Freshwater Ecology and Conservation
Approaches and Techniques
Published on 20. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-19-876642-1 (ISBN)
Description
This practical manual of freshwater ecology and conservation provides a state-of-the-art review of the approaches and techniques used to measure, monitor, and conserve freshwater ecosystems. It offers a single, comprehensive, and accessible synthesis of the vast amount of literature for freshwater ecology and conservation that is currently dispersed in manuals, toolkits, journals, handbooks, 'grey' literature, and websites. Successful conservation outcomes are ultimately built on a sound ecological framework in which every species must be assessed and understood at the individual, community, catchment and landscape level of interaction. For example, freshwater ecologists need to understand hydrochemical storages and fluxes, the physical systems influencing freshwaters at the catchment and landscape scale, and the spatial and temporal processes that maintain species assemblages and their dynamics. A thorough understanding of all these varied processes, and the techniques for studying them, is essential for the effective conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems.
Reviews / Votes
With its mostly classical structure - and its emphasis on methodological overviews of specific disciplines or taxonomic groups - the book will suit those early in their freshwater career * Steve Ormerod, In the Drift *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Over 50 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
699 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-876642-1 (9780198766421)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/2018
Oxford University Press
€180.40
Shipment within 15-20 days
E-Book
11/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€53.99
Available for download
Person
Jocelyne Hughes has over 30 years experience of teaching and research in ecology and conservation. She graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK, with a degree in Geography and undertook her PhD at the University of Tasmania. It was in Australia that Jocelyne focused on freshwater ecology and conducted field research into the ecology of aquatic macrophytes in riverine wetlands in Tasmania, and the lakes of sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Since then, she has worked as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Oxford, University of Melbourne, University College London and University of Reading, has conducted research into the ecology and conservation of wetlands in Tunisia, Guatemala and the UK, and teaches field techniques in wetlands in the UK and overseas.
Content
Part I
Overall considerations
1: G. Randy Milton and C. Max Finlayson: Diversity of freshwater ecosystems and global distributions
2: Rebecca E. Tharme, David Tickner, Jocelyne M.R. Hughes, John Conallin, and Lauren Zielinsky: Approaches to freshwater ecology and conservation
3: Leon A. Barmuta: Sampling strategies and protocols for freshwater ecology and conservation
Part II
Measuring the component parts
4: Matthew McCartney: Water quantity and hydrology
5: Nic Pacini, Libor Pechar, and David M. Harper: Chemical determinands of freshwater ecosystem functioning
6: Curt Lamberth and Jocelyne Hughes: Physical variables in freshwater ecosystems
7: David C. Sigee: Microorganisms 1: Phytoplankton, attached algae, and biofilms
8: Julia Reiss: Microorganisms 2: Viruses, prokaryotes, fungi, protozoans, and microscopic metazoans
9: Jocelyne Hughes, Beverley R. Clarkson, Ana T. Castro-Castellon, and Laura L. Hess: Wetland plants and aquatic macrophytes
10: Stephen E.W. Green, Rosie D. Salazar, Gillian Gilbert, Andrew S. Buxton, Danielle L. Gilroy, Thierry Oberdorff, and Lauren A. Harrington: Freshwater vertebrates: An overview of survey design and key methodological considerations
11: Richard Marchant and Catherine M. Yule: Aquatic macroinvertebrates
Part III
Ecosystem dynamics, conservation, and management
12: David M. Harper and Nic Pacini: Freshwater populations, interactions, and networks
13: Peter A. Gell, Marie-Elodie Perga, and C. Max Finlayson: Changes over time
14: Aaike De Wever, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Vanessa Bremerich, and Joerg Freyhof: Secondary data: Taking advantage of existing data and improving data availability for supporting freshwater ecology research and biodiversity conservation
15: C. Max Finlayson, R. S. de Groot, Francine M. R. Hughes, and Caroline A. Sullivan: Freshwater ecosystem services and functions
16: Julie A. Coetzee, Martin P. Hill, Andreas Hussner, Ana L. Nunes, and Olaf L. F. Weyl: Invasive aquatic species
17: Jamie Pittock, C. Max Finlayson, and Simon Linke: Freshwater ecosystem security and climate change
18: Carl Sayer, Helen Bennion, Angela Gurnell, Emma Goodyer, Donovan Kotze, and Richard Lindsay: Restoration of freshwaters: Principles and practice
19: Caroline A. Sullivan, C. Max Finlayson, Elizabeth Heagney, Marie Chantale Pelletier, Mike Acreman, and Jocelyne M.R. Hughes: Wetland landscapes and catchment management
Overall considerations
1: G. Randy Milton and C. Max Finlayson: Diversity of freshwater ecosystems and global distributions
2: Rebecca E. Tharme, David Tickner, Jocelyne M.R. Hughes, John Conallin, and Lauren Zielinsky: Approaches to freshwater ecology and conservation
3: Leon A. Barmuta: Sampling strategies and protocols for freshwater ecology and conservation
Part II
Measuring the component parts
4: Matthew McCartney: Water quantity and hydrology
5: Nic Pacini, Libor Pechar, and David M. Harper: Chemical determinands of freshwater ecosystem functioning
6: Curt Lamberth and Jocelyne Hughes: Physical variables in freshwater ecosystems
7: David C. Sigee: Microorganisms 1: Phytoplankton, attached algae, and biofilms
8: Julia Reiss: Microorganisms 2: Viruses, prokaryotes, fungi, protozoans, and microscopic metazoans
9: Jocelyne Hughes, Beverley R. Clarkson, Ana T. Castro-Castellon, and Laura L. Hess: Wetland plants and aquatic macrophytes
10: Stephen E.W. Green, Rosie D. Salazar, Gillian Gilbert, Andrew S. Buxton, Danielle L. Gilroy, Thierry Oberdorff, and Lauren A. Harrington: Freshwater vertebrates: An overview of survey design and key methodological considerations
11: Richard Marchant and Catherine M. Yule: Aquatic macroinvertebrates
Part III
Ecosystem dynamics, conservation, and management
12: David M. Harper and Nic Pacini: Freshwater populations, interactions, and networks
13: Peter A. Gell, Marie-Elodie Perga, and C. Max Finlayson: Changes over time
14: Aaike De Wever, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Vanessa Bremerich, and Joerg Freyhof: Secondary data: Taking advantage of existing data and improving data availability for supporting freshwater ecology research and biodiversity conservation
15: C. Max Finlayson, R. S. de Groot, Francine M. R. Hughes, and Caroline A. Sullivan: Freshwater ecosystem services and functions
16: Julie A. Coetzee, Martin P. Hill, Andreas Hussner, Ana L. Nunes, and Olaf L. F. Weyl: Invasive aquatic species
17: Jamie Pittock, C. Max Finlayson, and Simon Linke: Freshwater ecosystem security and climate change
18: Carl Sayer, Helen Bennion, Angela Gurnell, Emma Goodyer, Donovan Kotze, and Richard Lindsay: Restoration of freshwaters: Principles and practice
19: Caroline A. Sullivan, C. Max Finlayson, Elizabeth Heagney, Marie Chantale Pelletier, Mike Acreman, and Jocelyne M.R. Hughes: Wetland landscapes and catchment management