Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
Biological Diversity and Current Threats of Lotic Ecosystems
(Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Biological Institute and BIO-GEO-CLIM Centre of Excellence, Tomsk State University, Russia)
Chapter 2
The Science of Mapping Riparian Areas Utilizing GIS and Open Source Geospatial Data
(S. A. Abood, USDA Forest Service-Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants (WFWARP) program; Washington D.C., United States of America)
Chapter 3
The New Brazilian Forest Law and its Ecological Impact on Riparian Forests: An Example Not to be Followed
(Vin¨ªcius Londe, Biologist, MSc in Ecology, PhD student in Ecology, State University of Campinas, Brazil)
Chapter 4
Biogeochemical Functioning of Amazonian Floodplains: The Case of Lago Grande de Curuai
(M-P. Bonnet, J. Garnier, G. Barroux, G. R. Boaventura and P. Seyler, IRD, Toulouse, France, and others)
Chapter 5
An Approach to the Integrated Management of Exotic Invasive Weeds in Riparian Zones
(J. Jim¨¦nez-Ruiz and M. I. Sant¨ªn-Montany¨¢, Technical Directorate for Evaluation of Plant Varieties and Plant Protection Products, Spain, and others)
Chapter 6
Landscape Dynamics and Lakes Hydrology of Kerzhenets River Floodplain
(L. E. Efimova, O. V. Korabliova and D. V. Lomova, Department of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, and others)
Chapter 7
Colloidal Speciation and Size Fractionation of Dissolved Organic Matter and Trace Elements in Small Subarctic Watershed and its Riparian Zone
(S. M. Ilina, S. A. Lapitskiy, Yu. V. Alekhin, O.Yu. Drozdova, J. Viers and O. S. Pokrovsky, University of Toulouse, France, and others)
Chapter 8
Barrier Function of Floodplain and Riparian Landscapes in River Runoff Formation
(I. A. Avessalomova, A. V. Khoroshev and A. V. Savenko, Moscow M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia)
Chapter 9
Dynamics of the Irtysh River Floodplain Hydrology and Vegetation in the Pavlodar Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(M. A. Beisembayeva, V. A. Zemtsov, V. A. Kamkin and K. U. Bazarbekov, Tomsk State University, Russia, and others)
Chapter 10
Biogeochemistry of Organic Carbon, Major and Trace Elements in the Flooded and Riparian Zone of the Ob River
(S. N. Vorobyev, V. V. Drozdov, A. V. Sorotchinskiy, S. N. Kirpotin, L. G. Kolesnichenko, L. S. Shirokova, R. M. Manasypov and O. S. Pokrovsky, BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, and others)
Chapter 11
Alluvial Soils of the Ob River Floodplain and Their Significance in the Formation of Geochemical Flow from Western Siberia
(S.N. Vorobyev, S.N. Kirpotin, T.§¦. Vorobyeva, L.G. Kolesnichenko, L.A. Izerskaya, National Research Tomsk State University, Russia, and others)
Chapter 12
Spatial Structure and Dynamics of Tom River Floodplain Landscapes Based on GIS, Digital Elevation Model and Remote Sensing
(Vadim Khromykh, Oxana Khromykh, Geography Department, Tomsk State University, Russia)
Chapter 13
Benthic Invertebrate Community Floodplain-River System Basin Vasyugan (Middle Ob): Consequences of Oil Field Exploration
(D. S. Vorobiev, Y. A. Noskov, V. K. Popkov, and A. I. Ruzanova, Institute of Biology and BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia)
Chapter 14
Dynamics of Floodplain Landscapes
(V.S. Khromykh, Department of Geography, Tomsk State University, Russia)
Index
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