The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones
1997/11/01 by Robert J. Naiman, Henri Décamps · 2,781 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biogeochemical cycle #Biology #Disturbance (geology) #Ecology #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Flood myth #Fluvial #Geography #Habitat #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Landscape ecology #Riparian zone #Soil erosion and sediment transport
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.621
published in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28(1), 621-658 (Annual Reviews)
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Abstract
Riparian zones possess an unusually diverse array of species and environmental processes. The ecological diversity is related to variable flood regimes, geographically unique channel processes, altitudinal climate shifts, and upland influences on the fluvial corridor. The resulting dynamic environment supports a variety of life-history strategies, biogeochemical cycles and rates, and organisms adapted to disturbance regimes over broad spatial and temporal scales. Innovations in riparian zone management have been effective in ameliorating many ecological issues related to land use and environmental quality. Riparian zones play essential roles in water and landscape planning, in restoration of aquatic systems, and in catalyzing institutional and societal cooperation for these efforts.
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