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Impacts Of Flow Regulation On The Aquatic Ecosystem Of The Peace And Slave Rivers
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Book Synopsis Impacts of Flow Regulation on the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Peace and Slave Rivers by : Terry Donald Prowse
Download or read book Impacts of Flow Regulation on the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Peace and Slave Rivers written by Terry Donald Prowse and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NTBS was designed to address the ecological concerns about pulp mill expansion, and to increase scientific knowledge about environmental conditions [ecology, ecosystem sustainability, water pollution and control, habitat, effect on fish and fishing, etc.] in the major river systems of the north. The study's objectives were to gather and interpret sound scientific information about the basins, develop appropriate recommendations for basin management, and communicate effectively with the public. The government response report confirms the governments' commitment to ecosystem sustainability and to pollution control in northern rivers. First Nations and Metis aboriginal [native] peoples contributed significantly to the NRBS.
Book Synopsis The Regulation of Peace River by : Michael Church
Download or read book The Regulation of Peace River written by Michael Church and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the first longitudinal study of the downstream response of a major river to the establishment of a large hydropower facility and dams. Peace River, a northward flowing boreal river in northwestern Canada was dammed in 1967 and the book describes the morphological response of the 1200 km downstream channel and the response of riparian vegetation to the change in flow regime over the first forty years of regulated flows. Beginning with a description of the effect of regulation on the flow and sediment regimes of the river, the book proceeds to study changes in downstream channel geometry on the main stem, on the lowermost course of tributaries, and on the hydraulic geometry, the overall morphology of the channel, and riparian vegetation succession. The river is subject to annual freeze-up and break-up, so a chapter is devoted to the ice regime of the river. A chapter compares the effects of two extraordinary post-regulation flood events. The penultimate chapter presents a prediction of the ultimate equilibrium form of the regulated river based on rational regime theory. An online database of all the main observations will provide invaluable material for advanced students of river hydraulics and geomorphology. This book carefully brings together a range of studies that have been previously inaccessible providing a rare and comprehensive analysis of the effects of a big dam on a river, a river that itself represents an example of the kind of system that is likely to receive considerable attention in the future from dam engineers and environmentalists. • An invaluable reference to river scientists, hydroelectric power developers, engineers and environmentalists • Focus on a northward flowing boreal river, a type that holds most of the remaining hydroelectric power potential in the Northern Hemisphere • Exceptional separation of water and sediment sources, permitting study of the isolated effect of manipulating one of the two major governing conditions of river processes and form • Unique example of water regulation and both natural and engineered flood flows • Detailed study of both morphological changes of the channel and of the riparian vegetation • Online data supplement including major data tables and numerous maps. Details of the main observations and provides material for problem study by advanced students of river hydraulics and geomorphology are provided
Book Synopsis Assessment of Impacts on the Slave River Delta of Peace River Impoundment at Hudson Hope by : Michael Crawford English
Download or read book Assessment of Impacts on the Slave River Delta of Peace River Impoundment at Hudson Hope written by Michael Crawford English and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis ENVIRONMENTAL INDICES : SYSTEMS ANALYSIS APPROACH - Volume I by : Yuri A. Pykh
Download or read book ENVIRONMENTAL INDICES : SYSTEMS ANALYSIS APPROACH - Volume I written by Yuri A. Pykh and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2000-09-19 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Indices: Systems Analysis Approach examines the theoretical development of environmental indices and their practical application. Indicators can be powerful tools in guiding data and information collection processes, and careful development will lead to more focused and cost-effective global monitoring and observing systems at international level. The authorship is drawn from a group of internationally distinguished scientists and researches who are actively working towards a comprehensive set of tools and protocols such as simulation models, fuzzy clustering analysis and GIS methodologies that will lead to the development of meaningful environmental indices. This book will be a vital reference work for students, teachers and researches, together with policy makers, planners and all professional involved in development programs.
Book Synopsis Hydraulic Flood Routing Models of the Peace and Slave Rivers, Hudson Hope to Great Slave Lake by : Faye Ellen Hicks
Download or read book Hydraulic Flood Routing Models of the Peace and Slave Rivers, Hudson Hope to Great Slave Lake written by Faye Ellen Hicks and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a hydraulic flood routing model developed to accurately model the open water river discharge on the Peace and Slave rivers. The model is capable of modelling the discharge at sites where no discharge data exist. The document includes description of the development of the database for the model, including the geometric database (channel distances, surface slopes, bed profiles, channel widths and resistances) and the hydrologic data. The appendix includes a user manual for the user-friendly microcomputer program that has been set up to run historical flows (1961-93) and to simulate naturalised flows on the Peace River (1969-91).
