{"product_id":"environmental-flows-9780520273696","title":"Environmental Flows","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. This title answers crucial questions about the flow of water within and between different kinds of ecosystems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hangs together well and reads smoothly... I wish that this book had been published when I started my research degree!\" -- Emma Neachell, University of Westminster, UK River Research And Applications \"Highly recommended.\" -- C. A. Ochs Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments  1. River Values and Threats 2. Global Hydrology, Climate, and River Flow Regimes 3. Catchments, Drainage Networks, and Resource Regimes 4. River Ecology, the Natural Flow Regime Paradigm, and Hydroecological Principles 5. Effects of Catchment Change and River-Corridor Engineering 6. History of Water Control and Dam Impacts 7. Effects of Dams on Sediment, Thermal, and Chemical Regimes 8. Effects of Dams on Habitat and Aquatic Biodiversity 9. Introduction to Environmental Flow Methods 10. Hydraulic Rating and Habitat Simulation Methods 11. Flow Protection Methods 12. Flow Restoration Methods 13. Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA) 14. Environmental Flow Relationships, Models, and Applications 15. Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems and Threats 16. Sustaining Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems 17. Wetlands, Threats, and Water Requirements 18. Estuaries, Threats, and Flow Requirements 19. Setting Limits to Hydrologic Alteration 20. Implementing and Monitoring Environmental Flows 21. Legislation and Policy 22. Adapting to Climate Change  Appendix: The Brisbane Declaration (2007) Literature Cited Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402858045783,"sku":"9780520273696","price":56.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520273696.jpg?v=1730481699","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/environmental-flows-9780520273696","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}