Global Change and River Ecosystems - Implications for Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services - Stevenson, R. Jan.; Sabater, Sergi; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Foreword: Global change and river ecosystems-implications for structure, function, and ecosystem services -- Understanding effects of global change on river ecosystems: science to support policy in a changing world -- Biogeochemical implications of climate change for tropical rivers and floodplains -- Dynamics of a benthic microbial community in a riverine environment subject to hydrological fluctuations (Mulargia River, Italy) -- Global changes in pampean lowland streams (Argentina): implications for biodiversity and functioning -- Factors regulating epilithic biofilm carbon cycling and release with nutrient enrichment in headwater streams -- Periphyton biomass and ecological stoichiometry in streams within an urban to rural land-use gradient -- The physico-chemical habitat template for periphyton in alpine glacial streams under a changing climate -- The periphyton as a multimetric bioindicator for assessing the impact of land use on rivers: an overview of the Ardières-Morcille experimental watershed (France) -- Discharge and the response of biofilms to metal exposure in Mediterranean rivers -- Effects of eutrophication on the interaction between algae and grazers in an Andean stream -- Comparing fish assemblages and trophic ecology of permanent and intermittent reaches in a Mediterranean stream -- Global change and food webs in running waters -- Effects of hydromorphological integrity on biodiversity and functioning of river ecosystems -- Organic matter availability during pre- and post-drought periods in a Mediterranean stream -- Flow regime alteration effects on the organic C dynamics in semiarid stream ecosystems -- A multi-modeling approach to evaluating climate and land use change impacts in a Great Lakes River Basin -- Implications of global change for the maintenance of water quality and ecological integrity in the context of current water laws and environmental policies.
Keywords: Aquatic ecology .; Ecology .; Water pollution; Marine sciences; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Ecology; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Marine & Freshwater Sciences