Watersheds : a practical handbook for healthy water / illustrations and original concept by Clive Dobson ; text by Gregor Gilpin Beck.

By: Beck, Gregor Gilpin, 1964-Contributor(s): Dobson, Clive, 1949-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books, 1999Description: 152 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cmISBN: 1552093301 Subject(s): Watershed ecology -- North America | Watersheds -- North America | Water conservationDDC classification: 577.6 LOC classification: QH102 | .B43 1999Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
What is a watershed? -- How watersheds work : water and nutrient cycles -- From headwaters to outflows : parts of a watershed -- Natural changes within watersheds -- Air pollution -- Water pollution -- The impact of exotic species : hidden invaders -- Habitat loss and degradation -- Ecological restoration : righting environmental wrongs -- Conclusion -- Appendices. I. The five Kingdoms of living things ; II. Food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids ; III. Common aquatic invertebrates of flowing and still waters.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 148) and index.

What is a watershed? -- How watersheds work : water and nutrient cycles -- From headwaters to outflows : parts of a watershed -- Natural changes within watersheds -- Air pollution -- Water pollution -- The impact of exotic species : hidden invaders -- Habitat loss and degradation -- Ecological restoration : righting environmental wrongs -- Conclusion -- Appendices. I. The five Kingdoms of living things ; II. Food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids ; III. Common aquatic invertebrates of flowing and still waters.

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