
Floodplains
Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2017
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-520-29306-9 (ISBN)
Description
Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how under appropriate management these processes can provide benefits to society ranging from healthy fish populations to flood-risk reduction. Drawing on the framework of reconciliation ecology, the authors explore how new concepts for floodplain ecosystem restoration and management can increase these benefits. Additionally, they use case studies from California's Central Valley and other temperate regions to show how innovative management approaches are reshaping rivers and floodplains around the world.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
49 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-520-29306-9 (9780520293069)
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Jeffrey J. Opperman | Peter B. Moyle | Eric W. Larsen
Floodplains
Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
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09/2017
1st Edition
University of California Press
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Jeffrey J. Opperman | Peter B. Moyle | Eric W. Larsen
Floodplains
Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
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1st Edition
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Persons
Jeffrey J. Opperman is the global lead freshwater scientist for WWF and a research associate at the University of California, Davis. Peter B. Moyle is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Eric W. Larsen is a research scientist and fluvial geomorphologist in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Joan L. Florsheim is a researcher in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, and earth-surface processes at the Earth Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Amber D. Manfree is a postdoctoral researcher in geography at the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis.
Content
Authors
Acknowledgments
1 * INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS
2 * HYDROLOGY
3 * GEOMORPHOLOGY
4 * BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
5 * ECOLOGY: INTRODUCTION
6 * FLOODPLAIN FORESTS
7 * PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION
8 * FISHES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES
9 * ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND FLOODPLAIN RECONCILIATION
10 * FLOODPLAINS AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
11 * CASE STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION
12 * CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
13 * CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS TODAY
14 * RECONCILING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS
15 * CONCLUSIONS: MANAGING TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS
References
Geospatial Data Sources
Index
Acknowledgments
1 * INTRODUCTION TO TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS
2 * HYDROLOGY
3 * GEOMORPHOLOGY
4 * BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
5 * ECOLOGY: INTRODUCTION
6 * FLOODPLAIN FORESTS
7 * PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRODUCTION
8 * FISHES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES
9 * ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND FLOODPLAIN RECONCILIATION
10 * FLOODPLAINS AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
11 * CASE STUDIES OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND RECONCILIATION
12 * CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
13 * CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS TODAY
14 * RECONCILING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOODPLAINS
15 * CONCLUSIONS: MANAGING TEMPERATE FLOODPLAINS FOR MULTIPLE BENEFITS
References
Geospatial Data Sources
Index