ABSTRACT

This new edition of a very successful standard reference is expanded and fully reworked. The book explains and quantifies the processes whereby streams cleanse themselves, reducing their pollutant load as a natural process. Mechanisms of purification in running waters have always been critical with regard to clearly identified pollution sources. Th

chapter 1|14 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|10 pages

STREAM GENESIS AND STRUCTURE

chapter 3|12 pages

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

chapter 4|10 pages

ENERGY FLOW IN THE ECOSYSTEM

chapter 5|18 pages

POPULATION ECOLOGY

chapter 6|8 pages

STREAM WATER

chapter 7|20 pages

FRESHWATER ECOLOGY

chapter 8|10 pages

STREAM ECOLOGY

chapter 9|30 pages

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES

chapter 10|16 pages

STREAM POLLUTION

chapter 11|8 pages

BlOMONlTORlNG

chapter 12|32 pages

SELF-PURIFICATION OF STREAMS

chapter 13|36 pages

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING

chapter 14|12 pages

FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION