Environmental Flows

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-520-27369-6
Verlag: University Of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 424 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 818 g

Reihe: Freshwater Ecology Series

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. It answers crucial questions about the flow of water within and between different kinds of ecosystems. What happens when the flow or the availability of water is curtailed or diverted, either naturally or by human activity? How will climate change alter the availability of water and impact aquatic ecosystems? Methodological developments from the simplest hydrological formulas to large-scale frameworks that inform water management make this book a must-read for water managers and freshwater and estuarine ecologists contending with ever-changing conditions influencing the flow of water.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arthington, Angela

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. River Values and Threats
2. Global Hydrology, Climate, and River Flow Regimes
3. Catchments, Drainage Networks, and Resource Regimes
4. River Ecology, the Natural Flow Regime Paradigm, and Hydroecological Principles
5. Effects of Catchment Change and River-Corridor Engineering
6. History of Water Control and Dam Impacts
7. Effects of Dams on Sediment, Thermal, and Chemical Regimes
8. Effects of Dams on Habitat and Aquatic Biodiversity
9. Introduction to Environmental Flow Methods
10. Hydraulic Rating and Habitat Simulation Methods
11. Flow Protection Methods
12. Flow Restoration Methods
13. Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA)
14. Environmental Flow Relationships, Models, and Applications
15. Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems and Threats
16. Sustaining Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems
17. Wetlands, Threats, and Water Requirements
18. Estuaries, Threats, and Flow Requirements
19. Setting Limits to Hydrologic Alteration
20. Implementing and Monitoring Environmental Flows
21. Legislation and Policy
22. Adapting to Climate Change

Appendix: The Brisbane Declaration (2007)
Literature Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Angela Arthington is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Science at Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is a senior Research Member of the Australian Rivers Institute and advisor to State and Commonwealth governments on environmental water management.