Streams is a handbook that combines a discussion of the ecology of streams and rivers, in layperson language, with an illustrated field guide of the plants and animals found in running waters of North America. Various illustrations and maps accompany the text. The authors are extremely well known--Cushing is the lead content provider for an America On-Line service provided through Trout Unlimited entitled "Ask Dr. Cushing." He is frequently asked the sorts of questions that are answered in this field guide. J. David Allan is the author of a well known textbook in Aquatic Ecology.
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"...this book is ideal for use by conservation organizations and monitoring groups."
-SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, (2005)
"Cushing and Allen have written an attractive and easy-to-read book that will appeal to the nonprofessional, but seriously interested stream-lover for whom it is intended. Superb color photographs of streams and organisms will please any naturalist. ...the book combines the advantages of reference book and field guide, and provides a nontrivial account of ecosystem function in streams and rivers. ...All in all, a good book that J-NABS readers can confidently recommend to others, especially nonprofessionals"
-Rosemary J. Mackay for JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (2002)
"This book is very well organized. It is a comprehensive volume that covers all the basics of stream ecology and would serve as a useful reference for both professional and lay audiences. ...This is the best available road map through the scientific complexities of a discipline that informs our understanding of environmental quality.
--Charles F. Gauvin, President and CEO, TROUT UNLIMITED (May 2001)
"This informative volume is exactly what has long been needed - a book that tells us how rivers and their essential life systems work. Every reader's understanding of our watery lifelines will be enhanced by the superb knowledge and wisdom that these fine scientists impart. Streams: Their Ecology and Life will become a useful tool for better care of our waterways and an essential companion to river enthusiasts."
--Tim Palmer, author of "Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation, America by Rivers", and "The Heart of America"
"When the president of a local watershed protection group asks me what book to read to learn about streams, I'll recommend this one. It is an engaging introduction to the ecology of rivers and streams. The authors' enthusiasm for the subject is contagious."
--Judy Meyer, Director of Science, River Basin Science and Policy Center, University of Georgia
-SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, (2005)
"Cushing and Allen have written an attractive and easy-to-read book that will appeal to the nonprofessional, but seriously interested stream-lover for whom it is intended. Superb color photographs of streams and organisms will please any naturalist. ...the book combines the advantages of reference book and field guide, and provides a nontrivial account of ecosystem function in streams and rivers. ...All in all, a good book that J-NABS readers can confidently recommend to others, especially nonprofessionals"
-Rosemary J. Mackay for JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (2002)
"This book is very well organized. It is a comprehensive volume that covers all the basics of stream ecology and would serve as a useful reference for both professional and lay audiences. ...This is the best available road map through the scientific complexities of a discipline that informs our understanding of environmental quality.
--Charles F. Gauvin, President and CEO, TROUT UNLIMITED (May 2001)
"This informative volume is exactly what has long been needed - a book that tells us how rivers and their essential life systems work. Every reader's understanding of our watery lifelines will be enhanced by the superb knowledge and wisdom that these fine scientists impart. Streams: Their Ecology and Life will become a useful tool for better care of our waterways and an essential companion to river enthusiasts."
--Tim Palmer, author of "Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation, America by Rivers", and "The Heart of America"
"When the president of a local watershed protection group asks me what book to read to learn about streams, I'll recommend this one. It is an engaging introduction to the ecology of rivers and streams. The authors' enthusiasm for the subject is contagious."
--Judy Meyer, Director of Science, River Basin Science and Policy Center, University of Georgia
From the Back Cover
Streams are important habitats and are complicated because so many different kinds of animals and plants live in or near them. This book, in four parts, explains stream ecology to the general reader. The first part describes the ecological processes and interactions that take place in streams and rivers. The dynamic aspects of streams, including the abiotic factors, energy sources, and food webs, are defined, described, and reviewed. The second part of the book is a simplified classification of streams and rivers that relies on the size of the river as well as on the geographic location of rivers. The third part of the book is a description of the animals and plants commonly in and along the streams and rivers mostly of North America. The last chapter of the book is devoted to the various threats to America's rivers and streams.
