Rivers of Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-12-369449-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 728 Seiten, Format (B × H): 223 mm x 283 mm, Gewicht: 2384 g

Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With numerous full-color photographs and maps, Rivers of Europe includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Rivers of Europe provides the information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets.

Zielgruppe

River biologists/ecologists; Geographers; Hydrologists; Local, regional and governmental environmental, river & water resource managers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tockner, Klement

Uehlinger, Urs

Robinson, Christopher T

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Forward

1. General Overview
2. Volga River Basin
3. Danube River Basin
4. Iberian Rivers
5. Continental Atlantic Rivers
6. Rhine River Basin
7. Rhone River Basin
8. Rivers of the Fenno-Scandinavian Shield
9. Arctic Rivers
10. British and Irish Rivers
11. Rivers of the Balkan
12. Italian Rivers
13. Western Steppic Rivers
14. Rivers of the Central Highlands and

Plains
15. Rivers of the Boreal Uplands
16. Baltic and Eastern Continental Rivers
17. Rivers of Anatolia and the Caucasus
18. Ural River Basin
19. Perspectives

Über Autor(innen)

Tockner, Klement
Professor Tockner received a PhD from the University of Vienna. He has special expertise on freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and river and wetland restoration and management. He has published about 250 scientific papers including more than 180 ISI papers. Klement Tockner has successfully managed large inter- and transdisciplinary projects such as the EC-funded project BioFresh on freshwater biodiversity. He is member of several scientific committees and advisory boards, and elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Germany Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.