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Stream ecology. --- River ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Hyporheic zones

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Stream conservation --- Stream ecology --- River ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Hyporheic zones --- Conservation of rivers --- Conservation of streams --- Preservation of rivers --- Preservation of streams --- Protection of rivers --- Protection of streams --- River conservation --- River preservation --- River protection --- Rivers --- Stream improvement (Ecology) --- Stream preservation --- Stream protection --- Fish habitat improvement --- Landscape protection --- Nature conservation --- River engineering --- Water conservation --- Conservation --- Protection --- Anacostia River Watershed (Md. and Washington, D.C.)

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This volume provides essential information on the origin and evolution of Greek rivers, as well as their ecological and anthropogenic characteristics. The topics covered include geomythology, biogeography, hydrology, hydrobiology, hydrogeochemistry, geological and biogeochemical processes, anthropogenic pressures and ecological impacts, water management – both in the antiquity and today – and river restoration. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which explores the importance of rivers for ancient Greek civilization and the natural processes affecting their evolution during the Holocene. In the second part, the hydrological, hydrochemical and biological features of Greek rivers and the unique biogeographical characteristics that form the basis for their high biodiversity and endemism are highlighted, while the third part comprehensively discusses the impacts of environmental pollution on the structure and function of Greek river ecosystems. In turn, the final part describes the current socio-economic factors in Greece that are affecting established water management practices, the application of ecohydrological approaches in restoring fragmented rivers, and the lessons learned from restoring aquatic ecosystems in general as a paradigm for understanding and minimizing anthropogenic impacts on water resources, at the Mediterranean scale. Given the breadth and depth of its coverage, the book offers an invaluable source of information for researchers, students and environmental managers alike.

Environment. --- Water quality. --- Water pollution. --- Geochemistry. --- Marine sciences. --- Freshwater. --- Marine & Freshwater Sciences. --- Water Quality/Water Pollution. --- Fresh waters --- Freshwater --- Freshwaters --- Inland water --- Inland waters --- Water --- Ocean sciences --- Aquatic sciences --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Freshwater quality --- Marine water quality --- Quality of water --- Seawater --- Seawater quality --- Environmental quality --- Quality --- Composition --- Marine Sciences. --- Stream ecology. --- River ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Hyporheic zones

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This book presents the main drivers of benthic structure and processes in estuaries from the 8,000 km-Brazilian coast, assesses the influence of natural and human disturbance, and discusses their ecological importance and management needs. Estuaries are unique coastal ecosystems often with low biodiversity that sustain and provide essential ecological services to mankind. These ecosystems include a variety of habitats with their own sediment­fauna dynamics, all of them globally altered or threatened by human activities. Mangroves, saltmarshes, tidal flats and other confined estuarine systems are under increasing stress by overfishing and other human activities leading to habitat and species loss. Combined changes in estuarine hydromorphology and in climate pose severe threats to estuarine ecosystems at a global scale.

Estuarine ecology --- Marine biodiversity --- Estuaries --- Diversity, Marine biological --- Marine biological diversity --- Aquatic biodiversity --- Brackish water ecology --- Ecology --- Biodiversity. --- Aquatic biology. --- Conservation biology. --- Sustainable development. --- Coastal Sciences. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Sustainable Development. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Nature conservation --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Biology --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Environmental aspects --- Coasts. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Aquatic biology --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Landforms --- Seashore --- Physical geography. --- Freshwater ecology. --- Marine ecology. --- Ecology. --- Sustainability. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Freshwater and Marine Ecology. --- Conservation Biology. --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Biological oceanography --- Marine ecosystems --- Ocean --- Aquatic ecology --- Fresh water --- Fresh-water ecology --- Geography