LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ........................................... xi
PREFACE ........................................................ xv
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW OF STREAM ECOSYSTEMS ...... 1
NORTH AMERICA
Chapter 2. RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS OF ALASKA ............... 9
Chapter 3. RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS OF CANADA .............. 33
Chapter 4. STREAM ECOSYSTEMS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES ..... 61
Chapter 5. STREAM ECOSYSTEMS OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES ..... 89
Chapter 6. ORGANIC PROCESSES IN STREAMS OF THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES ..................................... 117
CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA
Chapter 7. MIDDLE AMERICAN STREAMS AND RIVERS ................ 189
Chapter 8. RIVERS OF NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA .................. 219
Chapter 9. SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICAN STREAMS AND RIVERS ........ 257
EUROPE
Chapter 10. RIVERS OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES .................... 295
Chapter 11. RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS OF GREAT BRITAIN ...... 343
Chapter 12. ATLANTIC RIVER SYSTEMS OF EUROPE
(FRANCE, BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS) ................ 389
Chapter 13. THE TER: A MEDITERRANEAN RIVER CASE-STUDY IN
SPAIN ............................................. 419
Chapter 14. RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS IN AUSTRIA, GERMANY,
AND SWITZERLAND ................................... 439
Chapter 15. THE RIVERS OF ITALY ............................... 479
AFRICA
Chapter 16. NORTHEASTERN AFRICA RIVERS AND STREAMS ............ 507
Chapter 17. RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS OF NORTHWESTERN
AFRICA ............................................ 519
Chapter 18. RIVER AND STREAM ECOSYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:
PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE ......................... 537
ASIA
Chapter 19. THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE AMUR RIVER ................... 601
Chapter 20. THE ECOLOGY OF RIVERS AND STREAMS IN TROPICAL
ASIA .............................................. 615
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Chapter 21. OF FLOODS AND DROUGHTS: RIVER AND STREAM
ECOSYSTEMS OF AUSTRALIA ........................... 659
Chapter 22. RIVERS AND STREAMS OF NEW ZEALAND ................. 695
OCEANIA
Chapter 23. STREAMS AND RIVERS OF OCEANIA ..................... 717
APPENDIX: GLOSSARY OF TERMS ................................... 737
SYSTEMATIC LIST OF GENERA ..................................... 741
AUTHOR INDEX .................................................. 747
SYSTEMATIC INDEX .............................................. 769
GENERAL INDEX ................................................. 785
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