.1 Organizational behaviors and motivations, 126 4.4.1.1 Motivations of offi cials, 126 4.4.1.2 Leveraging organizational behaviors, 126 4.4.2 Understanding your own and other organizations, 127 4.4.3 Why understanding organizational patterns is important, 129 4.5 Approaches to elicit cooperation, 132 4.5.1 Institutions to support stream restoration, 132 4.5.2 Techniques to engage landowners, 133 4.5.3 Achieving agreement with project partners, 136 4.5.3.1 The Prisoner’s Dilemma, 136 4.5.3.2 Guidelines to build and maintain cooperation, 136 4.5.4 Why understanding cooperation is important, 138 4.6 Moving forward: Further reading in human dimensions of stream restoration, 139 4.6.1 Collective action, 139 4.6.2 Social capital and the triple bottom line, 139 4.6.3 Environmental justice, 140 4.6.4 Resilience, 140 4.7 Summary, 140 4.8 References, 141 5 Selecting Appropriate Stream and Watershed Restoration Techniques, 144 5.1 Introduction, 144 5.1.1 Common categories of techniques, 144 5.1.2 Selecting the appropriate technique: What process or habitat will be restored or improved?, 146 5.2 Connectivity, 147 5.2.1 Longitudinal connectivity, 147 5.2.1.1 Dam removal and modifi cation, 147 5.2.1.2 Culvert and stream-crossing removal, replacement or modification, 149 5.2.1.3 Fish passage structures, 151 5.2.2 Techniques to restore lateral connectivity and fl oodplain function, 152 5.2.2.1 Levee removal or setbacks, 152 5.2.2.2 Reconnecting isolated fl oodplain wetlands, sloughs, and other habitats, 153 5.3 Sediment and hydrology, 154 5.3.1 Reducing sediment and hydrologic impacts of roads, 154 5.3.1.1 Forest and unpaved road removal and restoration, 154 5.3.1.2 Road improvements, 155 5.3.1.3 Reducing or eliminating impacts of paved roads and impervious surfaces, 157 5.3.2 Reducing sediment and pollutants from agricultural lands, 158 5.3.3 Increasing sediment supply, retention and aggrading incised channels, 160 5.3.4 Increasing instream flows and fl ood pulses, 160 5.4 Riparian restoration strategies, 161 5.4.1 Silviculture techniques, 161 5.4.1.1 Planting, 161 5.4.1.2 Thinning to promote tree and vegetation growth, 164 5.4.1.3 Removal of exotic and invasive species, 164 5.4.2 Fencing and grazing reduction, 165 5.4.3 Riparian buffers and protection, 167 5.5 Habitat improvement and creation techniques, 167 5.5.1 Instream habitat improvement techniques, 167 5.5.1.1 Structures to create pools, riffles, and cover and improve complexity, 168 5.5.1.2 Gravel addition and creation of spawning habitat, 171 5.5.1.3 Recreating meanders, 171 5.5.2 Creation of floodplain habitats, 172 5.5.3 When are habitat improvement techniques appropriate?, 173 5.6 Miscellaneous restoration techniques, 173 5.6.1 Beaver restoration or control, 174 5.6.2 Bank stabilization, 174 5.6.3 Nutrient additions, 175 5.6.4 Vegetation management, 176 5.6.5 Other factors to consider when selecting restoration techniques, 177 5.7 Summary, 178 5.8 References, 179 6 Prioritization of Watersheds and Restoration Projects, 189 6.1 Introduction, 189 6.2 Determine overall goals and scale, 190 6.2.1 Legal frameworks, funding, and goals, 192 6.2.2 Spatial and temporal scale, 192 6.3 Who will prioritize projects? Selecting the team, 194 6.4 Prioritization approaches and criteria, 194 6.4.1 Common prioritization strategies, 195 6.4.1.1 Prioritizing restoration actions by project type, 195 6.4.1.2 Refugia, 195 6.4.1.3 Habitat area and increase in fish or other biota, 199 6.4.1.4 Capacity and life-cycle models for prioritizing habitats, 199 6.4.1.5 Costs, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit analysis, 201 6.4.1.6 Conservation planning software and computer models, 203 6.4.1.7 Scoring and multi-criteria decision analysis, 204 6.4.2 Selecting a prioritization approach, 206 6.5 Completing analyses and examining rankings, 207 6.6 Summary, 210 6.7 References, 210 7 Developing, Designing, and Implementing Restoration Projects, 215 7.1 Introduction, 215 7.2 Identify the problem, 217 7.3 Assess project context, 218 7.4 Define project goals and objectives, 219 7.5 Investigative analysis, 221 7.5.1 Investigative analyses for in-channel restoration projects, 221 7.5.1.1 Maps and surveys, 221 7.5.1.2 Hydrologic investigation, 223 7.5.1.3 Hydraulic modeling, 227 7.5.1.4 Sediment transport analysis, 230 7.5.1.5 Geomorphic investigation, 231 7.5.1.6 Geotechnical assessment, 232 7.5.1.7 Uncertainty and risk, 233 7.5.2 Investigative analyses for other restoration actions, 234 7.6 Evaluate alternatives, 235 7.7 Project design, 236 7.7.1 Design approaches, 237 7.7.2 Specify project elements that will meet project objectives, 238 7.7.3 Establish design criteria for project elements that define expectations, 238 7.7.4 Develop design details to meet criteria for each element, 239 7.7.5 Verify that elements address project objectives, 239 7.7.6 Communicating project design, 239 7.7.6.1 Design reports, 240 7.7.6.2 Plans and specifi cations, 240 7.8 Implementation, 241 7.9 Monitoring, 242 7.10 Case studies, 242 7.10.1 Removal of the Number 1 Dam, Chichiawan River, Taiwan, 243 7.10.2 Bridge Creek riparian restoration, 245 7.10.3 Fisher Slough Restoration, Skagit River, Washington, USA, 245 7.11 Summary, 248 7.12 References, 249 8 Monitoring and Evaluation of Restoration Actions, 254 8.1 Introduction, 254 8.2 What is monitoring and evaluation?, 255 8.3 Steps for developing an M&E program, 256 8.3.1 Defining restoration goals and monitoring objectives, 256 8.3.2 Defining questions, hypotheses, and spatial scale, 257 8.3.2.1 Defining the spatial scale, 259 8.3.3 Selecting the monitoring design, 260 8.3.3.1 Treatments, controls, and references, 260 8.3.3.2 Before-after and before-after control-impact designs, 261 8.3.3.3 Post-treatment designs, 261 8.3.3.4 Which design is most appropriate?, 263 8.3.4 Parameters: Determining what to monitor, 264 8.3.5 Determining how many sites or years to monitor, 269 8.3.6 Sampling scheme, 272 8.4 Guidelines for analyzing and summarizing data, 273 8.5 Monitoring of multiple restoration actions at a watershed scale, 273 8.6 Implementation: Design is not enough, 274 8.7 Summary, 275 8.8 References, 276 9 Synthesis: Developing Comprehensive Restoration Programs, 280 9.1 Introduction, 280 9.2 Components of a comprehensive restoration program, 280 9.2.1 Goals, assessments, and identifying restoration actions, 282 9.2.2 Prioritizing restoration actions or watersheds, 282 9.2.3 Selecting restoration techniques and designing restoration actions, 282 9.2.4 Monitoring, 283 9.2.5 Examples of bringing the components together, 284 9.3 Developing proposals and evaluating projects for funding or permitting, 286 9.4 Moving from opportunistic to strategic restoration, 287 9.5 Conclusions, 289 9.6 References, 289 Index, 290 See Colour plate Section between 160–161

