Floodplains : processes and management for ecosystem services
Jeffrey J. Opperman (Author), Peter B. Moyle (Author), Eric W. Larsen (Author), Joan L. Florsheim (Author), Amber D. Manfree (Author)
"Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic and ecological processes and how these processes can provide a range of benefits to society under appropriate management. Due to the widespread alteration of temperate floodplains, these benefits are often not realized. Drawing on the framework of reconciliation ecology, the authors explore how new concepts for floodplain ecosystem restoration and management can provide a broader range of benefits to society, ranging from healthy fish populations to flood-risk reduction. Case studies from California's Central Valley and elsewhere in temperate regions show how innovative management approaches are reshaping rivers and floodplains around the world."--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2017
University of California Press, Oakland, California, 2017
1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
9780520966321, 0520966325
976036201
Introduction to temperate floodplains
Hydrology
Floodplain and geomorphology
Biogeochemistry
Ecology: introduction
Floodplain forests
Primary and secondary production
Fish and other vertebrates
Ecosystem services and floodplain reconciliation
Floodplains as green infrastructure
Case studies of floodplain management and reconciliation
Central Valley floodplains: introduction and history
Central Valley floodplains today
Reconciling Central Valley floodplains
Conclusions: managing temperate floodplains for multiple benefits