Stream Ecology: The Structure and Function of Running Waters

To bring structure and function in a unifying framework is a hard but challenging aim. In the increasing vast mass of scientists motivated to write a book, I welcome any ecological contribution in which the author keeps that combination in mind. ... I not only recommend this text to students and teachers, but also to general readers for easily deepening their understanding of the field.' Crustaceana ... it is bound to become a popular text ... my students will be reading it ...' Journal of Ecology Allan provides us with a wealth of information ... summarizing a range of material not found elsewhere. His book provides an excellent introduction to the area ...' Limnol. Oceanogr. Journal of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography ... Allan has done an admirable job of preparing a clearly written, well-referenced, and very readable book that summarizes most of the pertinent literature in stream ecology that has been published since Hynes' (1970) book.' Transactions of the American Fisheries Society There is no question that David Allan has provided an unusually lucid and judicious reassessment of the state of stream ecology.' Science... is intended to serve both as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate students and as a reference book for specialists. It would seem to succeed in both aims ... The text is clear and concise and is illustrated by excellent diagrams. Examples are drawn from all over the world, and the 35 pages of references testify to the author's grasp of the literature.' J.CIWEM So I wish to congratulate David Allan on a difficult job very well done, and to announce to the limnological world that we now have an excellent up-to-date text on running waters.' The North American Benthological Society ... an easily-read, yet comprehensive, introduction to the ecology of running water systems.' Aquaculture