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Aquatic-Riparian Systems

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As water plays a defining role for the development of moist coniferous forests, aquatic-riparian systems are defining components of these landscapes. In the Pacific Northwest, aquatic-riparian ecosystems in moist forests are increasingly being recognized as multistate systems, with a complex mix of heterogeneous habitats within and among watersheds and a host of disturbances at play over time (box 14.1). Although a mosaic of conditions has been recognized previously for aquatic systems (e.g., Pringle et al. 1988), there is a renewed focus on the thermal (Torgersen et al. 1999; Armstrong and Schindler 2013) and habitat (Stanford et all 2005) heterogeneity of aquatic-riparian systems and on multifaceted approaches for their management (Rieman et al. 2015).

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Olson, D.H., Johnson, S.L., Anderson, P.D., Penaluna, B.E., Dunham, J.B. (2017). Aquatic-Riparian Systems. In: Olson, D.H., Van Horne, B. (eds) People, Forests, and Change. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-768-1_14

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