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Issues in Ecology, Issue 10: Sustaining Healthy Freshwater Ecosystems

This report addresses the conservation of freshwater ecosystems within the United States. A comparison of the pre-settlement and current conditions of U.S. freshwater resources is provided. Requirements for maintaining freshwater ecosystem physical and biotic components, such as flow patterns, sediment/organic inputs, temperature, light, chemical/nutrient conditions, and plant/animal assemblages are discussed. Freshwater ecosystem management case studies on the Colorado River, the Great Lakes, and South Florida are presented. The report also elaborates on the need to balance human use against needs of freshwater ecosystems. Issues in Ecology is an ongoing series of reports designed to present major ecological issues in an easy-to-read manner. This Issue summarizes the consensus of a panel of scientific experts based on the information that was current and available at the time of its publication in 2003.
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Resource Group ESA's Issues in Ecology series.
Resource Group Link http://www.esa.org/ecoed/index.php?P=AdvancedSearch&Q=Y&F1=%22Issues+i...
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Life science discipline (subject)
Keywords Ecosystem integrity, Ecosystem, Freshwater, Water, Flow, Sediment, Organic Matter, Nutrient Cycling, Restoration, report
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Pedagogical Use Description This report can be used for general information, classroom reading and discussion, and as a springboard for more information research. The report illustrates applications of ecology as it relates to our society and environment.
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Url http://www.esa.org/science_resources/issues_ecology.php
Full Name of Primary Author Jill Baron
Primary Author Controlled Name
Primary Author Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Natural
Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Primary Author email n/a
Secondary Author Name(s) N. LeRoy Poff, Paul L. Angermeier, Clifford N. Dahm, et al.
Secondary Author Affiliation(s) Department of Biology, Colorado
State University

U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative
Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University

Department of Biology, University of New
Mexico
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Rights Copyright 2008 by by Jill S. Baron, N. LeRoy Poff, Paul L. Angermeier, Clifford N. Dahm, Peter H. Gleick, Nelson G. Hairston, Jr., Robert B. Jackson, Carol A. Johnston, Brian D. Richter, Alan D. Steinman and the Ecological Society of America.
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Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection Off
Big Data Collection Off
Editors Choice No
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Date Of Record Submission 2008-04-17
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use No
Date Of Record Release 2010-02-16 00:59:07
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Date Last Modified 2015-03-12 09:04:24
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