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Book SynopsisDiving beetles are fast becoming important models for aquatic ecology, world biogeography, population ecology, and animal sexual evolution and, with this book, the diversity of the group is finally accessible.Trade ReviewEntomologists, systematists, limnologists, ecologists, and others with an interest in aquatic systems or insect diversity will find these extensively illustrated keys and taxon accounts immensely helpful... Diving beetles are fast becoming important models for aquatic ecology, world biogeography, population ecology, and animal sexual evolution and, with this book, the diversity of the group is finally accessible. The Birdbook Report All illustrations are excellent and informative. Every genus account covers diagnostic characteristics, size range, classification, species diversity, a review of known natural history, and distributions portrayed via range maps. The breadth and depth of coverage is extraordinary given the constraints of a succinct template. Systematic Entomology This is a beautifully produced book, well-illustrated with colour photographs of the beetles 5 and their habitats, excellent line drawings of morphological features and maps showing the distribution of all the genera. Journal of Natural History This text provides the first in-depth treatment of predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae) in well over 100 years. As such, it is an invaluable addition to entomology literature. Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface vii1. Introduction 12. Taxonomy and Morphology 213. Keys to Major GroupsSubfamilies, Adults 39Subfamilies, Larvae 43Subterranean & Terrestrial Genera 454. Subfamily Matinae 505. Subfamily Lancetinae 536. Subfamily Agabinae 557. Tribe Hydrotrupini 578. Tribe Agabini 629. Subfamily Colymbetinae 6910. Subfamily Copelatinae 7811. Subfamily Laccophilinae 8712. Tribe Agabetini 8913. Tribe Laccophilini 9114. Subfamily Cybistrinae 10315. Subfamily Dytiscinae 11116. Tribe Dytiscini 11417. Tribe Hydaticini 11818. Tribe Aubehydrini 12119. Tribe Eretini 12320. Tribe Aciliini 12521. Subfamily Coptotominae 13322. Subfamily Hydrodytinae 13523. Subfamily Hydroporinae 13824. Tribe Laccornini 14525. Tribe Laccornellini 14726. Tribe Hydroporini 15027. Subtribe Hydroporina 15428. Subtribe Deronectina 16229. Subtribe Siettitiina 17230. Subtribe Sternopriscina 18031. Tribe Vatellini 19032. Tribe Methlini 19433. Tribe Hydrovatini 19634. Tribe Pachydrini 19935. Tribe Hygrotini 20136. Tribe Hyphydrini 20737. Tribe Bidessini 219Literature Cited 260Index 307

