Roni / Beechie Stream and Watershed Restoration

A Guide to Restoring Riverine Processes and Habitats
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-40664-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 332 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Advancing River Restoration and Management

With $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 followinga stepwise approach on theory, planning, implementation, andevaluation methods for the restoration of stream habitats.Comprehensively illustrated with case studies from around theworld, Stream and Watershed Restoration provides asystematic approach to restoration programs suitable for graduateand upper-level undergraduate courses on stream or watershedrestoration or as a reference for restoration practitioners andfisheries scientists.
Part of the Advancing River Restoration and ManagementSeries.
Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/roni/streamrestoration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roni, Philip

Beechie, Tim

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Philip Roni has 25 years' experience working in andconducting research on streams and watersheds in North America andEurope. He has written and edited numerous papers and books as wellas regional and international reports on stream and watershedrestoration. He currently directs an interdisciplinary researchprogram of more than 20 scientists working on fisheries, watershedand estuarine ecology and restoration at the Northwest FisheriesScience Center in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Tim Beechie has more than 25 years of experience working inmanagement and research of aquatic ecosystems, focusing onunderstanding how watershed and riverine processes influencechannel morphology and river ecosystem dynamics. His recentpublications focus on diagnosis of restoration through watershedanalysis and development of process-based strategies for riverrestoration. He currently directs a team of scientists researchingthe influences of watershed processes and land uses on riverineecosystems.