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The Four-Dimensional Nature of Lotic Ecosystems
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The dynamic and hierarchical nature of lotic ecosystems may be conceptualized in a four-dimensional framework. Upstream-downstream interactions constitute the longitudinal dimension. The lateral dimension includes interactions between the channel and riparian/floodplain systems. Significant interactions also occur between the channel and contiguous groundwater, the vertical dimension. The fourth dimension, time, provides the temporal scale. Lotic ecosystems have developed in response to dynamic patterns and processes occurring along these four dimensions. An holistic approach that employs a spatio-temporal framework, and that perceives disturbances as forces disrupting major interactive pathways, should lead to a more complete understanding of the dynamic and hierarchical structure of natural and altered lotic ecosystems.
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- Authors
- Ward, J. V.
- Venue
- Journal of the North American Benthological Society
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1989-03
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-8
- ISSN
- 0887-3593 (ISSN-L)
- 1937-237X
- OpenAlex
- W2081632123
- Cited by
- 1,225
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 20.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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