The Ecology of River Systems

by Bryan R. Davies

Our understanding of the ecology of running waters has come a long way during the past few years. From being a largely descriptive subject, with a few under- tones concerned with such things as fisheries, pollution or control of blackflies, it has evolved into a discipline with hypotheses, such as the River Continuum Concept (Vannote et a/. 1980), and even a book suggesting that it offers opportunity for the testing of ecological theory (Barnes &...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9061935407
• ISBN13: 9789061935407
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 793 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"