Groundwater/Surface Water Ecotones

Biological and Hydrological Interactions and Management Options

Jacques Mathieu editor Janine Gibert editor Fred Fournier editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:4th Jun '09

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This multidisciplinary volume from hydrologists, biologists and ecologists is aimed towards researchers, water resource managers, and policy makers.

Interfaces, or ecotones, between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems have an essential role in the movement of water and materials throughout the landscape, and are zones which react quickly to human influences. This multidisciplinary volume from internationally respected hydrologists, biologists and ecologists is aimed towards researchers, water resource project managers and policy makers.Aquatic ecosystems have formed the focus of several UNESCO research projects because of the impact on them of human activities such as intensification of agricultural activity, erosion and sedimentation due to irrigation projects, groundwater pollution and eutrophication. Interfaces, or ecotones, between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems were found to have an essential role in the movement of water and materials throughout the landscape. Ecotones are zones where ecological processes are more intense and resources more diversified. They are also zones which react quickly to human influences and changes of environmental variables. This volume summarises the results presented at an international conference dedicated to the study of groundwater/surface water ecotones, with contributors of international scientific reputation representing the multidisciplinary viewpoints of hydrologists, biologists and ecologists. It addresses areas of active research in hydrology and biology, and is aimed towards researchers, water resource project managers and policy makers.

ISBN: 9780521112826

Dimensions: 297mm x 210mm x 14mm

Weight: 640g

264 pages