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NHBS Monthly Catalogue: October 2008Habitats, Ecosystems & Natural SpacesAGROFORESTRY IN EUROPE Edited by Antonio Rigueiro-Rodriguez, Jim McAdam and Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada While recent EU Rural Development policy clearly recognises the economic, ecological, and social advantages of agroforestry systems, to date the implementation of such systems remains poor ...... Advances in Agroforestry 6 452 pp, 14 illustrations in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £118.50 | approx. $197/€150 ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN SOURCES IN AQUACULTURE DIETS Chhorn Lim and Cheng-Sheng Lee A unique resource, this book describes the ingredients included in an aquaculture diet, species profiles, processing methods, impacts to environment and industry. World-renowned nutritionists and feed ...... 596 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £67.99 | approx. $113/€87 ARCTIC AND ALPINE BIOMES Joyce Quinn This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the biomes at high altitudes and near the poles, including the arctic tundra biomes, the Mid-Latitude Alpine Tundra Biome ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Edited by E Moksness The coastal waters around the world cover a small percentage of the global surface, yet are highly productive, sustain a high biodiversity and are utilised at some point in the life history of ...... 448 pp, illus. hardcover | NYP 04/2009 | £99.50 | approx. $166/€126 DESERT BIOMES Joyce A Quinn Volumes Focus On: - Tropical rainforests and tropical seasonal rainforests - The major types of temperate forests: boreal forests, broadleaf deciduous, mediterranean woodland, and scrub - The ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS IN LAKES KM Wantzen, KO Rothhaupt et al Most aquatic ecosystems have variable water levels. These water-level fluctuations (WLF) have multiple effects on the organisms above and below the waterline. Natural WLF patterns in ...... Developments in Hydrobiology 204 184 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £95 | approx. $158/€121 ECOLOGY OF RIPARIAN FORESTS IN JAPAN Disturbance, Life History, and Regeneration Edited by H Sakio and T Tamura Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape and biodiversity. ...... 339 pp, 148 illustrations, 8 in colour. hardcover | 2008 | £67.99 | approx. $113/€87 EUTROPHICATION IN THE BALTIC SEA Present Situation, Nutrient Transport Processes, Remedial Strategies L Håkanson and AC Bryhn For many years the reduction of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea has been a hot issue for mass-media, science, political parties and environmental action groups with manifold implications related to ...... Environmental Science and Engineering Series 264 pp, 91 illustrations. hardcover | 2008 | £79 | approx. $132/€100 FRESHWATER AQUATIC BIOMES Richard A Roth This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the freshwater biomes that exist in wetlands, ponds and lakes, and rivers and streams, examining all aspects that define ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 GRASSLAND BIOMES Susan Woodward This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World covers grasslands, those biomes the cover vast areas of the landmass of earth. It covers the two major types of grassland biomes: the ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 A GUIDE TO THE MANGROVE FLORA OF SRI LANKA Padma K de Silva and Mangala de Silva A photo identification guide to all 22 recorded species of mangrove in Sri Lanka. Includes keys, notes on the distribution, and ecology of mangroves, as well as information about the fauna found in ...... 64 pp, colour photos, map. softcover | 2006 | £11.99 | approx. $20/€16 HYDROLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND FISHES OF THE KLAMATH RIVER BASIN National Research Council The Klamath River basin, which spans parts of southern Oregon and northern California, has been the focus of a prominent conflict over competing uses for water. Management actions to protect ...... 272 pp, illustrations. softcover | 2008 | £28.99 | approx. $49/€37 HYDROMETRY A Comprehensive Introduction to the Measurement of Flow in Open Channels Wubbo Boiten New Edition "Hydrometry" presents a thorough introduction to the science of hydrometry: the measurement of flow in open channels. Dealing with both traditional techniques and innovative new methods and ...... 280 pp, 170 b/w illus, 45 tables. softcover | 2008 | £39.95 | approx. $67/€51 INTRODUCTION TO BIOMES Susan Woodward Volumes Focus On: - Tropical rainforests and tropical seasonal rainforests - The major types of temperate forests: boreal forests, broadleaf deciduous, mediterranean woodland, and scrub - The ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 LARGE SCALE LANDSCAPE EXPERIMENTS Lessons from Tumut David Lindenmayer Landscape change and habitat fragmentation are key factors impacting biodiversity worldwide. These processes have many facets, each of which is usually studied in isolation. ...... Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation 320 pp, 75 halftones. hardcover | NYP 03/2009 | £75 | approx. $125/€95 softcover | NYP 03/2009 | £34.99 | approx. $59/€45 THE MANGROVES Biology and Biogeography A B Das and Prasanna Mohanty Gives an up-to-date overview of the biology of mangrove systems around the world with special references to the Indian sub-continent covering morphology, taxonomy, cell physiology, ...... 