Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future

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Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future

Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future
Author(s): Paul J.Wood, David M.Hannah, Jonathan P.Sadler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA
Date: 2008 Format: PDF Language: English ISBN10: 0470010177
Pages: 460 Size: 4.40 MB in Disk

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Water-dependent habitats are extremely diverse in terms of their nature (e.g., drylands, wetlands, streams/rivers and ponds/lakes), geography (poles to equator, low to high latitude) and many support communities and species of high conservation value, some of which are under threat from extinction. As pressure is increasing on water-dependent habitats due to global change and ever growing anthropogenic impacts, it is clear that balancing the water needs of people against those of ecosystems (terrestrial and aquatic) is, and will increasingly become, a premier environmental issue. This crucial, often precarious ‘balancing act’ involves some highly complex issues and, thus, it has compelled recent workers to identify the need, not only for new integrative science (between traditional fi elds of hydrology–ecology) and analytical approaches, but for truly interdisciplinary research. In this context, it has been argued that the ‘new’ discipline(s) of hydroecology/ecohydrology has the potential not only to unlock elements of this complexity, but also to provide a foundation for the sustainable management of water resources.

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