About this book
Presents a thorough review of these natural and human-influenced ecosystems whose patterns and functions integrate climate, geological materials and processes, soil development and microbial transformations, subsurface characteristics, plant community patterns and processes, animal activities, and large woody debris. It also covers the active, continuous and variable feedbacks between the individual system components and human management.
Contents
Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. Catchments and the Physical Template 3. Riparian Typology 4. Structural Patterns 5. Biotic Functions of Riparia 6. Biophysical Connectivity and Riparian Functions 7. Disturbance and Agents of Change 8. Management 9. Conservation 10. Restoration 11. Synthesis Bibliography Index
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Biography
Research Interests: Structure and dynamics of lotic ecosystems, landscape ecology, and the role of large animals in influencing ecosystem dynamics. Professional Appointments: - 1988-present: Professor, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and College of Forest Resources, University of Washington - 1993-present: Faculty Affiliate, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana - 2001-2002: Sabbatical Fellow, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Syntheses (NCEAS), University of California, Santa Barbara and The Ecosystem Center, Woods Hole, MA - 1988-1996: Director, Center for Streamside Studies, University of Washington - 1995: Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa - 1985-1988: Director, Center for Water and the Environment, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota; Professor, Department of Fisheries and WIldlife, and the Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota - 1978-1985: Director, Matamek Research Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - 1984, 1988: Visiting Scientist, Centre d'Ecologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France - 1983: Visiting Professor, University of Montana - 1977-1978: Assistant Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1976-1977: Research Associate, Oregon State University - 1974-1976: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Pacific Biological Station Professional Societies: - American Association for the Advancement of Science - American Society of Limnology and Oceanography - Ecological Society of America - North American Benthological Society - Societas Internationalis Limnologie Recent Committee & Consulting Activity (1986-1999) - National Science Foundation: *Water and Watersheds Panel *Long-term ecological research advisory panel *Ecosystem research advisory panel *Various NSF site reviews *Coordinating committee and chair--various NSF sponsored workshops - Environmental Protection Agency: *Scientific advisor for surface waters program *Coordinating Committee - stream ecosystems workshop, groundwater conference *Instructor, National Watershed Management Program *Watersheds '94 Symposium - Man and the Biosphere Program: *Chairman, UNESCO MAB-5 Program, Paris *MAB-5 Directorate, U.S. State Department *Coordinator, various MAB workshops in France, AUstira, and Hungary *Chairman, U.S. MAB Temperate Ecosystem Directorate - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France): *Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Centre d'Ecologie (Toulouse) *Co-Chair, World Rivers Conference *Co-Chair, Rivers of the Future Conference - Metropolitan Mosquito Control District: *Scientific Advisory Committee - University of Minnesota: Water Resources Committee *graduate student committees * Aquatic Laboratory Constructions Committee - U.S. Forest Service: *Copper River delta study, Alaska *Riparian Forest Dynamics, Juneau - Ecological Society of America: *Corporate Award Committee, Chair *Public Affairs Committee *Organization and funding of symposia - Ecotrust: Science Advisory Board - National Academy of Sciences: *Panel member, Global Change *Panel member, Federal R & D (water) *Panel member, Coastal Eutrophication *Panel member, Grand Challenges in Environmental Science - Woodruff Foundation - J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center: *Scientific Advisor - Kruger National Park (South Africa): *Science Advisor - River Programme - American Rivers: *Scientific Advisor - International Council of Scientific Unions: *Committee Member, SCOWAR *Chair, SCOWAR *DIVERSITAS - Joint Water Project - Tropical Rivers Alliance: *Member, Scientific Advisory Committee Domain of Research: River Ecology and riparian landscapes. Functions: - Director of the Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables, CNRS Laboratory in Toulouse (1981-1995). - Director of the team "Ecologie des ecosystemes riverains" at the Centre d'Ecologie des Systems Aquatiques Continentaux, CNRS et Universite Toulouse 3 (1995-2001). Present National Responsibility: - President of the "Groupement d'Interet Public: Ecosystemes Forestiers - ECOFOR" (2000- - President of several Scientific Committees at the French Ministry of the Environment. Past International Responsibilities: - President of the Scientific Committee of the programme MAB.UNESCO "Land-Inland Water interface: Research and Management" (1988-1996) - President of the "Internaional Association for Landscape Ecology" (IALE) (1991-1995) - Scientific coordinator of the programmes of the European Commission: 'European River Margins' et 'Floodplain Biodiversity and Restoration'. Organization of the internationa symposia: - "Quels Flueves pour demain?" Ministere de l'Environment et CNRS, Orleans, September 1991. - "World Congress of the International Association for the Landscape Ecology (IALE)," Touslouse, July 1995. - "Eighth International Symposium on Regulated Streams - EISORS," Toulouse, July 2000. Teaching: - University of Toulouse: Aquatic Ecology lectures at the PhD level (1990-1996). - Univresity of Roskilde, Denmark: international seminars at the PhD level 'Landscape ecology and the dynamics of agricultural landscapes' (1997 and 2000). - University de Sao Paulo, Brazil: Landscape Ecology lectures at the PhD level (1998).