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of brand new photographs traces the people and places of the River Tamar as it moves through the seasons

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the River Tamar has changed and developed over the last century

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Book Synopsis500,000 years in the life of a river.Trade Review‘A substantial work, with many new insights into the Thames’s history’

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Book SynopsisWith a wealth of illustrations, John Evans tells the story of Rochdale Canal's history and its revival.Trade Review'No doubt Rochdale Canal will appeal to those with a connection to this northern route, who will particularly value these insights into its recent past.' -- Waterways World, August 2023

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Book SynopsisNovelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guides them on the 200-mile voyage from the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers at Mermaid Point all the way to the Cape of Fear on Bald Head Island.

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Book SynopsisIn River Life and the Upspring of Nature Naveeda Khan examines the relationship between nature and culture through the study of the everyday existence of chauras, the people who live on the chars (sandbars) within the Jamuna River in Bangladesh. Nature is a primary force at play within this existence as chauras live itinerantly and in flux with the ever-changing river flows; where land is here today and gone tomorrow, the quality of life itself is intertwined with this mutability. Given this centrality of nature to chaura life, Khan contends that we must think of nature not simply as the physical landscape and the plants and animals that live within it but as that which exists within the social and at the level of cognition, the unconscious, intuition, memory, embodiment, and symbolization. By showing how the alluvial flood plains configure chaura life, Khan shows how nature can both give rise to and inhabit social, political, and spiritual forms of life.Trade Review"An empirically rich study of changing land and those seeking to carve out an existence upon it. [River Life and the Upspring of Nature] can serve as a model for other authors seeking to look at the interrelation between our environment and ourselves, and the existential questions that a changing world poses to us." -- Andrew Alan Johnson * Ethnos *Table of ContentsList of Maps ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. River Life and Death 1 1. Moving Lands in the Skein of Property and Kin Relations 28 2. History and Morality between Floods and Erosion 59 3. Elections on Sandbars and the Remembered Village 94 4. Decay of the River and of Memory 131 5. Death of Children and the Eruption of Myths 160 Epilogue. The Chars in Recent Years 191 Notes 197 References 215 Index 229

