Texas riparian areas /

Texas riparian areas /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Series:	River books River books (Series)
Subject:	Riparian ecology -- Texas. Riparian areas -- Texas -- Management. Riparian areas -- Management. Riparian ecology. Texas. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244235

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Other authors / contributors:	Hardy, Thomas B., editor. Davis, Nicole A., 1984- editor.
ISBN:	9781623492595 1623492599 9781623492557 1623492556
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Riparian areas-transitional zones between the aquatic environments of streams, rivers, and lakes and the terrestrial environments on and alongside their banks-are special places. They provide almost two hundred thousand miles of connections through which the waters of Texas flow. Keeping the water flowing, in as natural a way as possible, is key to the careful and wise management of the state's water resources. Texas Riparian Areas evolved from a report commissioned by the Texas Water Development Board as Texas faced the reality of over-allocated water resources and long-term if not permanent d.
Other form:	Print version: Texas riparian areas. First edition 9781623492557

Table of Contents:

Foreword / by Andrew Sansom
Preface
Introduction / by Mark Wentzel
An integrated overview / by Nicole A. Davis and Thomas B. Hardy
Stream buffers / by Jonathan Phillips
Riparian geomorphology / by Jonathan Phillips
Riparian soils / by John Jacob
Riparian vegetation / by Jacquelyn Duke
The special character of riparian management / by Steve Nelle
Landowner assistance programs for riparian management / by Steve Nelle
Coming to terms / by Mark Wentzel.