The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis: Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science

by James H. Thorp, Michael DeLong, Martin Thoms

This book presents the most comprehensive model yet for describing the structure and functioning of running freshwater ecosystems. Riverine Ecosystems Synthesis (RES) is a result of combining several theories published in recent decades, dealing with aquatic and terrestrial systems. New analyses are fused with a variety of new perspectives on how river network ecosystems are structured and function, and how they change along longitudinal, lateral,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123706122
• ISBN13: 9780123706126
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.3"