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Book SynopsisIn River Life and the Upspring of Nature Naveeda Khan examines the relationship between nature and culture through the study of the everyday existence of chauras, the people who live on the chars (sandbars) within the Jamuna River in Bangladesh. Nature is a primary force at play within this existence as chauras live itinerantly and in flux with the ever-changing river flows; where land is here today and gone tomorrow, the quality of life itself is intertwined with this mutability. Given this centrality of nature to chaura life, Khan contends that we must think of nature not simply as the physical landscape and the plants and animals that live within it but as that which exists within the social and at the level of cognition, the unconscious, intuition, memory, embodiment, and symbolization. By showing how the alluvial flood plains configure chaura life, Khan shows how nature can both give rise to and inhabit social, political, and spiritual forms of life.Trade Review"An empirically rich study of changing land and those seeking to carve out an existence upon it. [River Life and the Upspring of Nature] can serve as a model for other authors seeking to look at the interrelation between our environment and ourselves, and the existential questions that a changing world poses to us." -- Andrew Alan Johnson * Ethnos *"The book is well written, impressive in its scope, and detailed in its application. . . . a valuable addition to the growing literature on rethinking rivers, lands, and peoples in South Asia, especially those people who are living on river islands that had remained beyond the periphery of mainstream academic vision. It aids understanding of why people live tenuous lives on uncertain grounds, and how their lives are shaped by the river and how they shape the river’s flow." -- Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt * Asian Studies Review *Table of ContentsList of Maps ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. River Life and Death 1 1. Moving Lands in the Skein of Property and Kin Relations 28 2. History and Morality between Floods and Erosion 59 3. Elections on Sandbars and the Remembered Village 94 4. Decay of the River and of Memory 131 5. Death of Children and the Eruption of Myths 160 Epilogue. The Chars in Recent Years 191 Notes 197 References 215 Index 229

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Book SynopsisThe environmental history of the most polluted lake in America.Native Americans have long regarded Onondaga Lake as one of the most sacred spaces in the continent, the place where peace between nations was achieved and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy was created. In the mid-twentieth century, however, it acquired a wholly different reputation as the most polluted lake in America. Toxic Lake is an environmental history of this complex ecological system, tracking how it was tarnished, the costly efforts to clean it up, and the controversies those efforts generated. Thomas Shevory argues that the history of Onondaga Lake mirrors the larger environmental history of the US, from colonization to the industrial era, resulting, eventually, in the rise of social movements and legislative action for environmental protection. Layered within this history is the dismissal of indigenous land claims and the marginalization of indigenous voices in clean-up efforts. Toxic Lake illustrates that the failTrade ReviewWe need more studies like Toxic Lake—up close, detailed accounts of such degraded sites and possible solutions. ‘The devil is in the details,’ they say, and it is important to exorcize the devils. It is particularly valuable to see a book that gives attention to possible ways to move toward restoration, that understands that politics matter, and that acknowledges the ‘indigenous wisdom’ of the Onondaga people seeking a seat at the table. * Martin V. Melosi, author of Fresh Kills: A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York City *Thomas Shevory’s masterful environmental history of North America’s most notoriously polluted lake recounts everything from the Onondaga foundational mythology to the financially driven pitfalls which plagued the recently ‘completed,’ government-mandated clean-up efforts. With laser focus and lighter whimsy, Shevory’s research provides every detail from pollution particulates to personal politics. If only we took seriously the voices of the original Native stewards of this toxic lake, our government might have conducted a more comprehensive and healthier cleanup for all people and all else on this planet. * Joseph Alexiou, author of Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal *

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Book SynopsisWater is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. Lake Eyre Basin Rivers outlines the environmental, social and economic values of the rivers from a diverse range of perspectives, including science, tourism, economy, engineering, policy, Traditional Owners and pastoralists.

