Stream Restoration: Halting Disturbances, Assisted Recovery and Managed Recovery

by Hayes, Gillian D.; Flores, Timothy S.

• ISBN13: 9781608764501
• ISBN10: 1608764508
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Streams are dynamic components of living landscapes. Stream restoration, riparian restoration, and open land conservation are very connected. In coming years, stream and riparian restoration must be seen as an integral part of open land conservation in the USA, and vice versa. This book considers three areas where improvement is needed in stream restoration -- planning for stream restoration when considering protecting riparian open land, including monitoring and evaluation of stream restoration in the objectives of a conservation plan, and formalising conservation management plans that can use stream restoration to adjust the trajectory of ecological change in protected streams and riparian areas. Furthermore, it is well-known that humans have been exploiting stream ecosystems for ages. The deterioration of the functioning of river ecosystems has prompted rehabilitation and restoration measures during the last 20 years, based on the assessment of the ecological integrity. This book addresses several restoration and rehabilitation programs that have been developed to restore stream ecosystems. The critical role of small woody debris in stream restoration is also examined, as well as the management of floodplains on the functioning of river ecosystems and stream restoration.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Importance of Small Woody Debris in Stream Restoration: Invertebrate Community Diversity in Lowland, Subtropical Streams in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain

Floodplain Restoration at the Middle Ebro (NE Spain): Considering Disturbances at Different Scales to Propose Restoration Guidelines

Role of Riparian Vegetation & Instream Vegetation in Macroinvertebrate Production in Stream Restoration

Adaptive Management, Restoration, & Monitoring for Performance Based Results in the Fish Creek Watershed in Northeastern Indiana & Northwestern Ohio, USA

Unintentional Selection in Captive Broodstocks Intended for Restoring Natural Populations: Description of the Phenomenon & a Novel Method of Controlling It

Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages in Two Basins Where Visible Different Dwarf Bamboo Vegetation Have Vanished by the Predation of Sika Deer in Odaigahara, Flat Area at Higher Altitude, Japan

An Appeal to Protect & Restore Exposed Riverine Sediments (ERS) in North America

On the Need for Stream & Riparian Restoration in Land Conservation

Effects of Ecological Restoration on Biogeochemical Processes in Complex Riverine Landscapes

Restoration, Rehabilitation & Gardening in Mediterranean Stream Ecosystems

Index

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