Description
Book SynopsisFocusing on fundamental principles, Hydro-Environmental Analysis: Freshwater Environments presents in-depth information about freshwater environments and how they are influenced by regulation. It provides a holistic approach, exploring the factors that impact water quality and quantity, and the regulations, policy and management methods that are necessary to maintain this vital resource. It offers a historical viewpoint as well as an overview and foundation of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics affecting the management of freshwater environments.
The book concentrates on broad and general concepts, providing an interdisciplinary foundation. The author covers the methods of measurement and classification; chemical, physical, and biological characteristics; indicators of ecological health; and management and restoration. He also considers common indicators of environmental health; characteristics and operations of regulatory control structur
Table of Contents
Rivers and Streams. Introduction. Rivers and Streams, Characteristics. Regulated Rivers. Flows and Transport in Rivers: Measurement and Analysis. Selected Water Quality Processes in Rivers and Streams. Biota of Rivers and Streams, an Introduction. Measures of the Health of Rivers and Streams. Introduction to Stream Restoration. Lakes and Reservoirs. Introduction to Lakes and Reservoirs: Geomorphology and Classification. Those Dammed Lakes. Lakes and Reservoirs, Zones and Shapes. Lakes and Reservoirs, Light and Heat. Lakes and Reservoirs: Transport and Mixing Processes. Lakes and Reservoirs: Chemical and Water Quality Kinetic Characteristics and Processes. Biota of Lakes and Reservoirs. Lakes and Reservoirs: Lake Production, Succession and Eutrophication. Lakes and Reservoirs, Restoration and Management. Dam Tailwaters. Freshwater Wetlands, an Introduction.
