TY - JOUR

T1 - Functional Structure of River Ecosystems

T2 - Retrospective of the Development of Contemporary Concepts (Review)

AU - Baturina, N. S.

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - Abstract: This paper presents a review of the development of basic concepts that describe the organization of river ecosystems. The first zonal models of river description, as well as the transition to continuum concepts and their further criticism and the development of discontinuum models, are considered. The main discrete models are given as the best alternative approaches to describing the organization of the river ecosystem. The main trends of the development of ideas of the hierarchy of organization of river systems and their transformation into contemporary complex concepts are presented.

AB - Abstract: This paper presents a review of the development of basic concepts that describe the organization of river ecosystems. The first zonal models of river description, as well as the transition to continuum concepts and their further criticism and the development of discontinuum models, are considered. The main discrete models are given as the best alternative approaches to describing the organization of the river ecosystem. The main trends of the development of ideas of the hierarchy of organization of river systems and their transformation into contemporary complex concepts are presented.

KW - concepts

KW - river ecosystems

KW - PATCH DYNAMICS

KW - CONTINUUM

KW - NETWORKS

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064152675&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1134/S1995082919010048

DO - 10.1134/S1995082919010048

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85064152675

VL - 12

SP - 1

EP - 9

JO - Inland Water Biology

JF - Inland Water Biology

SN - 1995-0829

IS - 1

ER -