Ebook: Perspectives in Running Water Ecology

The discipline of stream ecology has grown exponentially along with most other areas of science in the last three decades. The field has changed from a fish management-dominated poor-sister of limnology to a discipline with theoretical constructs and ecological insights as rich as those in any area of ecology. A focus on energy transformations, nutrient turnover and the storage and processing of organic substrates has greatly enhanced the development of current paradigms. For example, the data base on microbial-biochemical­ invertebrate interactions in streams is now very extensive. A survey of the stream ecology literature reveals the central role played by H.B. Noel Hynes, whom I believe to be the world's premier lotic ecologist. Professor Hynes produced the major text in the field ("The Ecology of Running Waters") which has served both as an integrative review and as a bridge between the fish-water quality orientation of the fifties and sixties to the process oriented, nutritional resource-watershed perspectives of the seventies. It should also be noted that Professor Hynes' book, "The Biology of Polluted Waters", served as a basic reference for the earlier period and he has published over 150 research papers, the great majority in stream ecology, spanning four decades.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
General Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
River Epilithon — A Light and Organic Energy Transducer....Pages 3-40
Coarse Particulate Organic Matter in Streams....Pages 41-68
Seasonal Aspects of Transport of Organic and Inorganic Matter in Streams....Pages 69-95
The Uptake of Dissolved Organic Matter in Groundwater by Stream Sediments — A Case Study....Pages 97-111
Aspects of Nitrogen Transport and Transformation in Headwater Streams....Pages 113-139
Organic Carbon in Aquatic Ecosystems: Beyond Energy — Control....Pages 141-154
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Migrations and Distributions of Stream Benthos....Pages 155-207
Temporal Heterogeneity and the Ecology of Lotic Ciliates....Pages 209-224
The Ecology of Gammarus in Running Water....Pages 225-249
Effects of Hydrodynamics on the Distribution of Lake Benthos....Pages 251-263
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Man’s Impact on Tropical Rivers....Pages 265-288
Aquatic Organisms and Palaeoecology: Recent and Future Trends....Pages 289-303
Organizational Impediments to Effective Research on Running Waters....Pages 305-312
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Ecology of Streams at High Latitudes....Pages 313-337
Running Water Ecology in Africa....Pages 339-366
Running Water Ecology in Australia....Pages 367-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-430

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
General Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
River Epilithon — A Light and Organic Energy Transducer....Pages 3-40
Coarse Particulate Organic Matter in Streams....Pages 41-68
Seasonal Aspects of Transport of Organic and Inorganic Matter in Streams....Pages 69-95
The Uptake of Dissolved Organic Matter in Groundwater by Stream Sediments — A Case Study....Pages 97-111
Aspects of Nitrogen Transport and Transformation in Headwater Streams....Pages 113-139
Organic Carbon in Aquatic Ecosystems: Beyond Energy — Control....Pages 141-154
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Migrations and Distributions of Stream Benthos....Pages 155-207
Temporal Heterogeneity and the Ecology of Lotic Ciliates....Pages 209-224
The Ecology of Gammarus in Running Water....Pages 225-249
Effects of Hydrodynamics on the Distribution of Lake Benthos....Pages 251-263
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Man’s Impact on Tropical Rivers....Pages 265-288
Aquatic Organisms and Palaeoecology: Recent and Future Trends....Pages 289-303
Organizational Impediments to Effective Research on Running Waters....Pages 305-312
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Ecology of Streams at High Latitudes....Pages 313-337
Running Water Ecology in Africa....Pages 339-366
Running Water Ecology in Australia....Pages 367-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-430
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