Riparian Ecosystems And Their Management

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309082952

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Riparian Areas by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management Pdf

The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : MINN:31951D030010454

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Riparian Ecosystems and Their Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Aquatic ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951P00909135K

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Riparian Ecosystems by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : WISC:89037111531

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Riparian Ecosystems and Their Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert J. Naiman,Henri Decamps,Michael E. McClain
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080470688

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Riparia by Robert J. Naiman,Henri Decamps,Michael E. McClain Pdf

This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, and discusses how riparia are used by human cultures as well as how riparia can be used to sustain environmental quality. In recent years riparian management has been widely implemented as a means of improving fisheries, water quality, and habitat for endangered species. This book provides the basic knowledge necessary to implement successful, long-term management and rehabilitation programs. Treats riparian patterns & processes in a holistic perspective, from ecological components to societal activities Contains over 130 illustrations and photos that summarize this complex ecological system Synthesizes the information from more than 6,000 professional articles Sidebars provide a look into ongoing research that is at the frontiers of riparian ecology and management

Author : Bruce Smith,Donald E. Prichard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : ERDC:35925002542774

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Management Techniques in Riparian Areas by Bruce Smith,Donald E. Prichard Pdf

Author : Smith
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1505461928

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Riparian Area Management by Smith Pdf

In ecosystem-oriented management, the basis for riparian treatments lies with the relationships between biotic and abiotic components. Ideally, the basic unit for management is a watershed. Using the watershed as a management unit provides a focus toward the entire stream system, as well as its individual streams, as opposed to isolated, site-specific treatments. Key components for consideration are overall watershed geomorphology; hydrology; existing, historic, and potential vegetation; and animal community dynamics. Human activities can also significantly influence riparian ecosystems and should be considered as well. They are usually the most impacting, and yet the most readily controllable factors.

Author : Robert Naiman,Robert E. Bilby
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387952462

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River Ecology and Management by Robert Naiman,Robert E. Bilby Pdf

As the vast expanses of natural forests and the great populations of salmonids are harvested to support a rapidly expanding human population, the need to understand streams as ecological systems and to manage them effectively becomes increasingly urgent. The unfortunate legacy of such natural resource exploitation is well documented. For several decades the Pacific coastal ecoregion of North America has served as a natural laboratory for scientific and managerial advancements in stream ecology, and much has been learned about how to better integrate ecological processes and characteristics with a human-dominated environment. These in sightful but hard-learned ecological and social lessons are the subject of this book. Integrating land and rivers as interactive components of ecosystems and watersheds has provided the ecological sciences with impor tant theoretical foundations. Even though scientific disciplines have begun to integrate land-based processes with streams and rivers, the institutions and processes charged with managing these systems have not done so successfully. As a result, many of the watersheds of the Pacific coastal ecoregion no longer support natural settings for environmental processes or the valuable natural resources those processes create. An important role for scientists, educators, and decision makers is to make the integration between ecology and con sumptive uses more widely understood, as well as useful for effective management.

Author : Juliet C. Stromberg,Barbara Tellman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816527520

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Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River by Juliet C. Stromberg,Barbara Tellman Pdf

contributors - biologists, ecologists, geomorphologists, historians, hydrologists, lawyers, and political scientists - weave together threads from their diverse perspectives to reveal the processes that shape the past, present, and future of the San Pedro's riparian and aquatic ecosystems. They review the biological communities of the San Pedro and the stream hydrology and geomorphology that affects its riparian biota. They then look at conservation and management challenges along three sections of the San Pedro, from its headwaters in Mexico in its confluence with the Gila River, describing legal and policy issues and their interface with science; activities related to mitigation, conservation, and restoration; and a prognosis of the potential for sustaining the basin's riparian system." "Complemented by a foreword written by James Shuttleworth, these chapters demonstrate the complexity of the San Pedro's ecological and hydrological conditions, showing that there are no easy --

Author : William S. Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : UCR:31210020137160

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Methods for Evaluating Riparian Habitats with Applications to Management by William S. Platts Pdf

Author : Bruce Smith,Donald E. Prichard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : OCLC:27393855

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Riparian Area Management by Bruce Smith,Donald E. Prichard Pdf

Author : Karl A. Gebhardt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015027102584

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Riparian Area Management by Karl A. Gebhardt Pdf

Author : Ellen S. Verry,James W. Hornbeck,C. Andrew Dolloff
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1566705010

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Riparian Management in Forests of the Continental Eastern United States by Ellen S. Verry,James W. Hornbeck,C. Andrew Dolloff Pdf

The timing could not be better for addressing riparian area management and the resulting impacts of surface water. The Forest Service leadership team has identified water and watershed management as the issue of the upcoming decade. These factors and more have moved riparian forests to the forefront of environmental management. Riparian Management in Forests of the Continental Eastern United States gives you the tools you need to take on this task. Each day, thousands of natural resource professionals face the problems involved in managing riparian forests. The challenge: fragmented ownership, fragmented ecosystems, and diverse interest groups. The solution requires a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on a complex mix of government agencies, private interests, and local communities as exemplified in the following initiatives: Chesapeake Bay Program "Save the Bay" Inland West Water Strategy New York City Watershed Project The Pacific Habitat Strategy The Anadromous Fish Habitat Riparian Management in Forests of the Continental Eastern United States summarizes the state-of-the-art in the management of forested riparian areas. It serves as a desktop reference for natural resource administrators, educators, and on-the-ground managers from industry, consulting firms, and municipal, state, and federal agencies who routinely face the complex problems of protecting riparian areas. Features

Author : Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Nature conservation
ISBN : UIUC:30112056235366

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Importance, Preservation, and Management of Riparian Habitat by Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.) Pdf

"Twelve presented and 15 contributed papers highlight what is known about this unique, diminishing vegetative type: characteristics, classification systems, associated fauna, use conflicts, management alternatives, and research needs. Speakers stressed the continuity and interrelationships of riparian ecosystems, their wildlife and vegetation, historic and current uses"--Abstract.

Author : Peter F. Ffolliott,Leonard F. DeBano
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135463212

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Riparian Areas of the Southwestern United States by Peter F. Ffolliott,Leonard F. DeBano Pdf

Riparian Areas of the Southwestern United States: Hydrology, Ecology, and Management provides hydrologists, watershed managers, land-use planners, educators, policymakers, and non-governmental organizations with a comprehensive account of the multiple benefits and conflicts arising from the uniquely structured ecosystems of arid and semi-arid regions. The text describes the inhabitants of southwestern riparian ecosystems and addresses the research, planning, and management concerns for these fragile ecosystems in relation to the impacts of water and sediment flows, livestock grazing, and other human activities, and the maintenance of key wildlife and fish habitats.