Streams in the Urban Landscape
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▪ Abstract The world's population is concentrated in urban areas. This change in demography has brought landscape transformations that have a number of documented effects on stream ecosystems. The most consistent and pervasive effect is an increase in impervious surface cover within urban catchments, which alters the hydrology and geomorphology of streams. This results in predictable changes in stream habitat. In addition to imperviousness, runoff from urbanized surfaces as well as municipal and industrial discharges result in increased loading of nutrients, metals, pesticides, and other contaminants to streams. These changes result in consistent declines in the richness of algal, invertebrate, and fish communities in urban streams. Although understudied in urban streams, ecosystem processes are also affected by urbanization. Urban streams represent opportunities for ecologists interested in studying disturbance and contributing to more effective landscape management.
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- Authors
- Paul, M. J., & Meyer, J. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2001-11
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 333-365
- ISSN
- 0066-4162 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4231736634
- Cited by
- 2,795
- References
- 148
- Citations by year
- 2026: 116 · 2025: 139 · 2024: 126 · 2023: 109 · 2022: 152 · 2021: 163 · 2020: 148 · 2019: 166 · 2018: 139 · 2017: 159 · 2016: 117 · 2015: 150 · 2014: 142 · 2013: 137 · 2012: 133
- FWCI
- 15.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Keywords
- urban rivers, urbanization, impervious cover, stream hydrology, stream morphology, stream habitat, urban runoff, nutrient loading, contaminants, algal communities, invertebrate communities, fish assemblages, ecosystem processes, landscape management, disturbance
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