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Book SynopsisA land of extremes, the Northern Territory's arid deserts and monsoonal forests harbour some of Australia's smallest and the world's largest reptiles, as well as some of the world's most venomous snakes. This is the first regional guide to the crocodiles, turtles, lizards and snakes of this megadiverse region.Trade Review"Want or need an up-to-date field guide specific to the territory, then in your shoes I wouldn’t be waiting for a better option to come along." * Ian Fraser's Natural History Reviews #32 *

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Book SynopsisAustralia is home to more than 240 species of frogs, many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs provides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognised subspecies. It includes detailed information on the distribution, habitat preferences and call of each frog species, as well as fully illustrated keys to genera to assist with identification. Multiple photographs of each species show variation in colour and pattern as well as features used for identification such as thigh colouration, skin texture, belly colour and patterning, eye colour and extent of webbing between the toes. With a strong focus on illustrating variation and key diagnostic features, this guide will enable frog enthusiasts, environmental professionals and research scientists to identify Australian frog species with a high level of confidence. FeaturesFeatures detailed descriptions with comparative analysis to improve acTrade Review"Overall, this book is a field guide to Australian frogs unlike any other. Wonderfully detailed, extensively comparative, superbly illustrated and, most notably, useful for identifying Australian frogs." * FrogCall No. 173 *"If you want to know more about the frogs that adorn your creek banks and commandeer your drainpipes, this new field guide is going to #1 on your wish list. There is no other book like this on the market." -- Amelia Carlson * Land for Wildlife *"With a strong focus on illustrating variation and key diagnostic features, this guide will enable frog enthusiasts, environmental professionals, and research scientists to identify Australian frog species with a high level of confidence.""With a strong focus on illustrating variation and key diagnostic features, this guide will enable frog enthusiasts, environmental professionals, and research scientists to identify Australian frog species with a high level of confidence." * Australian Wildlife Volume 3 *

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Book SynopsisIn Embattled River, David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism in the United States.Writing fifty-five years after Consolidated Edison announced plans to construct a pumped storage power plant at Storm King Mountain, Schuyler recounts how a loose coalition of activists took on corporate capitalism and defended the river. As Schuyler shows, the environmental victories on the Hudson had broad impact. In the state at the heart of the story, the immediate result was the creation in 1970 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to monitor, investigate, and litigate cases of pollution. At the national level, the environmental ferment in the Hudson Valley that Schuyler so richly describes contributed directly to the crTrade ReviewPlaces the Hudson at the center of the larger movement to preserve what is left of America the beautiful. Packed with details about the river's recent environmental history. * Lancaster Online *Exhaustively researched. A serious storyteller who plays by the stringent rules of the historian, Schuyler expertly weaves his many strands into a 360-degree view. * Hudson Valley One *Anyone interested in the Hudson River Valley—even those who think themselves well-versed in these topics—will find something of value in this well-researched and nicely written book. Perhaps most valuable is Schuyler's reminder that rivers have the potential to bind together disparate places and diverse individuals in powerful environmental coalitions. * The Hudson River Valley Review *Embattled River fills a historiographical niche by bringing the Hudson Valley's regional history of environmentalist action up to the present. Overall, Schuyler's writing is both clear and accessible, and the relatively short chapter lengths make Embattled River a pleasure to read. * Environmental History *In this carefully researched narrative, Schuyler explores the key events in the river's recent history as well as the principal agents and organizations that worked to save the river and that offered a model of activism and policy making that shaped the nation's response to its growing environmental challenges. * The Journal of American History *This is a timely and important book that illuminates environmental activism in an iconic American region. It also makes an important point about the genealogy of modern American environmentalism itself. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Battle over Storm King 2. Politics and the River 3. Pete Seeger and the Clearwater 4. The Fishermen and the Riverkeeper 5. The Continuing Battle against Power Plants 6. Scenic Hudson's Expanding Mission 7. Linking Landscapes and Promoting History 8. A Poisoned River 9. A River Still Worth Fighting For

