Maddock: Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach

Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach provides a research level text which highlights recent developments of this emerging and expanding field. With a focus on interdisciplinary research the text examines:

• the evolution and scope of ecohydraulics.
• interactions between hydraulics, hydrology, fluvial geomorphology and aquatic ecology.
• the application of habitat modelling in ecohydraulic studies.
• state of the art methodological developments and approaches.
• detailed case studies including fish passage design and the management of environmental flow regimes.
• research needs and the future of ecohydraulics research.

The contributions offer broad geographic coverage to encapsulate the wide range of approaches, case studies and methods used to conduct ecohydraulics research. The book considers a range of spatial and temporal scales of relevance and aquatic organisms ranging from algae and macrophytes to macroinvertebrates and fish. River management and restoration are also considered in detail, making this volume of direct relevance to those concerned with cutting edge research and its application for water resource management.

Aimed at academics and postgraduate researchers in departments of physical geography, earth sciences, environmental science, environmental management, civil engineering, biology, zoology, botany and ecology; Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach will be of direct relevance to academics, researchers and professionals working in environmental research organisations, national agencies and consultancies.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Ecohydraulics: An Introduction

Part I Methods and Approaches

• Chapter 2 Incorporating Hydrodynamics into Ecohydraulics: The Role of Turbulence in the Swimming Performance and Habitat Selection of Stream-Dwelling Fish
• Chapter 3 Hydraulic Modelling Approaches for Ecohydraulic Studies: 3D, 2D, 1D and Non-Numerical Models
• Chapter 4 The Habitat Modelling System CASiMiR: A Multivariate Fuzzy Approach and its Applications
• Chapter 5 Data-Driven Fuzzy Habitat Models: Impact of Performance Criteria and Opportunities for Ecohydraulics
• Chapter 6 Applications of the MesoHABSIM Simulation Model,
• Chapter 7 The Role of Geomorphology and Hydrology in Determining Spatial-Scale Units for Ecohydraulics
• Chapter 8 Developing Realistic Fish Passage Criteria: An Ecohydraulics Approach

Part II Species–Habitat Interactions

• Chapter 9 Habitat Use and Selection by Brown Trout in Streams
• Chapter 10 Salmonid Habitats in Riverine Winter Conditions with Ice
• Chapter 11 Stream Habitat Associations of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii): The Importance of Habitat Heterogeneity
• Chapter 12 Testing the Relationship Between Surface Flow Types and Benthic Macroinvertebrates
• Chapter 13 The Impact of Altered Flow Regime on Periphyton
• Chapter 14 Ecohydraulics and Aquatic Macrophytes: Assessing the Relationship in River Floodplains
• Chapter 15 Multi-Scale Macrophyte Responses to Hydrodynamic Stress and Disturbances: Adaptive Strategies and Biodiversity Patterns

Part III Management Application Case Studies

• Chapter 16 Application of Real-Time Management for Environmental Flow Regimes 
• Chapter 17 Hydraulic Modelling of Floodplain Vegetation in Korea: Development and Applications
• Chapter 18 A Historical Perspective on Downstream Passage at Hydroelectric Plants in Swedish Rivers
• Chapter 19 Rapid Flow Fluctuations and Impacts on Fish and the Aquatic Ecosystem
• Chapter 20 Ecohydraulic Design of Riffle-Pool Relief and Morphological Unit Geometry in Support of Regulated Gravel-Bed River Rehabilitation
• Chapter 21 Ecohydraulics for River Management: Can Mesoscale Lotic Macroinvertebrate Data Inform Macroscale Ecosystem Assessment?
• Chapter 22 Estuarine Wetland Ecohydraulics and Migratory Shorebird Habitat Restoration
• Chapter 23 Ecohydraulics at the Landscape Scale: Applying the Concept of Temporal Landscape Continuity in River Restoration Using Cyclic Floodplain Rejuvenation
• Chapter 24 Embodying Interactions Between Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Hydraulic Processes Within a Dynamic Floodplain Model: Concepts and Applications

Part IV Conclusion

• Chapter 25 Research Needs, Challenges and the Future of Ecohydraulics Research
• Index

Book Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (September, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470976004
• ISBN-13: 978-0470976005
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.8 x 1.1 inches
• List price: $129.95

Tags: Civil Engineering