02281nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000400014005001700018008004100035020001500076020001800091020001800109039010400127041000800231082001300239099001000252100002300262245013500285260004000420520130200460650003901762650001801801650001801819650002601837650002501863856006701888942000701955999001701962vtls000068786MTX20251111152525.0160715s2012                  001 0 eng d  a0226904784  a9780226904788  a9780226904801 9a201806121203bstaffc1dSTAFF MATRIXc201507151204dVLOADc201306272306dVLOADy201211201324zstaff0 aeng  a551.48/3  aEbook1 aEllen Wohl.999546  aA world of rivers:benvironmental change on ten of the world's great rivers/h[electronic resource]cA world of rivers/Ellen Wohl.  bUniversity of Chicago Press,c2010.  aFar from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage says you cant step in the same river twice, and Ellen Wohl would agreeXnatural and synthetic change are so rapid on the worlds great waterways that rivers are transforming and disappearing right before our eyes.  A World of Rivers explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Murray-Darling in Australia and the Yellow River in China to Central Europes Danube and the United States Mississippi, the book journeys down the most important rivers in all corners of the globe. Wohl shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. But rivers are also resilient, and Wohl stresses the importance of conservation and restoration to help reverse the effects of human carelessness and hubris.  What all these diverse rivers share is a critical role in shaping surrounding landscapes and biological communities, and Wohls book ultimately makes a strong case for the need to steward positive change in the worlds great rivers.  aGlobal environmental change963325  aNature999547  aRivers921752  aStream Ecology943082  aStream health99954841uhttp://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UCHIB0001141.html  c10  c65509d65509