Multiple stressors in river ecosystems : status, impacts and prospects for the future / edited by Sergi Sabater, Arturo Elosegi, Ralf Ludwig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Sabater, Sergi, editor.

Elosegi, Arturo, editor.

Ludwig, Ralf, editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stream ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 392 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA, United States : Elsevier, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Front Cover; Multiple Stressors in River Ecosystems: Status, Impacts and Prospects for the Future; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Defining Multiple Stressor Implications; 1.1. Global Environmental Change: A Source of Stress; 1.2. Stress, Stressor, Receptor, and Effect: Context and Evolution of the Terms; 1.3. Types of Stressors According to Their Energy and Frequency; 1.4. Multiple Stressors in the Literature; 1.5. Studying the Effects of Multiple Stressors; 1.5.1. Experimental and Observational Approaches

1.5.2. Conditions for Adequate Design of Multiple-Stressor Studies1.5.3. Potential Interactions Among Multiple Stressors; 1.6. Ecosystem Responses to Multiple Stressors; 1.7. Joint Implications of Multiple Stressors for Social and Ecological Systems; 1.8. Status and Relevance of Multiple Stressors on Water Policies: A Brief Overview; 1.9. Reading This Book; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Climate Change and Interactions With Multiple Stressors in Rivers; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Observations and Predictions of Climate Change in Rivers

2.2.1. Disentangling the Effects of Climate Change From Other Stressors in Rivers2.2.2. Modeling Future Scenarios of Precipitation and Runoff; 2.2.3. Modeling Future Scenarios of Stream Temperatures; 2.3. Climate Change in Rivers: Similarities to Existing Stressors and Surprises; 2.3.1. Current Stressors as Analogs for Future Climate Change; 2.3.2. Interactions of Climate Change With Other Stressors; Surprises and Nonlinear Responses; 2.4. Vulnerability of River Ecosystems: An Example of Drought as a Manifestation of Climate Change in Addition to Other S ...; 2.5. Concluding Remarks

AcknowledgmentsReferences; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Understanding the Nexus Between Hydrological Alteration And Biological Invasions; 3.1. Altered Flow Regimes and Biological Invasions: Two Facets of Global Change in River Ecosystems; 3.2. The Alteration-Invasion Nexus; 3.3. Effects of the Alteration-Invasion Nexus on Riverine Populations and Communities; 3.4. Effects of the Alteration-Invasion Nexus on Riverine Food Webs; 3.5. The Alteration-Invasion Nexus as a Freshwater Conservation Challenge; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading

Chapter 4: Multiple Stressors and Hydromorphological Degradation4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Interactions Among Hydrological and Morphological Stressors; 4.2.1. Multiple Stress from Altered Channel Form and Complexity; 4.2.2. Stress from Altered Hydrology and Interplay With Impacted Channel Morphology; 4.3. Interaction Between HYMO Modifications and Other Non-HYMO Stressors; 4.3.1. Altered Channel Form and Complexity; 4.3.2. Altered Connectivity; 4.3.3. Altered Dynamism; 4.4. Conclusions and Perspectives; References; Chapter 5: Multiple Stressors in Riparian Ecosystems

Notes:

5.1. Stress and Disturbance in Riparian Systems

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Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

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Print version: Sabater, Sergi Multiple Stressors in River Ecosystems : Status, Impacts and Prospects for the Future

ISBN:

9780128118009

0128118008

Publisher Number:

99978395626

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