Rivers

Nigel Holmes, Paul Raven (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2014
British Wildlife Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-9564902-5-4 (ISBN)

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Includes information about each of the huge variety of river-types to be found in Britain, discussion of individual examples both large and small, crucial insights into their maintenance and the dangers - felt so acutely in recent years across the UK - of their mismanagement.

Volume 3 in the British Wildlife Collection, Rivers is the definitive one-book study of this never-more-topical subject. Including detailed information about each of the huge variety of river-types to be found in Britain, discussion of individual examples both large and small, crucial insights into their maintenance and the dangers - felt so acutely in recent years across the UK - of their mismanagement, this is essential reading for serious conservationist and interested layman alike.

Having undertaken PhD studies on the River Tweed and practical research on river transfers at Durham University, Nigel Holmes was from 1978 the Nature Conservancy Council's river specialist. He developed several survey and assessment methods that are used nationally and internationally, and formed the River Restoration Centre in 1992. Paul Raven has been a conservation professional since undertaking detailed studies of the River Roding in Essex for his PhD. He was the first national conservation officer for the National Rivers Authority, was head of ecology for the Environment Agency, and continues his work in conservation and freshwaters in particular.

Preface / Introduction / Rivers through the Ages / The making and shaping of Britain's rivers / Assessing the health of rivers / River plants / Plants of river banks, floodplains and valley sides / Small creatures without backbones / Fish, amphibians and reptiles / Birds and mammals / A comparison of three rivers - the Meon, Dee and Endrick / Caring for our rivers once again / References / Abbreviations / English and scientific species names / Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.8.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	166 x 242 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	0-9564902-5-5 / 0956490255
ISBN-13	978-0-9564902-5-4 / 9780956490254
Zustand	Neuware