Description
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. This book includes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how these processes can provide a range of benefits to society under appropriate management.
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Table of ContentsAuthors
Acknowledgments
1 • INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS
2 • HYDROLOGY
3 • GEOMORPHOLOGY
4 • BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
5 • ECOLOGY: INTRODUCTION
6 • FLOODPLAIN FORESTS
7 • PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION
8 • FISHES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES
9 • ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND FLOODPLAIN RECONCILIATION
10 • FLOODPLAINS AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
11 • CASE STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION
12 • CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
13 • CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS TODAY
14 • RECONCILING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS
15 • CONCLUSIONS: MANAGING TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS
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