Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124058906 ISBN 13: 9780124058903

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change. Each chapter includes a section focusing on anticipated and ongoing dynamics in stream ecosystems in a changing environment, along with hypotheses regarding controls on stream ecosystem functioning. The book, with its innovative sections, provides a bridge between papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and the findings of researchers in new areas of study.

• Presents a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change
• Provides a synthesis of the latest findings on stream ecosystems ecology in one concise volume
• Includes thought exercises and discussion activities throughout, providing valuable tools for learning
• Offers conceptual models and hypotheses to stimulate conversation and advance research

About this title

Review:

This helpful book provides a bridge between published papers and new research findings on stream ecosystems by synthesizing the state of knowledge on whole-ecosystem dynamics of streams, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and exploring how changing environments modify these ecosystems

About the Author:

Jeremy B. Jones, Jr. studies land-water interactions, how processes occurring in terrestrial ecosystems impacts the movement of carbon and nutrients into streams, and how nutrients are used within stream ecosystems. His research has a particular focus in northern environments where climate change is thawing permafrost resulting in the release of carbon and nutrients from previously frozen soils, and altering the hydrologic connections between watersheds and streams. A central theme to this research is coupling between climate change, watershed and stream hydrology, and ecology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0124058906
• ISBN 13: 9780124058903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 548
• Editor: Jones Jeremy B., Stanley Emily