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Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis: Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science [Kietas viršelis]

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(Professor and Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, KS, USA), (Large River Studies Center and Department of Biology, Winona State University, Minnesota, USA), (University of Canberra, Australia)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 232 pages, aukštis x plotis: 260x184 mm, weight: 710 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2008
  • Leidėjas: Academic Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0123706122
  • ISBN-13: 9780123706126
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 232 pages, aukštis x plotis: 260x184 mm, weight: 710 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2008
  • Leidėjas: Academic Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0123706122
  • ISBN-13: 9780123706126
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This book presents the most comprehensive model yet for describing the structure and functioning of running freshwater ecosystems. This "riverine ecosystem synthesis" (RES) is a result of combining several theories published in recent decades, dealing with aquatic and terrestrial systems. New analyses are fused with a variety of new perspectives on how river network ecosystems are structured and function, and how they change along longitudinal, lateral, and temporal dimensions. Among these novel perspectives is a dramatically new view of the role of hydrogeomorphic forces in forming functional process zones from headwaters to the mouths of great rivers.
Designed as a useful tool for aquatic scientists worldwide whether they work on small streams or great rivers and in forested or semi-arid regions, this book will provide a means for scientists to understand the fundamental and applied aspects of rivers in general and includes a practical guide and protocols for analyzing individual rivers. This combination of theoretical and applied analysis is quite unique in running freshwater ecology. Specific examples of rivers in at least four continents (Africa, Australia, Europe and North America) serve to illustrate the power and utility of the RES concept.

• Develops the classic, seminal article in River Research and Applications, "A Model of Biocomplexity in River Networks Across Space and Time" which introduced the RES concept for the first time
• Provides a guide to the practical analysis of individual rivers using the Riverine Ecosystems Synthesis and extends its use from pristine ecosystems to modern, human-modified rivers.
• An essential aid both to the study fundamental and applied aspects of rivers, such as rehabilitation, management, monitoring, assessment, and flow manipulation of river networks.

Recenzijos

"The book provides a good overview for all those interested in the development of river science with critical reviews of current theories. It is more than simply an overview however, in that it presents a well argued, detailed synthesis of these theories inviting comments and further developments from academics. A useful resource for any undergraduate or postgraduate student studying river systems, along with academic researchers and practitioners, the RES outlines the developments in river science that will no doubt shape future research for many years to come." --River Research and Applications