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Book SynopsisIn Embattled River, David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism in the United States.Writing fifty-five years after Consolidated Edison announced plans to construct a pumped storage power plant at Storm King Mountain, Schuyler recounts how a loose coalition of activists took on corporate capitalism and defended the river. As Schuyler shows, the environmental victories on the Hudson had broad impact. In the state at the heart of the story, the immediate result was the creation in 1970 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to monitor, investigate, and litigate cases of pollution. At the national level, the environmental ferment in the Hudson Valley that Schuyler so richly describes contributed directly to the crTrade ReviewPlaces the Hudson at the center of the larger movement to preserve what is left of America the beautiful. Packed with details about the river's recent environmental history. * Lancaster Online *Exhaustively researched. A serious storyteller who plays by the stringent rules of the historian, Schuyler expertly weaves his many strands into a 360-degree view. * Hudson Valley One *Anyone interested in the Hudson River Valley—even those who think themselves well-versed in these topics—will find something of value in this well-researched and nicely written book. Perhaps most valuable is Schuyler's reminder that rivers have the potential to bind together disparate places and diverse individuals in powerful environmental coalitions. * The Hudson River Valley Review *Embattled River fills a historiographical niche by bringing the Hudson Valley's regional history of environmentalist action up to the present. Overall, Schuyler's writing is both clear and accessible, and the relatively short chapter lengths make Embattled River a pleasure to read. * Environmental History *In this carefully researched narrative, Schuyler explores the key events in the river's recent history as well as the principal agents and organizations that worked to save the river and that offered a model of activism and policy making that shaped the nation's response to its growing environmental challenges. * The Journal of American History *This is a timely and important book that illuminates environmental activism in an iconic American region. It also makes an important point about the genealogy of modern American environmentalism itself. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Battle over Storm King 2. Politics and the River 3. Pete Seeger and the Clearwater 4. The Fishermen and the Riverkeeper 5. The Continuing Battle against Power Plants 6. Scenic Hudson's Expanding Mission 7. Linking Landscapes and Promoting History 8. A Poisoned River 9. A River Still Worth Fighting For

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Book SynopsisAcclaimed sporting and adventure writer Charles Gaines has spent much of his life on the water, around the world, fishing rod in hand, angling for trout, redfish, salmon, bonefish, bass, marlin, tuna, and practically everything else that swims. Just about any place where there's water to fish and eccentrics to keep him company, Gaines has been.The Next Valley Over, a collection of his best writing on fishing from his long and storied career, is culled from the pages of Men's Journal, Forbes, and Sports Afield, among other publications, and ultimately is about the heart of the sport. While his stories are lined with the accoutrement of angling--the art of technique, the equipment, the lodges, the fish themselves--they're really about why we love to fish and what it means to our culture. As Thoreau once said: “Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” What “they are after” is what Charles is curious about, and he has devoted the better part of his life and sanity to coming up with answers.Starting and ending at the majestic Lake Tadpole in St. Clair County, Alabama, where Gaines’s love of fishing was initially sparked, the Next Valley Over chronicles exploits in exotic locations with eccentric characters. In the process of his quest of nearly every species known to man, Gaines explores what we are really searching for when we fish.