Book Synopsis Changes in Morphology and Riparian Vegetation Following Flow Regulation, Peace River, 1968 and 1993 by : Michael Anthony Church
Download or read book Changes in Morphology and Riparian Vegetation Following Flow Regulation, Peace River, 1968 and 1993 written by Michael Anthony Church and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes results of an investigation into the impacts of regulation on the Alberta portion of the Peace River channel and its associated vegetative cover downstream of the Bennett Dam in British Columbia, installed in 1967. Four representative reaches of the river totalling 500 kilometres were selected for examination of changes between 1968 and 1993. Study methodology involved constructing maps of river morphology and principal riparian vegetation communities from air photographs taken at various dates. In addition, extended vegetation mapping was provided on the 1993 maps to show the valley-side vegetation beyond the riparian zone. Morphological changes are summarized in 31 sub-reaches of 10-25 kilometres in length. River morphology is summarized in six major elements: water surface, unvegetated and vegetated bar surface, island surface, floodplain surface, and tributary alluvial fans within the floodplain. A dominant pattern of riparian succession is also noted.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Catchment Management by : Robert C. Ferrier
Download or read book Handbook of Catchment Management written by Robert C. Ferrier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the fundamental requirement for aninterdisciplinary catchment based approach to managing andprotecting water resources that crucially includes anunderstanding of land use and its management. In thisapproach the hydrological cycle links mountains to the sea, andecosystems in rivers, groundwaters, lakes, wetlands, estuaries andcoasts forming an essential continuum directly influenced by humanactivity. The book provides a synthesis of current and future thinking incatchment management, and shows how the specific problems thatarise in water use policy can be addressed within the context of anintegrated approach to management. The book is written for advancedstudents, researchers, fellow academics and water sectorprofessionals such as planners and regulators. The intention is tohighlight examples and case studies that have resonance not onlywithin natural sciences and engineering but with academicsin other fields such as socio-economics, law and policy.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Flow Regulation on Freeze-up Regime Peace River, Taylor to the Slave River by : David Donald Andres
Download or read book The Effects of Flow Regulation on Freeze-up Regime Peace River, Taylor to the Slave River written by David Donald Andres and published by The Study. This book was released on 1996 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the effects of flow regulation on the freeze-up processes of part of the Peace River downstream of the Bennett Dam, which has regulated the river flow since 1972. Ice modelling and a review of ice observations and other field data were used to characterise the extent of flow regulation and its effects on ice in the river channel. Explicit equations and algorithms are presented that quantify the processes by which an ice cover forms on large regulated and non-regulated rivers. Work previously undertaken on the Peace River is also described to provide a framework for the calibration of these algorithms for the river in both its regulated and non-regulated condition. A procedure was developed for forecasting freeze-up on a non-regulated river and a stability relationship was derived that uses both air temperature and discharge to determine whether a juxtaposed or consolidated ice cover will form. In addition, the hydraulic characteristics of the Peace River were evaluated for six reaches using the existing data base.
Book Synopsis A Pilot Study of the Use of Remote Sensing to Analyse Fish Habitat, Peace River, July to October 1994 by : Rick F. Courtney
Download or read book A Pilot Study of the Use of Remote Sensing to Analyse Fish Habitat, Peace River, July to October 1994 written by Rick F. Courtney and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Northern River Basins Study Instream Flow Needs Workshop, October 14-15, 1993 and January 6-7, 1994 by : Gordon L. Walder
Download or read book Proceedings of the Northern River Basins Study Instream Flow Needs Workshop, October 14-15, 1993 and January 6-7, 1994 written by Gordon L. Walder and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to address instream flow needs (IFN) in the Northern River Basins Study arises primarily from issues related to flow regulation on the Peace River. Flow regulation may have effects on fish habitats and has clearly affected riparian habitats in the study area. This report presents proceedings of a workshop held to review methods and approaches for conducting IFN analyses, to consider their applicability to the northern river basins, and to develop recommendations for undertaking IFN investigations as part of the Study. The workshop included two sessions, one on IFN related to fisheries and aquatic habitats and one on IFN related to riparian and delta habitats. Topics of presentations and papers include river hydrology, water quality considerations, vegetation studies, instream flow assessment, winter habitat, implications of river impoundment, modelling of wildlife habitat, channel morphology, sediment transport, and wetland vegetation management.