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgents xv
Introduction to the Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis
Background and scope
1(3)
Conceptual cohesiveness
1(1)
Organization of this book
2(2)
Basic concepts in the riverine ecosystem synthesis
4(5)
Hydrogeomorphic patches and functional process zones
4(1)
Ecological attributes of functional process zones
5(1)
Hierarchical patch dynamics
6(1)
Bicomplexity tenets
7(2)
Historical and Recent Perspectives on Riverine Concepts
Introduction
9(1)
Patterns along a longitudinal dimension in river networks
10(1)
Longitudinally ordered zonation
10(1)
The river as a continuum---a clinal perspective
11(4)
Hydrogeomorphic patches vs a continuous riverine cline
13(2)
Network theory and the structure of riverine ecosystems
15(1)
The lateral dimension of rivers---the riverine landscape
15(2)
Temporal dimension: normality or aberration?
17(2)
Vertical dimension: the bulk of the iceberg!
19(1)
Other important riverine concepts
20(1)
Hierarchical Patch Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes
Hierarchical patch dynamics model---brief introduction
21(1)
Hierarchy theory
22(7)
Patch dynamics defined
29(1)
Hierarchical patch dynamics in riverine research
29(9)
Selective spatiotemporal scales
29(1)
The nature of patches and their study in riverine landscapes
30(2)
Element I: nested, discontinuous hierarchies of patch mosaics
32(1)
Element II: ecosystem dynamics as a composite of intra---and interpatch dynamics
33(1)
Element III: linked patterns and processes
34(1)
Element IV: dominance of nonequilibrial and stochastic processes
35(1)
Element V: formation of a quasi-equilibrial, metastable state
36(1)
Metapopulations
37(1)
The RES as a research framework and field applications of hierarchical patch dynamics
38(3)
The Spatial Arrangement of River Systems: The Emergence of Hydrogeomorphic Patches
Introduction
41(2)
The spatial arrangement of riverine landscapes
43(2)
River characterization
45(5)
A characterization scheme for the RES
50(1)
Application of the characterization framework
51(12)
Example 1: rivers within the Murray---Darling Basin
52(7)
Example 2: the rivers of the Kingdom of Lesotho
59(4)
What scale to choose and its relevance to riverine landscapes
63(4)
Summary
67(2)
Defining the Hydrogemorphic Character of a Riverine Ecosystem
Introduction
69(1)
Background philosophies and approaches
70(3)
Determining the character of river networks: top-down vs bottom-up approaches
73(17)
Top-down approaches
73(7)
Bottom-up approaches
80(8)
Comparing top-down vs bottom-up approaches: an example
88(2)
Some common functional process zones
90(11)
A brief review of functional process zones
90(1)
Confined valley functional process zones
91(2)
Partially confined functional process zones
93(1)
Unconfined functional process zones
94(7)
Summary
101(2)
Ecological Implications of the Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis: Some Proposed Biocomplexity Tenets (Hypotheses)
Introduction
103(1)
Distribution of species
104(4)
hydrogeomorphic patches
104(1)
importance of functional process zone over clinal position
105(1)
ecological nodes
106(1)
hydrologic retention
107(1)
Community regulation
108(10)
hierarchical habitat template
108(2)
deterministic vs stochastic factors
110(4)
quasi-equilibrium
114(1)
trophic complexity
115(2)
succession
117(1)
Ecosystem and riverine landscape processes
118(15)
primary productivity within functional process zones
118(1)
riverscape food web pathways
119(4)
floodscape food web pathways
123(1)
nutrient spiraling
124(2)
dynamic hydrology
126(1)
flood-linked evolution
127(1)
connectivity
128(1)
landscape patterns of functional process zones
129(4)
Ecogeomorphology of Altered Riverine Landscapes: Implications for Biocomplexity Tenets
Introduction
133(2)
Distribution of species
135(7)
hydrogeomorphic patches
135(1)
importance of functional process zone over clinal position
136(3)
ecological nodes
139(1)
hydrologic retention
140(2)
Community regulation
142(8)
hierarchical habital template
142(1)
deterministic vs stochastic factors
143(1)
quasi-equilibrium
144(2)
trophic complexity
146(2)
succession
148(2)
Ecosystem and riverine landscape processes
150(15)
primary productivity within functional process zones
150(1)
riverscape food wed pathways
151(3)
floodscape food web pathways
154(1)
nutrient spiraling
155(3)
dynamic hydrology
158(1)
flood-linked evolution
159(1)
connectivity
160(2)
landscape patterns of functional process zones
162(3)
Practical Applications of the Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis in Management and Conservation Settings
Introduction
165(1)
Revisiting hierarchy and scales
166(3)
The relevance of scale in river management
167(1)
Focus on catchment-based approaches to management
168(1)
Application of functional process zones
169(1)
Prioritization for conservation purposes
169(1)
River assessments and the importance of the functional process zone scale
170(5)
Determining environmental water allocations
175(2)
Summary
177(2)
Concluding Remarks 179(2)
Literature Cited 181(22)
Index 203
Dr. James H. Thorp is a professor and senior scientist at the University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, United States). Prior to 2001, he was a distinguished professor and dean at Clarkson University, department chair and professor at the University of Louisville, associate professor and director of the Calder Ecology Center at Fordham University, and research ecologist at Georgias Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He received his Baccalaureate from the University of Kansas and Masters and PhD degrees from North Carolina State. Prof. Thorp has been on the editorial board of three freshwater journals and is a former president of the International Society for River Science. His research interests run the gamut from organismal biology to community, ecosystem, and macrosystem ecology. While his research emphasizes aquatic invertebrates, he also studies fish ecology, especially food webs related. He has published more than 150 research articles and 10 books, including five volumes so far in the fourth edition of Thorp and Covichs Freshwater Invertebrates.

Michael Delong is a Professor of Biology and Director of the Large River Studies Center at Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota USA. Delong has studied rivers for over 30 years, with a focus on community and ecosystem ecology and has engaged in research in a number of rivers in the U.S. as well as rivers in Australia. A primary focus of his research has been on food web ecology, with both applied and basic implications. As director of the LRSC, Delong engaged over 160 undergraduate students in research of aquatic systems. Delong has published 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed to three books on river science.