Braided rivers; process, deposits, ecology, and management.9781405151214 Braided rivers Braided Channel - A silt Island within the main river. A braided river is one of a number of channel types and has a channel that consists of a network of small channels separated by small and often temporary islands called braid bars or, in British usage, ; process, deposits, ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. , and management. Ed. by Gregory H. Sambrook Smith et al. Blackwell Publishing 2006 390 pages $149.95 Paperback Special publications; no.36 GB1205 Containing 18 contributions from sedimentologists, geomorphologists, and engineers, this proceedings volume reports on recent research on the dynamics, deposits, ecology, and management of braided rivers. The papers were originally presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers, which was held in 2003 at the U. of Birmingham, UK. Smith (who teaches at that institution) and co-editors open the volume with a review of key developments in the field since the previous conference in 1993. Topics include (for example) cellular modeling of braided river form and process; the effects of human impact on braided river morphology morphology In biology, the study of the size, shape, and structure of organisms in relation to some principle or generalization. Whereas anatomy describes the structure of organisms, morphology explains the shapes and arrangement of parts of organisms in terms of such ; and riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) tree establishment on gravel bars Gravel bars are hydrogeologic sediments that are prone to continuous erosion and migration due to meandering bodies of water. One example is Oodaaq, which is often argued to be the Northernmost point in the world. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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