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Stream and watershed restoration : a guide to restoring riverine processes and habitats /

By: Roni, Philip.
Contributor(s): Beechie, T. J. (Tim J.).
Series: Advancing river restoration and management: Publisher: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013Description: xvi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781405199551; 9781405199551:; 1405199555; 1405199563; 9781405199568.Subject(s): Engineering, Civil | Rivers -- Ecology | Watershed restoration | Stream restoration | Aquatic ecology | Restoration ecologyDDC classification: 627.5
Contents:
Introduction to restoration : key steps for designing effective programs and projects -- Watershed processes, human impacts, and process-based restoration -- Watershed assessments and identification of restoration needs -- The human dimensions of stream restoration : working with diverse partners to develop and implement restoration -- Selecting appropriate stream and watershed restoration techniques -- Prioritization of watersheds and restoration projects -- Developing, designing, and implementing restoration projects -- Monitoring and evaluation of restoration actions -- Synthesis : developing comprehensive restoration programs.
Summary: With $2 billion spent annually on stream restoration worldwide, there is a pressing need for guidance in this area. Filling that void, this text covers both new and existing information on theory, planning, implementation, and evaluation methods for the restoration of stream habitats. Comprehensively illustrated with case studies from around the world, the book provides a systematic approach to restoration programs suitable for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses or as a reference for restoration practitioners and fisheries scientists.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 627.5 RON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0064417
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to restoration : key steps for designing effective programs and projects -- Watershed processes, human impacts, and process-based restoration -- Watershed assessments and identification of restoration needs -- The human dimensions of stream restoration : working with diverse partners to develop and implement restoration -- Selecting appropriate stream and watershed restoration techniques -- Prioritization of watersheds and restoration projects -- Developing, designing, and implementing restoration projects -- Monitoring and evaluation of restoration actions -- Synthesis : developing comprehensive restoration programs.

With $2 billion spent annually on stream restoration worldwide, there is a pressing need for guidance in this area. Filling that void, this text covers both new and existing information on theory, planning, implementation, and evaluation methods for the restoration of stream habitats. Comprehensively illustrated with case studies from around the world, the book provides a systematic approach to restoration programs suitable for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses or as a reference for restoration practitioners and fisheries scientists.

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