Dam and river ecosystem basics module: introduction | hydrology | wetlands | morphology and sediment | water quality | biology | timing of dam repair or removal | references | appendix

References

Cooke, G.D., Welch, E.B., Peterson, S.A., Newroth, P.R. 1986. Lake and Reservoir Restoration. Butterworth Publishers, Boston, MA, 392 p.

Hynes, H.B.N. 1970. The Ecology of Running Waters. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, 555 p.

Leopold, L.B. 1968. Hydrology for Urban Land Planning: A Guidebook on the Hydrologic Effects of Urban Land Use: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 554, U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA, 18 p.

Mitsch, W.J., and Gosselink, J.G. 1993. Wetlands. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 722 p.
 

Recommended reading

Ecosystem basics

Pielou, E.C. 1998. Freshwater. University of Chicago Press. 275 p.

Committee on Restoration Public Policy. 1992. Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy. National Academy Press. 576 p.

Hydrology and morphology

Dingman, S.L. 1994. Physical Hydrology. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 575 p.

Dunne, T., and Leopold, L.B. 1978. Water In Environmental Planning. W. H. Freeman Co. San Francisco, CA, 818 p.

Leopold, L.B. 1968. Hydrology for Urban Land Planning: A Guidebook on the Hydrologic Effects of Urban Land Use: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 554, U. S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA, 18 p.

Manning, J.C. 1997. Applied Principles of Hydrology, 3rd ed; Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 276 p.

Wetlands

Mitsch, W.J., and Gosselink, J.G. 1993. Wetlands. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York: NY, 722 p.

Sedimentation control

Goldman, S.J., Jackson, K., and Bursztynsky, T.A. 1986. Erosion and sediment control handbook. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Vegetation

University of Wisconsin Extension Shoreland Restoration web site: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/shoreland/index.html

Biology and ecology

Hynes, H.B.N. 1970. The Ecology of Running Waters. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, 555 p.

River restoration

Gore, J.A., ed. 1985. The Restoration of Rivers And Streams. Butterworth Publishers, Boston, MA, 280 p.

Impoundment restoration

Cooke, G.D., Welch, E.B., Peterson, S.A., Newroth, P.R. 1986. Lake and Reservoir Restoration. Butterworth Publishers, Boston, MA, 392 p.

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