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental politics has traditionally been a peripheral concern for international relations theory, but increasing alarm over global environmental challenges has elevated international society’s relationship with the natural world into the theoretical limelight. IR theory’s engagement with environmental politics, however, has largely focused on interstate cooperation in the late twentieth century, with less attention paid to how the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century quest to tame nature came to shape the modern international order.The ideal river examines nineteenth-century efforts to establish international commissions on three transboundary rivers – the Rhine, the Danube, and the Congo. It charts how the Enlightenment ambition to tame the natural world, and human nature itself, became an international standard for rational and civilized authority and informed our geographical imagination of the international. This relationship of domination over nature shaped three core IR concepts central to the emergence of early international order: the territorial sovereign state; imperial hierarchies; and international organizations. The book contributes to environmental politics and international relations by highlighting how the relationship between society and nature is not a peripheral concern, but one at the heart of international politics.Trade ReviewWinner of the BISA 2023 L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize2023 Sussex International Theory Book Prize (Honourable Mention)'This is a brilliant book: erudite, thoughtful, beautifully written, richly analysed and theoretically sophisticated. It makes us look again at the way control of rivers – as nature, as resource, as colonial or territorial space – has shaped so many international doctrines, institutions and contestations.'Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade'In sum, Yao's book makes a strong case for paying attention to and leveraging historical material in IR. This is a crucial contribution to the literature, which should inspire others to extend this framework to the study of other environmental agreements or organizations. The book will be of great interest to several research and policy audiences. Particularly, scholars within hydro-politics will find this book useful as it showcases important milestones towards the establishment of river basin governance. Here, the book persuasively demonstrates how environmental politics can enrich our understanding of international organizations more generally.'Stefan Döring, International Affairs -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: The ideal river1 The taming of nature, legitimate authority, and international order2 Taming the internal highway: Constructing the Rhine3 The 1815 Congress of Vienna and the oldest continuous interstate institution4 Disciplining the connecting river: Constructing the Danube5 The 1856 Treaty of Paris and the first international organization6 Civilizing the imperial river: Constructing the Congo7 The 1885 Berlin Conference and the international organization that never was8 History is a river: The taming of nature into the twenty-first centuryConclusion: The strong brown god of the AnthropoceneBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe environment has traditionally been a marginal concern in international relations, but the climate crisis has highlighted the relationship between society and the natural world. In The ideal river, Joanne Yao offers a remarkable account of how nineteenth-century efforts to tame nature shaped our modern international order. Examining three historic attempts to establish international commissions on boundary-crossing rivers – the Rhine, the Danube and the Congo – she reveals how the Enlightenment ambition to subdue the natural world has formed our geographical imagination of the international. This idea of domination over nature shaped three concepts central to the emergence of early international order: the territorial sovereign state, imperial hierarchies and international organisations. As The ideal river shows, the relationship between society and nature is at the heart of international politics.Trade Review'This is a brilliant book: erudite, thoughtful, beautifully written, richly analysed and theoretically sophisticated. It makes us look again at the way control of rivers – as nature, as resource, as colonial or territorial space – has shaped so many international doctrines, institutions and contestations.'Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade'The book persuasively demonstrates how environmental politics can enrich our understanding of international organisations more generally.'Stefan Döring, International Affairs -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: the ideal river1 The taming of nature, legitimate authority and international order2 Taming the internal highway: constructing the Rhine3 The 1815 Congress of Vienna and the oldest continuous interstate institution4 Disciplining the connecting river: constructing the Danube5 The 1856 Treaty of Paris and the first international organisation6 Civilising the imperial river: constructing the Congo7 The 1885 Berlin Conference and the international organisation that never was8 History is a river: the taming of nature into the twenty-first centuryConclusion: the strong brown god of the AnthropoceneIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Columbia River Basin is one of the nations largest watersheds and extends mainly through four Western states and into Canada. Activities such as power generation and agricultural practices have impaired water quality in some areas, so that human health is at risk and certain species, such as salmon, are threatened or extinct. Chapter 1 reports on the actions related to restoration efforts in the Basin. The San Francisco Bay Delta watershed -- which drains a vast area of California from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Pacific Ocean -- supplies drinking water for 25 million people and provides irrigation for about half the nations fruit and vegetable production. Decades of development and agriculture have led to large reductions in water quality and supply, natural flood protection, and habitats across the watersheds three major regions: the Bay, the Delta, and the upper watershed. As described in chapter 2, federal entities have been working with nonfederal entities for decades to protect and restore the watershed. The Long Island Sound, an estuary bordered by Connecticut and New York, provides numerous economic and recreational benefits. However, development and pollution have resulted in environmental impacts, such as the degradation of water quality. Chapter 3 focuses on the Study to restore and protect the Sound. Puget Sound is the nations second-largest estuary and serves as an important economic engine in Washington State, supporting millions of people, major industries, and a wide variety of species. However, according to the CCMP, human use and development have degraded water quality and habitats and harmed critical species such as salmon. Chapter 4 reviews the efforts to restore Puget Sound.

