
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment
- 1st Edition - July 7, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Jeremy B. Jones, Emily Stanley
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 5 8 9 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 5 9 1 9 - 1
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing… Read more

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Request a sales quoteStream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change. Each chapter includes a section focusing on anticipated and ongoing dynamics in stream ecosystems in a changing environment, along with hypotheses regarding controls on stream ecosystem functioning. The book, with its innovative sections, provides a bridge between papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and the findings of researchers in new areas of study.
- Presents a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change
- Provides a synthesis of the latest findings on stream ecosystems ecology in one concise volume
- Includes thought exercises and discussion activities throughout, providing valuable tools for learning
- Offers conceptual models and hypotheses to stimulate conversation and advance research
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Hydrologic Exchange Flows and Their Ecological Consequences in River Corridors
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Origins of a Hydroecological Perspective in River Corridors
- Delineating Hydrologic Exchange Flows (HEFs)
- Ecological Relevance of HEFs
- Fluvial, Geomorphic, and Biological Influences on HEFs
- Physical Drivers of HEFs
- Temporally Dynamic HEFs
- Understanding Controls and Predicting Consequences Across Scales
- Overview of Modeling Approaches
- Modeling Transport in River Corridors: From Spiraling to Transient Storage
- Modeling Reactive Chemical Transport in Streams with Storage Zones
- Interpretation of HEF Parameters
- Incorporating the Multiple Scales of Exchange Flows in River Network Models
- Modeling Cumulative Effects of HEFs in River Networks
- Synthesis: From Challenges Emerge Opportunities
- Conclusions
- Topics to Stimulate Discussion
- Chapter 2: Shaping the Physical Template: Biological, Hydrological, and Geomorphic Connections in Stream Channels
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Range of Variability in Alluvial Channels
- Disturbance-Recovery Regimes
- Bio-Hydro-Geomorphic Templates for Stream Ecosystems
- Geomorphic Considerations for Environmental Flows
- Looking Forward and Downstream
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 3: Stream Microbial Ecology in a Changing Environment
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Conclusions
- Future Directions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 4: Metabolism of Streams and Rivers: Estimation, Controls, and Application
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Approaches to Measuring Reach-Scale Metabolism
- Balance and Coupling of GPP and ER in Streams
- Primary Controls on Metabolism
- Metabolic Control of Element Cycling in Streams
- From Human Effects on Metabolism to Application
- Looking Ahead
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 5: Nutrient Spiraling and Transport in Streams: The Importance of In-Stream Biological Processes to Nutrient Dynamics in Streams
- Abstract
- Introduction
- STOICMOD—A Stream Model Based on Spiraling and Ecological Stoichiometry
- Simulations
- Conclusions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 6: Dissolved Organic Matter in Stream Ecosystems: Forms, Functions, and Fluxes of Watershed Tea
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- DOM Sources
- Molecular Characterization of DOM
- DOM Transformations and Fates
- DOM Contributions to Ecosystem Metabolism
- DOM in the Anthropocene
- Future Research Challenges
- Discussion Topics
- Chapter 7: Stream-Lake Interaction: Understanding Coupled Hydro-Ecological Systems
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Conceptual Frameworks in Stream and Lake Ecology
- The Physical Template of Coupled Stream-Lake Systems
- Implications of Stream-Lake Interactions for Nutrient Spiraling
- Effects of Stream-Lake Interaction on Benthic Invertebrates and Fishes
- Stream-Lake Interactions in a Changing Environment and Future Directions
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 8: From Headwaters to Rivers to River Networks: Scaling in Stream Ecology
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Mathematical Framework
- Scaling Physical Characteristics
- Scaling Chemical Characteristics: The Terrestrial-Aquatic Linkage
- Scaling Biological Characteristics
- Scaling Heterogeneity and Connectivity
- Impacts of a Changing Environment
- Forward Looking
- Discussion Topics
- Chapter 9: Landscape and Regional Stream Ecology
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Historic Context
- Streams as Landscapes
- Streams in Landscapes
- Streams Across Landscapes
- Conclusion
- Discussion Topics
- Chapter 10: Global Models of River Biogeochemical Functioning
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Challenges in Examining Current and Future Material Fate and Transport Across Regions and Continents
- Modeling Approaches and Limitations to Quantifying River Processing and Export Across Regions
- Future Generation of Models
- Thought Activities and Discussion
- Chapter 11: Human Impacts on Stream Hydrology and Water Quality
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Human Impacts on Stream Environments
- Unifying Themes Across Intensively Managed Landscapes
- Rivers and Their Catchments: A Coupled Natural and Human System
- Conclusion
- Discussion Topics
- Chapter 12: Human-Dominated Rivers and River Management in the Anthropocene
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Towards Sustainable River Management
- Looking Forward: Challenges for Sustainable River Management
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Chapter 13: Synthesis and Conclusions
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Hydrology and Geomorphology
- Biogeochemistry
- Streams as Components of the Landscape
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 7, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 548
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124058903
- eBook ISBN: 9780124059191
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