Streams: Their Ecology and Life

Cushing, Colbert E.; Allan, J. David

ISBN 10: 0120503409 / ISBN 13: 9780120503407

Editore: Academic Press, 2001

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• Titolo: Streams: Their Ecology and Life
• Editore: Academic Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0120503409
• ISBN 13: 9780120503407
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: acceptable

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Riassunto

Streams is a handbook that combines a discussion of the ecology of streams and rivers, in layperson language, with an illustrated field guide of the plants and animals found in running waters of North America. Various illustrations and maps accompany the text. The authors are extremely well known-Cushing is the lead content provider for an America On-Line service provided through Trout Unlimited entitled "Ask Dr. Cushing" He is frequently asked the sorts of questions that are answered in this field guide. J. David Allan is the author of a well known textbook in Aquatic Ecology.

Informazioni sull?autore

Colbert E. Cushing was a Senior Research Scientist with the Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Washington, until semi-retiring in 1996. He was an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University-Tri Cities, and held an Affiliate Faculty appointment at Colorado State University. He was one of the scientists instrumental in the formulation and testing of the River Continuum Concept. He has published widely in scientific journals and books, was the lead editor of River and Stream Ecosystems, and co-authored Streams: Their Ecology and Life. He served on the editorial boards for the journals Ecology and Journal of the North American Benthological Society (NABS) and was past president of NABS. He was co-editor for the first edition of Rivers of North America and Field Guide to Rivers of North America (2010) and passed away before the completion of the second edition.