Environmental Flows
eBook - PDF

Environmental Flows

Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Environmental Flows

Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface and Acknowledgments
  7. 1. River Values and Threats
  8. 2. Global Hydrology, Climate, and River Flow Regimes
  9. 3. Catchments, Drainage Networks, and Resource Regimes
  10. 4. River Ecology, the Natural Flow Regime Paradigm, and Hydroecological Principles
  11. 5. Effects of Catchment Change and River-Corridor Engineering
  12. 6. History of Water Control and Dam Impacts
  13. 7. Effects of Dams on Sediment, Thermal, and Chemical Regimes
  14. 8. Effects of Dams on Habitat and Aquatic Biodiversity
  15. 9. Introduction to Environmental Flow Methods
  16. 10. Hydraulic Rating and Habitat Simulation Methods
  17. 11. Flow Protection Methods
  18. 12. Flow Restoration Methods
  19. 13. Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA)
  20. 14. Environmental Flow Relationships, Models, and Applications
  21. 15. Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems and Threats
  22. 16. Sustaining Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems
  23. 17. Wetlands, Threats, and Water Requirements
  24. 18. Estuaries, Threats, and Flow Requirements
  25. 19. Setting Limits to Hydrologic Alteration
  26. 20. Implementing and Monitoring Environmental Flows
  27. 21. Legislation and Policy
  28. 22. Adapting to Climate Change
  29. Appendix: The Brisbane Declaration (2007)
  30. Literature Cited
  31. Index