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Book SynopsisIn Tales of a River Rat, famed storyteller and self-described hermit Kenny Salwey informs and entertains readers as he weaves his life story on the Mississippi River. Salwey knows the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Here he shares his love of and knowledge about the mighty river in an accessible manner sure to appeal to all ages.

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Book SynopsisThe Scars of Project 459 tells the environmental story of the Lake of the Ozarks, built by the Union Electric Company in 1931. At 55,000 acres, the lake was the biggest manmade lake in the United States at the time of its completion, and it remains the biggest in the Midwest, with 1,100 miles of shoreline in four different Missouri counties. Though created to generate hydroelectric power, not for development, the “Magic Dragon,” as it is popularly known because of its serpentine shape, has become a major recreational area. Located in some of the most spectacular Ozark scenery, the giant lake today attracts three million visitors annually and has more than 70,000 homes along its shoreline.Traci Angel shows how the popularity of the Lake of the Ozarks has resulted in major present-day problems, including poor water quality, loss of habitat, and increasing concerns about aging waste-management systems for the homes surrounding the lake. Many in the area, especially business owners whose incomes depend on tourism, resist acknowledging these problems. The Scars of Project 459 aims to make public the challenges facing this important resource and ensure that its future is not to be loved to death.

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Book SynopsisThis guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom, and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in a community. Plus suggestions for:Where and when to lookObserving and collecting specimensMaking exciting discoveries

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Book SynopsisFrom acclaimed writer Beth Kephart, author of A Slant of Sun, comes a short, imaginative telling of the life of the Schuylkill River, which has served as the source of Philadelphia's water, power, industry, and beauty for the city's entire life. Before that, it fed the indigenous people who preceded William Penn, and has since time immemorial shape our region.Trade Review“Kephart gives the Schuylkill a voice, a memory, a melancholic sensibility. She has given us a finely-tuned and moving work of art, an exquisite book of loss and wanting. In 76 narrative poems and nearly as many short historical essays, Kephart returns the ‘hidden river’ to its place in our hearts.” —ContextTable of ContentsFlowTable of ContentsPrefaceRising Bear Ganshowahanna Howling Flight Found Swarm Temptation Ice Storm Catfish Comet Confidante, Three Days Afterwards John Bartram Baptismal Rights State in Schuylkill Skating Party Tipsy Crossings Fort Mifflin Independence Confession Folly Ice Air Laurel Soul Yellow Fever Varnish The Hills Unplugged Meriwether Lewis Conflagration Progress Ornament Navigation Water Wheels Haven Meteors above the Colossus Love Eden Asylum Anthracite Fins Heroes Waste Civil War Respects Sculling Anthracite Nostalgia Steam Winter of 1872: Frozen Through Zoological Gardens Mighty Katherine Rows Intimations: Anthony Drexel Ooze Influenza Supperating Revenge Something Last Skate Abiding Kite Tails Falling Up Jewfish: The Aquarium at the Old Water Works Comet Flow Pussy Willows Hurricane Agnes Renditions Proverbial Something Catfish South Street Bridge Suicide Ernesta Drinker Ballard Blaze Love Bibliography Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisWater resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. They are important because they are needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7% of water on the Earth is fresh water, and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps, leaving only 0.007% available for human use. Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world''s supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing. Water demand already exceeds supply in many parts of the world, and as world population continues to rise at an unprecedented rate, many more areas are expected to experience this imbalance in the near future. The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rights. This new book presents recent and important research in the field.

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