"This informative volume is exactly what has long been needed - a book that tells us how rivers and their essential life systems work. Every reader's understanding of our watery lifelines will be enhanced by the superb knowledge and wisdom that these fine scientists impart. Streams: Their Ecology and Life will become a useful tool for better care of our waterways and an essential companion to river enthusiasts."
--TIM PALMER, author of Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation, America by Rivers, and The Heart of America.
"This informative volume is exactly what has long been needed - a book that tells us how rivers and their essential life systems work. Every reader's understanding of our watery lifelines will be enhanced by the superb knowledge and wisdom that these fine scientists impart. Streams: Their Ecology and Life will become a useful tool for better care of our waterways and an essential companion to river enthusiasts."
--TIM PALMER, author of Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation, America by Rivers, and The Heart of America.
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A superbly presented field guide,
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Collaborative written by ecologists Colbert E. Cushing (Colorado State University) and J. David Allen (University of Michigan), Streams: Their Ecology And Life is a superbly presented field guide packed with beautiful color photography, sketches, charts, graphs, and an authoritative text introducing readers of all backgrounds to the diverse, rich and fascinating splendor of streams and the chains of natural life that form around them. From the different types of rivers to the variety of different creatures that inhabit them and the surrounding area - birds, fish, crustaceans, amphibians, insects and more - Streams: Their Ecology And Life is packed cover to cover with an incredible amount of solid information and highly recommended for personal, school, and community library environmental studies and reference collections.
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I'm an environmental engineer in Missouri and I deal mostly with water pollution and wastewater treatment systems. I wanted to read this book so I could know more about actual stream ecology. My last class in stream ecology was many years ago and I felt I needed to know more. This book, which I'm still reading, is excellent and explains the topic in just enough detail for me. While I'm a bit buried in Latin names of the various organisms, it is still very useful information. Water pollution in the engineering sense is treated in much too a simplistic manner. And until the people in the state agencies and consulting firms have a more sophisticated understanding of water quality and how streams function, I think we will continue to waste a lot of money in wrong places and on the wrong solutions.
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When we first look at a river, we usually don't see and may not even know about the complex ecosystem it supports. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mesic streams, stream food webs, atyid shrimp, stream ecologists, migrating smolts, stream ecosystems, functional feeding groups, pirate perch, feeding roles, freshwater biodiversity, blackwater streams, hyporheic zone, river snails, suspended algae, desert streams, river continuum concept, tropical streams, riverine ecosystems, native fish species, microbial loop, whirling disease, stream ecology, freshwater drum, periphyton community, pharyngeal teeth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Colorado River, The Biota of Rivers, Recommended Reading, Columbia River, John Wiley, Madison River, Salt River, Ogeechee River, Kissimmee River, Snake River, Rio Grande, Great Lakes, The Nature Conservancy, Endangered Species Act, New York, Pacific Northwest, Grand Canyon, River Continuum Concept, Glen Canyon Dam, Gulf of Mexico, Illinois River, Lake Powell, New Mexico New!
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When we first look at a river, we usually don't see and may not even know about the complex ecosystem it supports. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mesic streams, stream food webs, atyid shrimp, stream ecologists, migrating smolts, stream ecosystems, functional feeding groups, pirate perch, feeding roles, freshwater biodiversity, blackwater streams, hyporheic zone, river snails, suspended algae, desert streams, river continuum concept, tropical streams, riverine ecosystems, native fish species, microbial loop, whirling disease, stream ecology, freshwater drum, periphyton community, pharyngeal teeth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Colorado River, The Biota of Rivers, Recommended Reading, Columbia River, John Wiley, Madison River, Salt River, Ogeechee River, Kissimmee River, Snake River, Rio Grande, Great Lakes, The Nature Conservancy, Endangered Species Act, New York, Pacific Northwest, Grand Canyon, River Continuum Concept, Glen Canyon Dam, Gulf of Mexico, Illinois River, Lake Powell, New Mexico New!
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- A View of the River by Luna B. Leopold on 5 pages
- An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America by Richard W. Merritt on 4 pages
- Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (trichoptera) by Glenn B. Wiggins on 4 pages
- The Ecology of Running Waters by Hugh Bernard Noel Hynes on 4 pages
- An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America by Richard W. Merritt on 4 pages
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