Field Guide to Rivers of North America
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-375088-4 (ISBN)
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Based on the comprehensive, award-winning book Rivers of North America, the new Field Guide to Rivers of North America describes 200 of North America’s most significant rivers in a reader-friendly, concise format. The guide is organized by geographic regions - each section begins with a map showing the relationship of rivers within one territory and a summary of the region’s most important elements. Each individual river summary includes a two-page spread with a basin map, a full-color photograph and key river characteristics. The compact format of this guide will be particularly useful to scientists carrying out field research in areas such as field ecology, entomology, botany. It is an easy-to-use reference that can easily be packed away with other scientific gear. Anglers and recreational boating enthusiasts will find a wealth of information on river topography, native and nonnative fish species, as well as average temperatures that will help them plan their next adventure.
Arthur C. Benke has been Professor of Biology at the University of Alabama from 1984 to 2012 and has been Professor Emeritus since then. Before that he was a faculty member of the Georgia Institute of Technology for 13 years. He has published widely in scientific journals and books, primarily on the ecology of invertebrates in rivers, streams and wetlands, and was the senior editor for Rivers of North America (2005) and Field Guide to Rivers of North America (2010). He has served on the editorial boards of Ecology, Freshwater Biology, the Journal of the North American Benthological Society (J-NABS), and is past president of NABS. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology/Ecology from the University of Georgia. He received the Award of Excellence from the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) in 2012 and became an inaugural Fellow of SFS in 2017. 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.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Atlantic Coast Rivers of the Northeastern United States
3. Atlantic Coast Rivers of the Southeastern United States
4. Gulf Coast Rivers of the Southeastern United States
5. Gulf Coast Rivers of the Southwestern United States
6. Lower Mississippi River and its Tributaries
7. Southern Plains Rivers
8. Upper Mississippi River Basin
9. Ohio River Basin
10. Missouri River Basin
11. Colorado River Basin
12. Pacific Coast Rivers of the Coterminous United States
13. Columbia River Basin
14. Great Basin Rivers
15. Fraser River Basin
16. Pacific Coast Rivers of Canada and Alaska
17. Yukon River Basin
18. Mackenzie River Basin
19. Nelson and Churchill River Basins
20. Rivers of Arctic North America
21. Atlantic Coast Rivers of Canada
22. St. Lawrence River Basin
23. Rivers of Mexico
Index of Rivers
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.11.2009 |
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Verlagsort | San Diego |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 670 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-12-375088-1 / 0123750881 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-375088-4 / 9780123750884 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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