Book ID: 95039
Cantonati, Marco, Ermanno Bertuzzi and Daniel Spitale (eds.)
The spring habitat: biota and sampling methods. 2007. (Monogr. del Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali,4). many col. figs. 350 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The main threat to spings, as natural environments, is their exploitation to obtain potable water or for other human uses. This anthropogenic pressure on springs is likely to increase in the near future due to the decrease in precipitation caused by climate change, which is predicted for several regions including the south - eastern Alps. In spite of this situation, spring habitats are still poorly or not at all considered by European Directives, and national and local environmental legislation. The present volume discusses in this contex tmethodologies to study springs, which can be seen as an important and necessary premise for further study.