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Estuarine Ecohydrology
An Introduction
Explains the workings of an estuary ecosystem, quantifies the human impact on those processes, and proposes ecohydrology solutions that will serve as a toolkit for designing a management plan for the ecologically sustainable development of estuaries
Eric Wolanski (Author), Michael Elliott (Author)
9780444633989, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 19 August 2015
322 pages, 105 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.62 kg
"...the text is richly illustrated with photographs, diagrams and flow charts and there is a sprinkling of differential equations describing the movements of water and sediment...new sections to catch my eye dealt with ship waves, mud and human health, and climate change." --ATSE Focus
Estuarine Ecohydrology, Second Edition, provides an ecohydrology viewpoint of an estuary as an ecosystem by focusing on its principal components, the river, the estuarine waters, the sediment, the nutrients, the wetlands, the oceanic influence, and the aquatic food web, as well as models of the health of an estuary ecosystem. Estuaries, the intersection of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, exhibit complex physical and biological processes which must be understood in order to sustain and restore them when necessary. This book demonstrates how, based on an understanding of the processes controlling estuarine ecosystem health, one can quantify its ability to cope with human stresses. The theories, models, and real-world solutions presented serve as a toolkit for designing a management plan for the ecologically sustainable development of estuaries.
1. Introduction2. Estuarine water circulation3. Estuarine sediment dynamics4. Tidal wetlands5. Estuarine ecological structure and functioning6. Ecohydrology models7. Ecohydrology solutions
Subject Areas: Conservation of the environment [RNK], Applied ecology [RNC], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]
