Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Jeremy B. Jones, Emily Stanley, USA) Jones, Jeremy B. (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA) Stanley, Emily (Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

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Stream 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

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Utgivningsdatum2016-07-27
Mått152 x 229 x 35 mm
Vikt1 020 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor548
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780124058903

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Jeremy B. Jones, Jr. studies land-water interactions, how processes occurring in terrestrial ecosystems impacts the movement of carbon and nutrients into streams, and how nutrients are used within stream ecosystems. His research has a particular focus in northern environments where climate change is thawing permafrost resulting in the release of carbon and nutrients from previously frozen soils, and altering the hydrologic connections between watersheds and streams. A central theme to this research is coupling between climate change, watershed and stream hydrology, and ecology. Emily H. Stanley studies the dynamics of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous in streams and rivers and how these nutrients are affected by human activities. These research interests have led her to investigate the physical and ecological effects of degradation caused by development of land and water resources as well as the effects of stream restoration. Many of the recent activities with her students and collaborators have focused on issues of excess nitrogen in agricultural landscapes, and on the effects of dam removals and other restoration projects in Midwestern US watersheds. A central theme of much of this research is the interaction between ecology, geomorphology, and hydrology in aquatic environments.

Chapter 1: Hydrologic Exchange Flows and Their Ecological Consequences in River CorridorsChapter 2: Shaping the Physical Template: Biological, Hydrological, and Geomorphic Connections in Stream ChannelsChapter 3: Stream Microbial Ecology in a Changing EnvironmentChapter 4: Metabolism of Streams and Rivers: Estimation, Controls, and ApplicationChapter 5: Nutrient Spiraling and Transport in Streams: The Importance of In-Stream Biological Processes to Nutrient Dynamics in StreamsChapter 6: Dissolved Organic Matter in Stream Ecosystems: Forms, Functions, and Fluxes of Watershed TeaChapter 7: Stream-Lake Interaction: Understanding Coupled Hydro-Ecological SystemsChapter 8: From Headwaters to Rivers to River Networks: Scaling in Stream EcologyChapter 9: Landscape and Regional Stream EcologyChapter 10: Global Models of River Biogeochemical FunctioningChapter 11: Human Impacts on Stream Hydrology and Water QualityChapter 12: Human-Dominated Rivers and River Management in the AnthropoceneChapter 13: Synthesis and Conclusions