Riparian areas : functions and strategies for management / Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management, author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riparian ecology--United States.

Riparian ecology.

Riparian areas--United States--Management.

Riparian areas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academy Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areas-the lands bordering rivers and lakes-even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management . The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309169776

0309169771

9780309127844

030912784X

OCLC:

930707424