Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

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Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology provides an integrated analysis of the methodologies and main processes occurring at the entire river basin, from upstream until the coast, by merging the biological and hydrological processes with the social and economic components, thus providing an integrated framework for river basin management, integrating the ecohydrology approach with the ecosystem services concept.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The basic ideas of the ecosystem service concept
3. Cultural Services in Aquatic Ecosystems
4. The importance of hyporheic zone processes on ecological functioning and solute transport of streams and rivers
5. Marine and coastal ecosystems: delivery of goods and services, through sustainable use and conservation
6. Terrestrial ecosystem services in river basins: An overview and an assessment framework
7. Quantifying, modelling and mapping ecosystem services in watersheds
8. A methodology for quantifying and mapping ecosystem services provided by watersheds
9. Assessing the impact of land-use changes on providing hydrological ecosystem functions (ESF) and services (ESS) - a case-study experience based conceptual framework
10. Valuation of ecosystem services regarding the Water Framework Directive on the example of the Jahna river catchment in Saxony (Germany)
11. Water-related ecosystem services - the case study of regulating ecosystem services in the Kielstau basin, Germany
12. Aquatic Ecosystem services and Management in East Africa: the Tanzania case
13. Coastal watershed ecosystem services management in West Africa: Case of Ghana and Nigeria
14. Management of agriculture to preserve environmental values of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
15. Ecohydrology: a new approach to old problems for sustainable management of aquatic ecosystem of Bangladesh for ecosystem service provision
16. Ecosystem services in estuarine systems: implications for management

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