Groundwater/Surface Water Ecotones: Biological and Hydrological Interactions and Management Options

Aquatic ecosystems have formed the focus of several UNESCO research projects because of the impact on them of human activities such as intensification of agricultural activity, erosion and sedimentation due to irrigation projects, groundwater pollution and eutrophication. Interfaces, or ecotones, between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems were found to have an essential role in the movement of water and materials throughout the landscape. Ecotones...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521112826
• ISBN13: 9780521112826
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.7"