Comprehensive overview of the process dynamics and interactions governing ecohydrological interfaces

Summarizing the interdisciplinary investigation of ecohydrological interface functioning,Ecohydrological Interfaces advances the understanding of their dynamics across traditional subject boundaries. It offers a detailed explanation of the underlying mechanisms and process interactions governing ecohydrological interface functioning from the micro scale to the ecosystem and regional scale.

The multidisciplinary team of authors integrates and synthesises the current understanding of process dynamics at different ecohydrological interfaces to develop a unifying concept of their ecosystem functions. The work introduces novel experimental and model-based methods for characterizing and quantifying ecohydrological interface processes, taking account of innovative sensing and tracing technologies as well as microbial and molecular biology approaches.

Key questions addressed in the book include:Which conditions stimulate the transformative nature of ecohydrological interfaces?How are ecohydrological interfaces organized in space and time?How does interface activity propagate from small to large scales?How do ecohydrological interfaces react to environmental change and what is their role in processes of significant societal value?

As a research level text on the functionality and performance of ecohydrological interfaces,Ecohydrological Interfaces is primarily aimed at academics and postgraduate researchers. It is also appropriate for university libraries as further reading on a range of geographical, environmental, biological, and engineering topics.

Stefan Krause, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, UK and LEHNA Laboratoire dEcologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, Universitè Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France.

David M. Hannah, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, UK.

Nancy B. Grimm, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.

1. Ecohydrological interfaces as hotspots of ecosystem processes

2. Biological activity as trigger of enhanced ecohydrological interface activity

3. The four interfaces of riparian zones

4. Organizational principles of hyporheic exchange flow and biogeochemical cycling in river networks across scales

5. Groundwater-lake interfaces

6. Coastal-groundwater interfaces

7. Identifying and quantifying water fluxes at ecohydrological interfaces

8. Heat as a hydrological tracer

9. Sampling at groundwater-surface water interfaces

10. Automated sensing methods for dissolved organic matter and inorganic nutrient monitoring in freshwater systems

11. Tracing hydrological connectivity with aerial diatoms

12. Measurement of metabolic rates at the sediment-water interface using experimental ecosystems

13. Using diel solute signals to assess ecohydrological processing in lotic systems

14. Evolving molecular methodologies for monitoring pathogenic viruses in ecohydrological interfaces

15. Global environmental pressures

16. Restoration of interface functions