The Ecohydrology of South American Rivers and WetlandsMichael E. McClain International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2002 - 209 pages |
Contents
Variability and scale in the river system | 13 |
Conclusions | 19 |
by Stéphane Mounier Marc Benedetti Jean Yves Benaïm Jacques Boulègue | 25 |
Estimation of carbon fluxes to the estuary | 33 |
Seasonal nitrogen processes in flooded and exposed sediments | 39 |
Landuse strategies on the Amazon flood plain | 45 |
Description of the study area | 51 |
Methodology | 52 |
Floodplain lakes | 117 |
Functional feeding groups | 126 |
Hydrological Controls of Ecological Structure and Function | 133 |
Water quality 140 | 142 |
Environmental problems resulting from hydrological alterations | 148 |
51 | 154 |
56 | 155 |
Hydrology and Water Quality in the Piracicaba River Basin São | 159 |
basic concepts and in situ evaluations Application | 59 |
References | 65 |
Conceptual framework | 71 |
regional characteristics of running water ecosystems | 77 |
quantitative metrics | 83 |
Ecohydrology of Riparian Forests in the Orinoco River Basin | 93 |
Ecohydrological interactions in the confluence zone of the Mapire River | 101 |
Organic litter decomposition in the Mapire vs the Caura | 104 |
36 | 107 |
Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Physical Habitat Relationships | 111 |
45 | 114 |
223 | 163 |
River biogeochemistry and changes caused by human impacts | 165 |
62 | 168 |
Rainfall composition in the Piracicaba River basin | 173 |
0866 | 175 |
The Ecohydrology of the Paraíba do Sul River Southeast Brazil | 179 |
Heavy metal dynamics | 186 |
The Application of Ecohydrological Principles for Better Water | 193 |
Natural attenuation in river and wetland systems | 201 |
Common terms and phrases
Amazon basin Amazon River Amazonian Andean aquatic Argentina Beni River benthic benthic community benthos biomass Bolivian Brazil Brazilian Caura central Amazon characteristics confluence zone density discharge dissolved downstream dry season dynamics ecohydrological Ecology ecosystems Environmental environments Ephemeroptera Ezcurra de Drago factors fish flood plain flood pulse flood-plain lakes flooded forest flow fluvial geomorphological habitat Hamilton hydraulic hydro-ecoregions hydrological important inundation invertebrate Junk km² leaf litter Limnology lower macroinvertebrate Madeira River main channel Mapire Martinelli Mato Grosso Melack mercury concentrations middle Paraná River nitrogen nutrient organic carbon organic matter Orinoco River Pantanal Paraguay River Paraíba Paraíba do Sul Paraná River particulate phase Piracicaba Piracicaba River basin plants rainfall region Research Richey Río riparian river channel river systems riverine sampling sites São Paulo secondary channels sediment soil species stream structure studies suspended Taquari River terrestrial tributaries tropical variability vegetation wetlands woody