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RIVERS OF EUROPE
Rivers of Europe
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By
Klement Tockner
Urs Uehlinger
Christopher T. Robinson, Department of Limnology, EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) and ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

Description
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, this book 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.

Audience
River biologists/ecologists; Geographers; Hydrologists; Local, regional and governmental environmental, river & water resource managers

Contents
Preface Forward 1. General Overview 2. Volga River Basin 3. Danube River Basin 4. Iberian Rivers 5. Continental Atlantic Rivers 6. Rhine River Basin 7. Rhone River Basin 8. Rivers of the Fenno-Scandinavian Shield 9. Arctic Rivers 10. British and Irish Rivers 11. Rivers of the Balkan 12. Italian Rivers 13. Western Steppic Rivers 14. Rivers of the Central Highlands and Plains 15. Rivers of the Boreal Uplands 16. Baltic and Eastern Continental Rivers 17. Rivers of Anatolia and the Caucasus 18. Ural River Basin 19. Perspectives

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 728 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-369449-2
ISBN-10: 0-12-369449-3
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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