Author: Raymond Roy JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic resources conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Strategies for Protection and Management of Floodplain Wetlands and Other Riparian Ecosystems
Author: Raymond Roy JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic resources conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Strategies for Protection and Management of Floodplain Wetlands and Other Riparian Ecosystems
Author: Strategies for Protection and Management of Floodplain Wetlands and Other Riparian Ecosystems
Author: R. Roy JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic resources conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Strategies for Protection and Management of Floodplain Wetlands and Other Riparian Ecosystems
Author: Raymond Roy JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic resources conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Riparian Areas
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.
Ecology, Diversity, and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin
Author: Deborah M. FinchPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788130137
Category : Basins (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Synthesizes existing information on the ecology, diversity, human uses & research needs of the Middle Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico. Begins with a review of the environmental history & human cultures of the basin, followed by an analysis of the influences & problems of climate & water. Also focuses on ecological processes, environmental changes & management problems. Each chapter identifies studies that can supply information to mitigate environmental problems, rehabilitate ecosystems, & sustain them in light of human values & needs.
General Technical Report WO.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Riparian Ecosystems
Author: Riparian Ecosystems and Their Management
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Modern Trends in Applied Aquatic Ecology
Author: R.S. AmbashtPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461502217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Organisms and environment have evolved through modifying each other over millions of years. Humans appeared very late in this evolutionary time scale. With their superior brain attributes, humans emerged as the most dominating influence on the earth. Over the millennia, from simple hunter-food gatherers, humans developed the art of agriculture, domestication of animals, identification of medicinal plants, devising hunting and fishing techniques, house building, and making clothes. All these have been for better adjustment, growth, and survival in otherwise harsh and hostile surroundings and climate cycles of winter and summer, and dry and wet seasons. So humankind started experimenting and acting on ecological lines much before the art of reading, writing, or arithmetic had developed. Application of ecological knowledge led to development of agriculture, animal husbandry, medicines, fisheries, and so on. Modem ecology is a relatively young science and, unfortunately, there are so few books on applied ecology. The purpose of ecology is to discover the principles that govern relationships among plants, animals, microbes, and their total living and nonliving environmental components. Ecology, however, had remained mainly rooted in botany and zoology. It did not permeate hard sciences, engineering, or industrial technologies leading to widespread environmental degradation, pollution, and frequent episodes leading to mass deaths and diseases.