450 pp, photos, figs. hardcover | 2008 | £59.95 | approx. $100/€76 MARINE BIOMES Susan Woodward This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: covers the saltwater biomes that exist along coastline, on the continental shelf, and the open sea, examining all aspects that define these ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 NATURAL ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATERS OF LATIN AMERICA Edited by Jochen Bundschuh, AB Mukherjee, J Matschullat and Prosun Bhattacharya Groundwater resources naturally contain high levels of arsenic in many parts of the world. Over the last two decades, the As-containing groundwater in South-East Asia has received much ...... 636 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £109 | approx. $182/€138 OLD GROWTH IN A NEW WORLD A Pacific Northwest Icon Reexamined Edited by Thomas A/Duncan, Sally L Spies This title presents a provocative discussion of old-growth history and future management issues. Old-growth forests represent a lofty ideal as much as an ecosystem - an icon of unspoiled nature, ...... 340 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £46.95 | approx. $79/€60 softcover | 2008 | £23.50 | approx. $40/€30 PINE WILT DISEASE Edited by BG Zhao, K Futai, JR Sutherland and Y Takeuchi Pine forests face a global threat of pine wilt disease, which is being spread by vector beetles carrying pathogenic nematodes from dead trees to healthy ones. Among the host pines there are varying ...... 491 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £197 | approx. $328/€250 PRINCIPLES OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT Humberto Blanco-Canqui and Rattan Lal "Principles of Soil Management and Conservation" comprehensively reviews the state-of-knowledge on soil erosion and management. It discusses in detail soil conservation topics in relation to soil ...... 620 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £138.50 | approx. $231/€176 RAINFOREST RESTORATION MANUAL Based on the Rainforests of South-Eastern Australia Bill Peel Climate change, weeds and increasing pressure from Samba Deer represent some of the greatest threats to rainforest in south-eastern Australia. "The Rainforest Restoration Manual" and ...... 184 pp, illustrations. softcover | NYP 01/2009 | £27.50 | approx. $46/€35 SALT INTRUSION, TIDES AND MIXING IN MULTI-CHANNEL ESTUARIES Duc Nguyen Anh Multi-channel estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and the Scheldt in the Netherlands, have characteristics of both the river and the sea, forming a unique environment influenced by tidal ...... 174 pp, 40 colour illus, 27 tables. softcover | 2008 | £38.99 | approx. $65/€50 THE SALTON SEA CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM Proceedings of a Symposium Celebrating a Century of Symbiosis Among Agriculture, Wildlife and People, 1905-2005 held in San Diego, California, USA, March 2005 Edited by Stuart H Hurlbert This volume deals with many aspects of the physical and chemical limnology of the Salton Sea, California's largest lake and a lake that may soon to be the object of a multi-billion dollar ...... Developments in Hydrobiology 201 195 pp, illustrations, maps. hardcover | 2008 | £87 | approx. $145/€111 SETTING CONSERVATION TARGETS FOR MANAGED FOREST LANDSCAPES Marc-Andre Villard and Bengt Gunnar Jonsson Forests host a disproportionate share of the world's biodiversity. They are increasingly being seen as a refuge for genetic diversity, native species, natural structures, and ecological processes. Yet, ...... Conservation Biology Series (Cambridge) 408 pp, 45 halftones. hardcover | NYP 02/2009 | £70 | approx. $117/€89 softcover | NYP 02/2009 | £34.99 | approx. $59/€45 SOIL MICROBIOLOGY Robert L Tate New Edition The environmentally oriented specialities of microbiology are in the midst of a major paradigm shift from a focus on single or a few key microbial species to consideration of the entirety of the ...... 500 pp, illustrations. hardcover | NYP 03/2009 | £52.50 | approx. $88/€67 SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN An Environmental Approach Edited by A Ritchie and R Thomas New Edition By the end of the 21st Century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an ...... 240 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £85 | approx. $142/€108 softcover | 2008 | £29.99 | approx. $50/€38 TEMPERATE FOREST BIOMES Bernd Kuennecke This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World series covers the vast forest that cover much of North America and similar regions. The volume covers the three major types of temperate ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | 2008 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 TRANSPORT MODELLING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS Mark Clark New Edition Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists, Second Edition, builds on integrated transport courses in chemical engineering curricula, demonstrating the underlying unity of mass ...... 528 pp. hardcover | NYP 03/2009 | £65.95 | approx. $110/€84 TROPICAL FOREST BIOMES Barbara A Holzman This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World series covers the lush, beautiful - and rapidly shrinking - tropical forest biomes. The volume covers the two major tropic forest ...... Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World 224 pp. hardcover | NYP 01/2009 | £37.95 | approx. $64/€49 URBAN GREEN BELTS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Edited by Marco Amati Green belts are among the oldest and most widely used policies for controlling sprawl. During the twentieth century they have been employed to contain the explosive growth of cities as varied as ...... 260 pp, includes 29 tables & 66 b&w illustrations. hardcover | 2008 | £55 | approx. $92/€70 |