| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Water and people in the yaere floodplain (North Cameroon) / F. Delclaux [and others] -- Ch. 2. Designing actions for bird conservation at the "Yuriria" Lagoon, its associated floodplain and terrestrial habitats in Michoacán, Mexico / Leonardo Chapa-Vargas, Javier Salgado-Ortiz and Karina Monzalvo-Santos -- Ch. 3. The 'floodplain burning' approach for digital elevation model processing in flat and flooded areas / Augusto C.V. Getirana [and others] -- Ch. 4. Temporal and spatial variability of water and sediment composition in the middle Paraná River system / María Alejandra Maine [and others] -- Ch. 5. Benthic invertebrates in the middle Paraná River floodplain (Argentina) / Florencia Zilli and Luciana Montalto -- Ch. 6. Flood inundation and the temporal dynamics of floodplain waterholes in an Australian dryland river / E.S.F. Medeiros and A.H. Arthington -- Ch. 7. Metapopulations of decapods in the floodplain of Paraná River, South America / V. Williner, F. Giri and P. Collins -- Ch. 8. A successful combined use of telemetric monitoring system and spatial data modeling to study the turbidity behavior in the Amazon floodplain / Enner H. Alcantara [and others] -- Ch. 9. Characterization of geometric properties of simulated droughts and floods of water bodies / Dinesh Sathyamoorthy -- Ch. 10. Disaster-resilient subdivision design : evaluating the potential and performance of new urbanism for reducing flood risks / Mark R. Stevens, Philip R. Berke, Yan Song -- Ch. 11. Recent evolution of the Jourdain River braidplain on Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu / James P. Terry -- Ch. 12. Restoration of channelized fluvial systems and their floodplains / Aaron R. Pierce. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Floodplains.
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Floodplains. |
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Floodplain ecology.
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Floodplain ecology. |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
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NATURE -- Ecology. |
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness. |
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Álvarez, Marc A.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Floodplains. New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2011 9781617282775 (DLC) 2010016738 (OCoLC)609305020 |
| ISBN |
9781617286087 (electronic book) |
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1617286087 (electronic book) |
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9781617282775 |
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1617282774 |
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