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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur C. Benke (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.) , Colbert E. Cushing (Streamside Programs, Estes Park, CO, USA)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.670kg ISBN: 9780123750884ISBN 10: 0123750881 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 23 November 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Atlantic Coast Rivers of the Northeastern United States 3. Atlantic Coast Rivers of the Southeastern United States 4. Gulf Coast Rivers of the Southeastern United States 5. Gulf Coast Rivers of the Southwestern United States 6. Lower Mississippi River and its Tributaries 7. Southern Plains Rivers 8. Upper Mississippi River Basin 9. Ohio River Basin 10. Missouri River Basin 11. Colorado River Basin 12. Pacific Coast Rivers of the Coterminous United States 13. Columbia River Basin 14. Great Basin Rivers 15. Fraser River Basin 16. Pacific Coast Rivers of Canada and Alaska 17. Yukon River Basin 18. Mackenzie River Basin 19. Nelson and Churchill River Basins 20. Rivers of Arctic North America 21. Atlantic Coast Rivers of Canada 22. St. Lawrence River Basin 23. Rivers of Mexico Index of RiversReviewsAuthor InformationArthur C. Benke has been Professor of Biology at the University of Alabama from 1984 to 2012 and has been Professor Emeritus since then. Before that he was a faculty member of the Georgia Institute of Technology for 13 years. He has published widely in scientific journals and books, primarily on the ecology of invertebrates in rivers, streams and wetlands, and was the senior editor for Rivers of North America (2005) and Field Guide to Rivers of North America (2010). He has served on the editorial boards of Ecology, Freshwater Biology, the Journal of the North American Benthological Society (J-NABS), and is past president of NABS. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology/Ecology from the University of Georgia. He received the Award of Excellence from the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) in 2012 and became an inaugural Fellow of SFS in 2017. Colbert E. Cushing was a Senior Research Scientist with the Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Washington, until semi-retiring in 1996. He was an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University-Tri Cities, and held an Affiliate Faculty appointment at Colorado State University. He was one of the scientists instrumental in the formulation and testing of the River Continuum Concept. He has published widely in scientific journals and books, was the lead editor of River and Stream Ecosystems, and co-authored Streams: Their Ecology and Life. He served on the editorial boards for the journals Ecology and Journal of the North American Benthological Society (NABS) and was past president of NABS. He was co-editor for the first edition of Rivers of North America and Field Guide to Rivers of North America (2010) and passed away before the completion of the second edition. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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