Book Synopsis River and Lake Ice Processes—Impacts of Freshwater Ice on Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changing Globe by : Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
Download or read book River and Lake Ice Processes—Impacts of Freshwater Ice on Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changing Globe written by Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "River and Lake Ice Processes—Impacts of Freshwater Ice on Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changing Globe" that was published in Water
Book Synopsis Cumulative Impacts Within the Northern River Basins by : Frederick J. Wrona
Download or read book Cumulative Impacts Within the Northern River Basins written by Frederick J. Wrona and published by Canadian Government Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NTBS was designed to address the ecological concerns about pulp mill expansion, and to increase scientific knowledge about environmental conditions [ecology, ecosystem sustainability, water pollution and control, habitat, effect on fish and fishing, etc.] in the major river systems of the north. The study's objectives were to gather and interpret sound scientific information about the basins, develop appropriate recommendations for basin management, and communicate effectively with the public. The government response report confirms the governments' commitment to ecosystem sustainability and to pollution control in northern rivers. First Nations and Metis aboriginal [native] peoples contributed significantly to the NRBS.
Book Synopsis Environmental Overview of the Northern River Basins by : R. Bruce MacLock
Download or read book Environmental Overview of the Northern River Basins written by R. Bruce MacLock and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a synthesis of reports on the environmental and socio-economic characteristics of the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave river basins in northern Alberta. Includes information on basin hydrology, basin inhabitants, physiographic features (geology, soils, vegetation), climate and weather, fish and wildlife, land use (for urban development, agriculture, forestry, resource extraction, tourism, recreation, transportation, fishing, and hunting/trapping), water quality and quantity, and the jurisdictional framework for resource management in the basin area. The final chapter contains an outline of the history of the area and discussion of issues related to sustainable development in the basin area.
Book Synopsis Rivers of North America by : Michael D. Delong
Download or read book Rivers of North America written by Michael D. Delong and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 1109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. The first edition addressed the three primary disciplines of river science: hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape and its processes. An essential resource for river scientists working in ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology. Provides a single source of information on North America’s major rivers Features authoritative information on more than 200 rivers from regional specialists Includes full-color photographs and topographical maps to illustrate the beauty, major features, and uniqueness of each river system Offers one-page summaries help readers quickly find key statistics and make comparisons among rivers
Book Synopsis Parks and Protected Areas by : Glen Hvenegaard
Download or read book Parks and Protected Areas written by Glen Hvenegaard and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parks and protected areas provide important services to nature and society. Park managers make difficult decisions to achieve their diverse mandates, and need current, relevant, and rigorous information. However, effective use of research provided by social scientists, natural scientists, local people, or Indigenous people is an ongoing challenge. Through case studies, this book examines knowledge mobilization in parks and protected areas, with a focus on successes and failures, barriers and enablers, diverse theoretical frameworks, and structural innovations. This book embraces the generation and use of knowledge, especially natural science, social science, local knowledge, and Indigenous knowledge, in relation to policy, planning, and management of parks and protected areas.
Book Synopsis Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions by : Grete K. Hovelsrud
Download or read book Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions written by Grete K. Hovelsrud and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘Year’ That Changed How We View the North This book is about a new theoretical approach that transformed the field of Arctic social studies and about a program called International Polar Year 2007–2008 (IPY) that altered the position of social research within the broader polar science. The concept for IPY was developed in 2003–2005; its vision was for researchers from many nations to work together to gain cro- disciplinary insight into planetary processes, to explore and increase our understanding of the polar regions, the Arctic and Antarctica, and of their roles in the global system. IPY 2007–2008, the fourth program of its kind, followed in the footsteps of its predecessors, the first IPY in 1882–1883, the second IPY in 1932–1933, and the third IPY (later renamed to ‘International Geophysical Year’ or IGY) in 1957–1958. All earlier IPY/IGY have been primarily geophysical initiatives, with their focus on meteorology, atmospheric and geomagnetic observations, and with additional emphasis on glaciology and sea ice circulation. As such, they excluded socio-economic disciplines and polar indigenous people, often deliberately, except for limited ethnographic and natural history collection work conducted by some expeditions of the first IPY. That once dominant vision biased heavily towards geophysics, oceanography, and ice-sheets, left little if any place for people, that is, the social sciences and the humanities, in what has been commonly viewed as the ‘hard-core’ polar research.
Book Synopsis An Overview of Streamflows and Lake Levels for the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins by : James Choles
Download or read book An Overview of Streamflows and Lake Levels for the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins written by James Choles and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a summary of flow and lake level information for water bodies in the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave river basins to provide a hydrologic background for many of the other reports in the Northern River Basins Study series. It examines trends in river flows for both the main stems and significant tributaries; for lake levels, both natural and regulated conditions are examined. Ice processes are also discussed along with some of the environmental effects.
