The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science AQUATIC ECOLOGY Series Series Editor James H. Thorp Kansas Biological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Other titles in the series: Groundwater Ecology Janine Gilbert, Dan L. Danielopol, Jack A. Stanford Algal Ecology R. Jan Stevenson, Max L. Bothwell, Rex L. Lowe Streams and Ground Waters Jeremy B. Jones, Patrick J. Mulholland Freshwater Ecology Walter K. Dodds Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich Aquatic Ecosystems Stuart E. G. Findlay, Robert L. Sinsabaugh Tropical Stream Ecology David Dudgeon Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis James H. Thorp, Martin C. Thoms, Michael D. Delong The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis Toward Conceptual Cohesiveness in River Science James H. Thorp Senior Scientist Kansas Biological Survey University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas USA Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Martin C. Thoms Professor Riverine Landscape Research Laboratory University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia and Michael D. Delong Professor Large River Studies Center and Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona Minnesota USA Amsterdam • Boston • Heidelberg • London • New York • Oxford Paris • San Diego • San Francisco • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400 Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2008 Copyright 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (þ44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (þ44) (0) 1865 853333; email:
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