Environmental Flows: Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium

Environmental Flows: Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium
ISBN-10
0520953452
ISBN-13
9780520953451
Category
Nature
Pages
424
Language
English
Published
2012-10-15
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Angela Arthington

Description

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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