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Methods in Stream Ecology,

Edition 2

Editors: Edited by F. Richard Hauer and Gary A. Lamberti

Publication Date: 12 Jun 2007

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Methods in Stream Ecology, Second Edition, provides a complete series of field and laboratory protocols in stream ecology that are ideal for teaching or conducting research.

This updated edition reflects recent advances in the technology associated with ecological assessment of streams, including remote sensing. In addition, the relationship between stream flow and alluviation has been added, and a new chapter on riparian zones is also included.

The book features exercises in each chapter; detailed instructions, illustrations, formulae, and data sheets for in-field research for students; and taxanomic keys to common stream invertebrates and algae.

With a student-friendly price, this book is key for all students and researchers in stream and freshwater ecology, freshwater biology, marine ecology, and river ecology. This text is also supportive as a supplementary text for courses in watershed ecology/science, hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, and landscape ecology.

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Exercises in each chapter
Detailed instructions, illustrations, formulae, and data sheets for in-field research for students
Taxanomic keys to common stream invertebrates and algae
Link from Chapter 22: FISH COMMUNITY COMPOSITION to an interactive program for assessing and modeling fish numbers

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Edited by F. Richard Hauer, University of Montana, Polson, Montana, USA and Gary A. Lamberti, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

Section A: Physical Processes
1. Landscapes And Catchment Basins
2. Valley Segments, Stream Reaches, And Channel Units
3. Discharge Measurements And Streamflow Analysis
4. Dynamics Of Flow
5. Temperature, Light, And Oxygen
6. Hyporheic Zones

Section B: Material Storage And Transport
7. Fluvial Geomorphic Processes
8. Solute Dynamics
9. Phosphorus Limitation, Uptake, And Turnover In Stream Algae
10. Nitrogen Dynamics
11. Dissolved Organic Carbon
12. Transport And Storage Of Fpom
13. Cpom And Large Wood

Section C: Stream Biota
14. Heterotrophic Mirobes
15. Fungi: Biomass, Production And Sporulation Of Aquatic Hyphomycetes
16. Benthic Algae: Distribution And Structure
17. Biomass And Pigments Of Benthic Algae
18. Macrophytes And Bryophytes
19. Meiofauna
20. Macroinvertebrates
21. Macroinvertebrate Movements: Drift, Colonization, And Emergence
22. Fish Community Composition

Section D: Community Interactions
23. Plant - Herbivore Interactions
24. Predator-Prey Interactions
25. Trophic Relations Of Macroinvertebrates
26. Trophic Relations Of Stream Fishes
27. Stream Food Webs

Section E: Ecosystem Processes
28. Primary Productivity And Community Respiration
29. Secondary Production Of Macroinvertebrates
30. Decomposition In Stream Ecosystems
31. Riparian Processes And Interactions
32. Effects Of Nutrient Enrichment On Periphyton
33. Surface-Subsurface Interactions In Streams

Section F: Ecosystem Quality
34. Algae As Biotic Indicators Of Environmental Quality
35. Macroinvertebrates As Biotic Indicators Of Environmental Quality
36. Pollution And Toxicological Assessment

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"This book is packed with the latest and best ‘how to’ information for field and laboratory work in streams. The new edition has expanded content, a larger format, and much better graphics...The greatest content change is the addition of a 6th section entitled Ecosystem Quality. Section 6 is anchored by a substantially rewritten chapter on ‘Macroinvertebrates as Biotic Indicators of Environmental Quality’...I like the way in which doable, detailed, stepwise exercises, including the math, are provided in a format appealing to students interested in conducting stream studies...I think that even an advanced high school student with access to this book should be able design an independent study project in stream ecology. I would really like to see it in high school libraries, as well as on college and university campuses. The greatest strength of this book is that it is written by leading authorities in stream ecology. The structure is better organized and more informative than the previous edition. The format is conducive to teaching and learning. I grade this book an 'A'. —Ben Stout, Wheeling Jesuit University, West Virginia, USA

ISBN: 9780123329080

Page Count: 896

Retail Price (USD) :

Hauer, METHODS IN STREAM ECOLOGY, Academic Press (1996, Softcover, ISBN 012332906X, $52.95)

Hauer, METHODS IN STREAM ECOLOGY, Academic Press (1996, Hardcover, ISBN 0123329051)

Giller and Malmqvist, BIOLOGY OF STREAMS AND RIVERS, Oxford University Press (1999, Softcover, ISBN 0198549776, $44.50)

Faculty, graduate students, researchers, advanced undergraduates, federal, state and local government officials interested in and repsonsible for stream evaluation and monitoring

Methods in Stream Ecology,

Editors: Edited by F. Richard Hauer and Gary A. Lamberti

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