River conservation and management / edited by P.J. Boon, P. Calow, and G.E. Petts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Contributors -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. River management - objectives and applications / P. Mellquist -- SECTION I. THE CASE FOR CONSERVATION -- 2. Essential elements in the case for river conservation / P.J. Boon -- 3. The River Vistula and its floodplain Valley (Poland): its ecology and importance for conservation / Z. Kajak -- 4. Conservation and management of the coastal streams of Israel: an assessment of stream status and prospects for rehabilitation / A. Gasith -- 5. Degradation of Australian streams and progress towards conservation and management in Victoria / L.A. Barmuta, R. Marchant, and P.S. Lake -- 6. The rivers of Northern Trinidad: conservation of fish communities for research / B.H. Seghers -- SECTION II. RIVER CLASSIFICATION AND THE ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION POTENTIAL -- 7. General principles of classification and the assessment of conservation potential in rivers / R.J. Naiman, D.G. Lonzarich, T.J. Beechie, and S.C. Ralph -- 8. Catchment characteristics and river ecosystems / K.W. Cummins -- 9. Anticipating the consequences of river management for the conservation of macroinvertebrates / J.F. Wright, J.H. Blackburn, D.F. Westlake, M.T. Furse, and P.D. Armitage -- 10. Use of a geographic information system in the conservation of rivers in Virginia, USA / P.L. Angermeier and A. Bailey -- 11. Non-traditional applications of instream flow techniques for conserving habitat of biota in the Sabie River of Southern Africa / J.A. Gore, J.B. Layzer, and L.A. Russell -- 12. Importance of a habitat-level classification system of design instream flow studies / J.L. Kershner and W.M. Snider -- 13. Assessing the natural value of New Zealand Rivers / K.J. Collier and R.H.S. McColl -- 14. Alternative ways of classifying rivers in Southern Africa / J.M. King, F.C. de Moor, and F.M. Chutter -- SECTION III. RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION -- 15. Catchment disturbance and stream response: an overview of stream research at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory / J.R. Webster, S.W. Golladay, E.F. Benfield, J.L. Meyer, W.T. Swank, and J.B. Wallace -- 16. Vegetation and river channel process interactions / K.J. Gregory -- 17. Effects of weirs on the littoral environment of the River Murray, South Australia / K.F. Walker, M.C. Thoms, and F. Sheldon -- 18. A building-block model for stream restoration / R.C. Petersen, L.B.-M. Petersen, and J. Lacoursière -- 19. Habitats as the building blocks for river conservation assessment / D.M. Harper, C.D. Smith, and P.J. Barham -- 20. Rehabilitation of streams in South-west Germany / K. Kern -- 21. Recovery and restoration of some engineered British River Channels / A. Brookes -- 22. Restoration of salmonid Rivers in Finland / E. Jutila -- 23. Strategies for conservation of a Danubian fish fauna / F. Schiemer and H. Waidbacher -- SECTION IV. PROTECTING RIVERS: LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- 24. River conservation and catchment management: a UK perspective / M.D. Newson -- 25. Catchment planning: the way forward for river protection in the UK / J.L. Gardiner and L. Cole -- 26. Conservation of rivers in Scotland: legislative and organizational limitations / A.E. Brown and D.L. Howell -- 27. The amenity and environmental values of river corridors in Britain / C.H. Green and S.M. Tunstall -- 28. River protection in Ontario, Canada: a case for holistic catchment management / D.P. Dodge and R.M. Biette -- CONCLUSION -- 29. River conservation: future prospects / R.L. Welcomme -- Index.

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