Freshwater Ecology and Conservation

This practical manual of freshwater ecology and conservation provides a state-of-the-art review of the approaches and techniques used to measure monitor and conserve freshwater ecosystems. It offers a single comprehensive and accessible synthesis of the vast amount of literature for freshwater ecology and conservation that is currently dispersed in manuals toolkits journals handbooks 'grey' literature and websites. Successful conservation outcomes are ultimately built on a sound ecological framework in which every species must be assessed and understood at the individual community catchment and landscape level of interaction. For example freshwater ecologists need to understand hydrochemical storages and fluxes the physical systems influencing freshwaters at the catchment and landscape scale and the spatial and temporal processes that maintain species assemblages and their dynamics. A thorough understanding of all these varied processes and the techniques for studying them is essential for the effective conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems.<br>