Riparian zones : characteristics, management practices, and ecological impacts / Oleg S. Pokrovsky, editor, CNRS, Toulouse, France, BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, RAN, Arkhangelsk, Russia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pokrovsky, Oleg S., editor.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Environmental Research Advances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riparian ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Riparian ecosystems occur in semi-terrestrial areas adjacent to water bodies and are influenced by freshwater. Riparian wetlands are defined as land areas adjacent to perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral streams, lakes or rivers. As a result, these areas have high water tables and periodic flooding. They support a wide range of wetland vegetation including emergent macrophytes, grasses and trees. Riparian zones and wetlands are among the most vulnerable natural ecosystems to both climate change and human impact, and they are likely to represent important hot spots for climate change adaptation. The riparian ecosystems, located at the interface between water and land, are extremely dynamic environments in terms of structure, function, diversity and strength of abiotic-biotic feedbacks. Nowadays, the riparian wetlands are strongly affected by both global climate change and human activity. For these reasons, there is a steady and even abrupt increase of scientific publications linked to riparian problems. A web search of "riparian" as a topic yielded more than 16,000 papers published between 1950 and 2015, with 7,000 of them have been published over the past five years and 10,500 produced over the preceding sixty years. This rise of scientific interest is, however, strongly biased geographically. A search of "riparian" in the titles of 4,773 scientific publications (1950-2015) yields high geographical bias with papers studying all aspects of riparian zones in the United States, Brazil, China, Canada, Africa and Europe, respectively, and only one in Russia. This book is intended to partially fill this gap by presenting nine chapters describing the studies of riparian and flood plain zones of Russia. The fourteen chapters of the book, written by the experts in the field of landscape geography, biogeochemistry, GIS techniques and biology cover two of the most important riparian zones of the world: the Amazon varzea and the Ob/Irtysh floodplains. A multidisciplinary approach across wide geographical scales and various techniques presented in this book will be interesting for a large community of scholars, students, and researchers from academic and private organizations. Target Audience: Public organizations working in the field of academic science (primarily, universities and academic research units) Biogeochemists, ecologists, environmental engineers, conservational ecologists, universities

Contents:

RIPARIAN ZONES CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS ; RIPARIAN ZONES CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; INTRODUCTION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 1 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND CURRENT THREATS OF LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DIVERSITY OF LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS ; 2.1. Large Rivers ; 2.2. Temporary/Small Rivers ; 2.3. Floodplain Rivers ; 2.3. Estuarine Systems ; 3. SPECIAL FEATURES OF LOTIC SYSTEMS ; 3.1. Ecotones in the Lotic Systems

3.2. Connectivity in the Lotic Systems 3.3. Ecological Succession in the Lotic Systems ; 4. THREATS FOR LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS ; 4.1. Local Threats for Lotic Biodiversity ; 4.2. Global Threats to Lotic Biodiversity ; 4.3. Global Scenarios for Lotic Biodiversity ; 4.4. Remote Sensing to Monitor Biodiversity of Lotic Ecosystems ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 THE SCIENCE OF MAPPING RIPARIAN AREAS UTILIZING GIS AND OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL DATA ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; STUDY AREA ; MODEL DATA INPUTS; DATA PREPARATION; RIPARIAN MODEL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; MODEL SENSITIVITY ; CONCLUSION

REFERENCES Chapter 3 THE NEW BRAZILIAN FOREST LAW AND ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ON RIPARIAN FORESTS: AN EXAMPLE NOT TO BE FOLLOWED ; ABSTRACT ; CONTEXTUALIZATION ; LEGISLATION UPON BRAZILIAN VEGETATION: THE BEGINNING ; DISRESPECT OF THE FOREST CODE FROM 1965 ; CHANGES IN THE FOREST CODE ; ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE CHANGES TO THE NEW FOREST LAW CONCERNING RIPARIAN FORESTS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 BIOGEOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONING OF AMAZONIAN FLOODPLAINS: THE CASE OF LAGO GRANDE DE CURUAI; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; STUDY SITE; METHODS

Sample Collection and Analytical Procedures Hydrological Modeling ; Modeling of Solid and Dissolved Fluxes ; RESULTS ; Water Balance of the LAGO Grande de Curuai Floodplain ; Global Biogeochemical Functioning of the Curuai Floodplain ; DISCUSSION; Internal Heterogeneity of Elemental Behavior ; Elements That Present a Relatively Constant Concentration throughout the Water Year ; Elements That Vary during the Water Year ; Influence of Internal Processes on the Biogeochemical Behaviors of Elements ; Influence of Internal Processes on Transfer to the Ocean ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 5 AN APPROACH TO THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF EXOTIC INVASIVE WEEDS IN RIPARIAN ZONES ABSTRACT ; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE ECOLOGY OF INVASIVE SPECIES; Main Characteristics of the Invasive Species ; Conditions That Favor the Biological Invasions ; EFFECTS OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS ; Effects on the Biological Diversity (Species Richness); Effects on the Functionality of the Ecosystems ; MANAGEMENT OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES IN RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS ; Initial Considerations ; Objectives and Management Strategy

A CASE STUDY: MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF ARUNDO DONAX IN MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-636-2