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    Rivers of Europe

    By Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger and Christopher T. Robinson

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    About this ebook

    Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With numerous full-color photographs and maps, Rivers of Europe includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Rivers of Europe provides the information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets.
    • Coverage on more than 180 European rivers
    • Summarizes biological, ecological and biodiversity characteristics
    • Provides conservation managers with information to resolve conflicts between recreational use of rivers, their use as a water supply, and the need to conserve natural habitats
    • Data on river hydrology (maximum , minimum and average flow rates), seasonal variation in water flow
    • Numerous full-color photographs
    • Information on the underlying geology and its affect on river behaviour
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateJan 31, 2009
    ISBN9780080919089
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    Rivers of Europe
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    Klement Tockner

    Professor Tockner received a PhD from the University of Vienna. He has special expertise on freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and river and wetland restoration and management. He has published about 250 scientific papers including more than 180 ISI papers. Klement Tockner has successfully managed large inter- and transdisciplinary projects such as the EC-funded project BioFresh on freshwater biodiversity. He is member of several scientific committees and advisory boards, and elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Germany Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.

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