List of Contributors ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xix
Introduction
1 Revisiting the Case for River Conservation 3
Philip J. Boon
Catchment Conservation, Ecosystem Integrity and Threats to
River Systems
2 From Channel to Catchment: A 20-Year Journey for River
Management in England and Wales 17
Malcolm D. Newson
3 The Rivers and Streams of England and Wales: An
Overview of their Physical Character in 2007?2008 and Changes
Since 1995?1996 29
Katharine Seager, Lucy Baker, Helena Parsons, Paul J. Raven and
Ian P. Vaughan
4 Environmental Flow Allocation as a Practical Aspect of
IWRM 45
Jay O'Keeffe
5 Assessing the Hydrological Effects of Forest
Plantations in Brazil 59
Walter de Paula Lima, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Carolina
Bozetti Rodrigues and Maureen Voigtlaender
6 In the Indus Delta it is No More the Mighty Indus
69
Muhammad Zafar Khan and Ghulam Akbar
7 A 20-Year View of Monitoring Ecological Quality in
English and Welsh Rivers 79
Ian P. Vaughan and Stephen J. Ormerod
8 Water Quality and Exurbanization in Southern
Appalachian Streams 91
Jackson R. Webster, Ernest F. Benfield, Kristen K. Cecala, John
F. Chamblee, Carolyn A. Dehring, Ted Gragson, Jeffrey H. Cymerman,
C. Rhett Jackson, Jennifer D. Knoepp, David S. Leigh, John C.
Maerz, Catherine Pringle and H. Maurice Valett
9 Understanding and Managing Climate Change Effects on
River Ecosystems 107
Stephen J. Ormerod and Isabelle Durance
10 Scotland's Freshwater Pearl Mussels: The Challenge of
Climate Change 121
Peter Cosgrove, Lee Hastie, Jon Watt, Iain Sime and Philip J.
Boon
Methods and Approaches
11 Can Mediterranean River Plants Translate into Quality
Assessment Systems? Venturing into Unexplored Territories 135
Ian Dodkins, Francisca Aguiar and Maria Teresa Ferreira
12 The Use of Bryophytes for Fluvial Assessment of
Mountain Streams in Portugal 143
Cristiana Vieira, Ana Seneca, Maria Teresa Ferreira and Cecilia
Sergio
13 Improvements in Understanding the Contribution of
Hyporheic Zones to Biodiversity and Ecological Functioning of UK
Rivers 159
Paul J. Wood, David J. Gilvear, Nigel Willby, Anne L. Robertson,
Terence Gledhill and Philip J. Boon
14 Taxonomic Distinctness as a Measure of Diversity of
Stream Insects Exposed to Varying Salinity Levels in South-Eastern
Australia 175
Richard Marchant and Ben Kefford
15 Development of a Systematic, Information-Based
Approach to the Identification of High Value Sites for River
Conservation in New Zealand 183
John Leathwick, David West, Atte Moilanen and Lindsay
Chadderton
16 Assessing the Conservation Status of Alder-Ash
Alluvial Forest and Atlantic Salmon in the Natura 2000 River
Network of Cantabria, Northern Spain 193
Jose Barquin, Barbara Ondiviela, Maria Recio, Mario
Alvarez-Cabria, Francisco J. Penas, Diego Fernandez, Laura Oti,
Andres Garcia, Cesar Alvarez and Jose A. Juanes
17 The Use of Palaeoecological Techniques to Identify
Reference Conditions for River Conservation Management 211
Emma L. Seddon, Paul J. Wood, Chris P. Mainstone, Malcolm T.
Greenwood and Lynda C. Howard
Recovery and Rehabilitation
18 The Espace de Liberte and Restoration of
Fluvial Process: When Can the River Restore Itself and When Must we
Intervene? 225
G. Mathias Kondolf
19 Multi-Purpose, Interlinked and Without Barriers: The
Emscher River Ecological Concept 243
Mechthild Semrau and Rudolf Hurck
20 Rehabilitation of the River Skerne and the River Cole,
England: A Long-Term Public Perspective 249
E. Ulrika Aberg and Sue Tapsell
21 The Unnatural History of the River Trent: 50 Years of
Ecological Recovery 261
Terry Langford, Tom Worthington, Peter Shaw, Paul Kemp, Chris
Woolgar, Alastair Ferguson, Philip Harding and David
Ottewell
22 Key Factors in the Management and Conservation of
Temporary Mediterranean Streams: A Case Study of the Pardiela
River, Southern Portugal 273
Joana Rosado, Manuela Morais, Antonio Serafim, Ana Pedro, Helena
Silva, Miguel Potes, David Brito, Rui Salgado, Ramiro Neves, Ana
Lillebo, Ant´onio Chambel, Vanda Pires, Carlos Pinto
Gomes and Paulo Pinto
23 The History, Development, Role and Future of River
Restoration Centres 285
Nigel T.H. Holmes and Martin Janes
Integrating Nature Conservation Within Wider River
Management
24 From Stockholm to Rio II: The Natural and
Institutional Landscapes Through Which Rivers Flow 297
Peter Bridgewater, Lei Guangchun and Lu Cai
25 What Have Rivers Ever Done For Us? Ecosystem Services
and River Systems 313
Mark Everard
26 The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program:
Progress and Immediate Challenges 325
John F. Hamill and Theodore S. Melis
27 An Individual-Based Model of Swan?Macrophyte
Conflicts on a Chalk River 339
Kevin A. Wood, Richard A. Stillman, Francis Daunt and Matthew T.
O'Hare
28 Integrating Habitat Conservation with Amenity and
Recreational Uses Along an Urban Stretch of the Adige River,
Northern Italy 345
Maria Giovanna Braioni, Maria Cristina Villani, Anna Braioni and
Gianpaolo Salmoiraghi
29 A River in Crisis: The Lower River Murray, Australia
357
Anne E. Jensen and Keith F. Walker
30 The Nevis River: An Example of River Conservation in
the New Zealand Context 371
Niall Watson
Dealing With an Uncertain Future
31 Current and Future Challenges in Managing Natural
System Variability for River Conservation in European River Basins
383
Andrew R.G. Large
Index 403
