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Droughts are a major hazard to both natural and human-dominated environments and those, especially of long duration and high intensity, can be highly damaging and leave long-lasting effects. This book describes the climatic conditions that give rise to droughts, and their various forms and chief attributes. Past droughts are described including those that had severe impacts on human societies. As a disturbance, droughts can be thought of as "ramps" in that they usually build slowly and take time to become evident. As precipitation is reduced, flows from catchments into aquatic systems decline. As water declines in water bodies, ecological processes are changed and the biota can be drastically reduced, though species and populations may survive by using refuges. Recovery from drought varies in both rates and in degrees of completeness and may be a function of both refuge availability and connectivity.§For the first time, this book reviews the available rather scattered literature on the impacts of drought on the flora, fauna and ecological processes of aquatic ecosystems ranging from small ponds to lakes and from streams to estuaries. The effects of drought on the biota of standing waters and flowing waters and of temporary waters and perennial systems are described and compared. In addition, the ways in which human activity can exacerbate droughts are outlined. In many parts of the world especially in the mid latitudes, global warming may result in increases in the duration and intensity of droughts.§Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems is essential reading for freshwater ecologists, water resource managers and advanced students.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Plný název: Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems - Effects and Responses
• Autor: P. Sam Lake
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 400
• EAN: 9781405185608
• ISBN: 1405185600
• ID: 01419086
• Nakladatelství: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Hmotnost: 902 g
• Rozměry: 234 × 164 × 27 mm
• Datum vydání: 08. July 2011

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