Environmental Flows: Saving Rivers in the Third Millennium Volume 4 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520273696)

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. It answers crucial questions about the flow of water within and between different kinds of ecosystems. What happens when the flow or the availability of water is curtailed or diverted, either naturally or by human activity? How will climate change alter the availability of water and impact aquatic ecosystems? Methodological developments from the simplest hydrological formulas to large-scale frameworks that inform water management make this book a must-read for water managers and freshwater and estuarine ecologists contending with ever-changing conditions influencing the flow of water.

Author: Angela Arthington
ISBN-10: 0520273699
ISBN-13: 9780520273696
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2012
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2013