LEADER 03140nam 22006734a 450 001 9910452012403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-74090-X 010 $a9786611740900 010 $a0-300-12746-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127461 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471826 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000139643 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154901 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139643 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10011932 035 $a(PQKB)10412241 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157727 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419964 035 $a(DE-B1597)484913 035 $a(OCoLC)1024051223 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127461 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419964 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169990 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174090 035 $a(OCoLC)923588906 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471826 100 $a20040518d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDisconnected rivers$b[electronic resource] $elinking rivers to landscapes /$fEllen Wohl 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 301 p.) ) $cill., maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10332-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index. 327 $aWhy should we care about rivers? -- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers. 330 $aThis important and accessible book surveys the history and present condition of river systems across the United States, showing how human activities have impoverished our rivers and impaired the connections between river worlds and other ecosystems.Ellen Wohl begins by introducing the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in rivers. She then addresses changes in rivers resulting from settlement and expansion, describes the growth of federal involvement in managing rivers, and examines the recent efforts to rehabilitate and conserve river ecosystems. In each chapter she focuses on a specific regional case study and describes what happens to a particular river organism-a bird, North America's largest salamander, the paddlefish, and the American alligator-when people interfere with natural processes. 517 3 $aRivers 606 $aStream ecology$zUnited States 606 $aWatershed management$zUnited States 606 $aStream conservation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStream ecology 615 0$aWatershed management 615 0$aStream conservation 676 $a577.6/4/0973 700 $aWohl$b Ellen E.$f1962-$0865768 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452012403321 996 $aDisconnected rivers$92474623 997 $aUNINA