Multiple stressors in river ecosystems : status, impacts and prospects for the future

Sabater, Sergi. (Added Author). Elosegi, Arturo. (Added Author). Ludwig, Ralf. (Added Author).

Summary: An integrated perspective on environmental stressors on rivers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780128117132 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Defining multiple stressor implications -- Climate change and interactions with multiple stressors -- Understanding the nexus between hydrological alteration and biological invasions -- Multiple stressors and hydromorphological degradation -- Multiple stressors in riparian ecosystems -- Water scarcity as a driver of multiple stressor effects -- An introduction to the geography of multiple stressors -- Water stressors in Europe -- Multiple stressors in North America -- Multiple stressors in African freshwater systems -- Multiple stressors in China's freshwater ecoregions -- Multiple stressors in the Neotropical region -- Multiple stressors in Australia and New Zealand -- Detecing and quantifying the impact of multiple stress on river ecosystems -- Application of a multistressor risk framework to the monitoring, assessment, and diagnosis of river health -- Projecting the consequences of climate change in river ecosystems -- Managing ecosystem services under multiple stresses -- Multi stressor effects on riverine drinking water production and management -- Socio economic and policy implications of multi stressed rivers -- An integrated perspective of multiple stressors in river ecosystems from the catchment to the continental scale.