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- Provides an important baseline foundation for examination of the extent and rapidity of impending changes
Part of the book series: Aquatic Ecology Series (AQEC, volume 1)
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Reviews
"Ecology of a Glacial Flood Plain is particularly useful to ecologists, limnologists, environmental activists, and anyone involved in management of dynamic freshwater resources."
Professor R.G. Wetzel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Series Editor "Aquatic Ecology
"Prof. Ward and Dr. Uehlinger present in this edited volume an extraordinarily comprehensive and well integrated study of a Swiss alpine stream and its floodplain; it is a model to follow for the study of streams."
William M. Lewis, Jr., Center for Limnology, University of Colorado, USA
"The authors, among the best experts in the field, treat the subject in a scholarly way: from glacial history to colonization dynamics, from the role of the terrestrial vegetation to channel stability and litter decomposition. The volume, subdivided into 16 chapters, discusses - among other topics - the role of interstitial fauna, of algae and hyphomycetes in organic matter dynamics. It provides not only updated information in great detail, but also a synthesis and perspectives. It is easy to predict that this book will become a standard in running water ecology and a must for ecologists interested in alpine environments and global change effects on pristine habitats."
Roland Psenner, Professor of Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
"Unlike most of its predecessors the present volume is much more comprehensive in its scope and coverage, as befits the outcome of a multidisciplinary study based on an intensive research program. This volume provides a valuable record of a major investigation into the structure and functioning of a previously understudied type of river system. It is authoritatively written, outstandingly illustrated and attractively produced."
Mike Winterbourn, in Book Reviews of Freshwater Biology 49, 2004
"The findings of the huge and wel elaborated project set a new standard for flood plain and glacial research; this book is a milestone for relevant research"
Prof. Heinz Löffler, Universität Wien, Book Reviews, SIL News 45, May 2005
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecology of a Glacial Flood Plain
Editors: J. V. Ward, U. Uehlinger
Series Title: Aquatic Ecology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0181-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1792-6Published: 31 December 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6507-0Published: 08 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0181-5Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1573-4595
Series E-ISSN: 2543-005X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 306
Topics: Environmental Science and Engineering, Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Nature Conservation