Methods in Stream Ecology

Methods in Stream Ecology, Second Edition, provides a complete series of field and laboratory protocols in stream ecology that are ideal for teaching or conducting research.

This updated edition reflects recent advances in the technology associated with ecological assessment of streams, including remote sensing. In addition, the relationship between stream flow and alluviation has been added, and a new chapter on riparian zones is also included.

The book features exercises in each chapter; detailed instructions, illustrations, formulae, and data sheets for in-field research for students; and taxanomic keys to common stream invertebrates and algae.

With a student-friendly price, this book is key for all students and researchers in stream and freshwater ecology, freshwater biology, marine ecology, and river ecology. This text is also supportive as a supplementary text for courses in watershed ecology/science, hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, and landscape ecology.

Exercises in each chapterDetailed instructions, illustrations, formulae, and data sheets for in-field research for studentsTaxanomic keys to common stream invertebrates and algaeLink from Chapter 22: FISH COMMUNITY COMPOSITION to an interactive program for assessing and modeling fish numbers

Section A: Physical Processes 1. Landscapes And Catchment Basins 2. Valley Segments, Stream Reaches, And Channel Units 3. Discharge Measurements And Streamflow Analysis 4. Dynamics Of Flow 5. Temperature, Light, And Oxygen 6. Hyporheic Zones

Section B: Material Storage And Transport 7. Fluvial Geomorphic Processes 8. Solute Dynamics 9. Phosphorus Limitation, Uptake, And Turnover In Stream Algae 10. Nitrogen Dynamics 11. Dissolved Organic Carbon 12. Transport And Storage Of Fpom 13. Cpom And Large Wood

Section C: Stream Biota 14. Heterotrophic Mirobes 15. Fungi: Biomass, Production And Sporulation Of Aquatic Hyphomycetes 16. Benthic Algae: Distribution And Structure 17. Biomass And Pigments Of Benthic Algae 18. Macrophytes And Bryophytes 19. Meiofauna 20. Macroinvertebrates 21. Macroinvertebrate Movements: Drift, Colonization, And Emergence 22. Fish Community Composition

Section D: Community Interactions 23. Plant - Herbivore Interactions 24. Predator-Prey Interactions 25. Trophic Relations Of Macroinvertebrates 26. Trophic Relations Of Stream Fishes 27. Stream Food Webs

Section E: Ecosystem Processes 28. Primary Productivity And Community Respiration 29. Secondary Production Of Macroinvertebrates 30. Decomposition In Stream Ecosystems 31. Riparian Processes And Interactions 32. Effects Of Nutrient Enrichment On Periphyton 33. Surface-Subsurface Interactions In Streams

Section F: Ecosystem Quality 34. Algae As Biotic Indicators Of Environmental Quality 35. Macroinvertebrates As Biotic Indicators Of Environmental Quality 36. Pollution And Toxicological Assessment