Ecohydrology : processes, models and case studies : an approach to the sustainable management of water resources / edited by David Harper, Maciej Zalewski and Nic Pacini.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-381) and index.

Linking biological and physical processes at the river basin scale : the origins, scientific background and scope of ecohydrology / M. Zalewski [and others] -- Patterns and processes in the catchment / D. Gutknecht, G. Jolánkai, K. Skinner -- Nutrient processes and consequences / N. Pacini [and others] -- Lotic vegetation processes / G.A. Janauer, G. Jolákai -- Processes influencing aquatic fauna / J.A. Gore [and others] -- Ecohydrological modelling for managing scarce water resources in a groundwater-dominated temperate system / J.-P.M. Witte, J. Runhaar, R. Van Ek -- The benefits and risks of ecohydrological models to water resource management decisions / J.A. Gore, J. Mead -- Nutrient budget modelling for lake and river basin restoration / G. Jolákai, I. Bíró -- Ecohydrology driving a tropical savannah ecosystem / E. Gereta, E. Wolanski -- The Mid-European agricultural landscape : catchment-scale links between hydrology and ecology in mosaic lakeland regions / A. Hillbricht-Ilkowska -- The ecohydrological approach as a tool for managing water quality in large South American rivers / M.E. McClain -- Ecohydrological analysis of tropical river basin development schemes in Africa / N. Pacini, D.M. Harper -- Ecohydrological management of impounded large rivers in the former Soviet Union / B. Fashchevsky, V. Timchenko, O. Oksiyuk -- Palaeohydrology : the past as a basis for understanding the present and predicting the future / L. Starkel -- Ecohydrology : understanding the present as a perspective on the future : global change / I. Wagner.

This book pays most attention to the larger scales of ecohydrology, emphasising the use of this tool in striving towards the goal of sustainable water management. Authors from Eastern as well as Western Europe; from America, Australia and South Africa, give a broad global context.