Methods in Stream Ecology [2 ed.] 9780123329080, 0123329086, 1865843830

Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 14
SECTION A: PHYSICAL PROCESSES......Page 18
CHAPTER 1: LANDSCAPES AND RIVERSCAPES......Page 20
CHAPTER 2: VALLEY SEGMENTS, STREAM REACHES, AND CHANNEL UNITS......Page 40
CHAPTER 3: DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AND STREAMFLOW ANALYSIS......Page 68
CHAPTER 4: DYNAMICS OF FLOW......Page 96
CHAPTER 5: TEMPERATURE, LIGHT, AND OXYGEN......Page 120
CHAPTER 6: HYPORHEIC ZONES......Page 136
SECTION B: MATERIAL TRANSPORT, UPTAKE, AND STORAGE......Page 160
CHAPTER 7: FLUVIAL GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES......Page 162
CHAPTER 8: SOLUTE DYNAMICS......Page 186
CHAPTER 9: PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION, UPTAKE, AND TURNOVER IN BENTHIC STREAM ALGAE......Page 204
CHAPTER 10: NITROGEN LIMITATION AND UPTAKE......Page 230
CHAPTER 11: DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER......Page 256
CHAPTER 12: TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF FPOM......Page 266
CHAPTER 13: CPOM TRANSPORT, RETENTION, AND MEASUREMENT......Page 290
SECTION C: STREAM BIOTA......Page 308
CHAPTER 14: HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA......Page 310
CHAPTER 15: FUNGI: BIOMASS, PRODUCTION, AND SPORULATION OF AQUATIC HYPHOMYCETES......Page 328
CHAPTER 16: BENTHIC STREAM ALGAE: DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURE......Page 344
CHAPTER 17: BIOMASS AND PIGMENTS OF BENTHIC ALGAE......Page 374
CHAPTER 18: MACROPHYTES AND BRYOPHYTES......Page 398
CHAPTER 19: MEIOFAUNA......Page 432
CHAPTER 20: MACROINVERTEBRATES......Page 452
CHAPTER 21: MACROINVERTEBRATE DISPERSAL......Page 482
CHAPTER 22: ROLE OF FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN STREAM COMMUNITIES......Page 506
SECTION D: COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS......Page 552
CHAPTER 23: PRIMARY PRODUCER-CONSUMER INTERACTIONS......Page 554
CHAPTER 24: PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS......Page 578
CHAPTER 25: TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF MACROINVERTEBRATES......Page 602
CHAPTER 26: TROPHIC RELATIONS OF STREAM FISHES......Page 628
CHAPTER 27: STREAM FOOD WEBS......Page 654
SECTION E: ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES......Page 678
CHAPTER 28: PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND COMMUNITY RESPIRATION......Page 680
CHAPTER 29: SECONDARY PRODUCTION OF MACROINVERTEBRATES......Page 708
CHAPTER 30: DECOMPOSITION OF LEAF MATERIAL......Page 728
CHAPTER 31: RIPARIAN PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS......Page 738
CHAPTER 32: EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT ON PERIPHYTON......Page 760
CHAPTER 33: SURFACE-SUBSURFACE INTERACTIONS IN STREAMS......Page 778
SECTION F: ECOSYSTEM QUALITY......Page 800
CHAPTER 34: ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS WITH BENTHIC ALGAE......Page 802
CHAPTER 35: MACROINVERTEBRATES AS BIOTIC INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY......Page 822
CHAPTER 36: ESTABLISHING CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS IN MULTI-STRESSOR ENVIRONMENTS......Page 852
INDEX......Page 872