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River Plants
River Plants
Code: 39026

Revised and updated edition of a book that for many years has been the definitive guide to tunderstanding the macrophytic vegetation of watercourses. It is the most comprehensive account of aquatic plants in relation to their environment, and to the components of that ecosystem.

The early chapters deal with the physical factors that affect the distribution of plant communities and individual plants in rivers, streams and other watercourses. The ecology of river plants is then considered in relation to the geology and other features of the rivers in which they grow. Plants are living organisms that evolved in their own right, with habit and habitat requirements quite independent of the requirements of people. That independence of plants means their behaviour in relation to habitat remains unchanged whatever the impact.

As a result of man's continued intervention over recent years, it is in the final section on human impact and management of rivers and catchments as a whole that most changes have occurred. The effect on river plants of the impacts of flood control, dredging, and pollution are dealt with in more detail.

Symbols are used to represent the commonest species. They show characteristic features or habits of the plants, and should help to relate unfamiliar plant names to the relevant river plants. There is a glossary and the bibliography and references have been extended.

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1. Introduction
2. Flow, substrate and plant distribution
3. Flow, substrate and how they affect individual plants
4. River width, drainage order, depth and plant distribution
5. Flow patterns and storm drainage
6. Width-slope patterns
7. Light
8. Nutrients and rock type
9. Productivity
10. Plant patterns
11. Downstream changes
12. Vegetation of streams on soft rocks
13. Vegetation of streams on hard rocks
14. Vegetation of channels with little flow
15. Uses and benefits of river plants
16. Flood hazards created by river plants
17. Changes in flow patterns
18. Maintenance and mechanical use of watercourses
19. Pollution
20. Restoration
Author: S M Haslam
Publication date: 2006
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 188 x 246 mm
Pages: 450
Illustrations: Black & white drawings
ISBN: 0955074045
EAN: 9780955074042
Publisher: Forrest Text

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Flow, substrate and plant distribution
3. Flow, substrate and how they affect individual plants
4. River width, drainage order, depth and plant distribution
5. Flow patterns and storm drainage
6. Width-slope patterns
7. Light
8. Nutrients and rock type
9. Productivity
10. Plant patterns
11. Downstream changes
12. Vegetation of streams on soft rocks
13. Vegetation of streams on hard rocks
14. Vegetation of channels with little flow
15. Uses and benefits of river plants
16. Flood hazards created by river plants
17. Changes in flow patterns
18. Maintenance and mechanical use of watercourses
19. Pollution
20. Restoration

Specification

Author: S M Haslam
Publication date: 2006
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 188 x 246 mm
Pages: 450
Illustrations: Black & white drawings
ISBN: 0955074045
EAN: 9780955074042
Publisher: Forrest Text

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