Disconnected Rivers: Linking Rivers to Landscapes - Tapa blanda

Wohl, Ellen

 
9780300194708: Disconnected Rivers: Linking Rivers to Landscapes
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ISBN 10: 0300194706 ISBN 13: 9780300194708
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2012

Sinopsis

This important and accessible book surveys the history and present condition of river systems across the United States, showing how human activities have impoverished our rivers and impaired the connections between river worlds and other ecosystems. Ellen Wohl begins by introducing the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in rivers. She then addresses changes in rivers resulting from settlement and expansion, describes the growth of federal involvement in managing rivers, and examines the recent efforts to rehabilitate and conserve river ecosystems. In each chapter she focuses on a specific regional case study and describes what happens to a particular river organism-a bird, North America's largest salamander, the paddlefish, and the American alligator-when people interfere with natural processes.

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Acerca del autor

Ellen Wohl, professor of geology at Colorado State University, is also the author of Virtual Rivers: Lessons from the Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range, published by Yale University Press.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300194706
ISBN 13 
9780300194708
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
Contacto del fabricante
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Editorial: Yale University Press, 2004
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