In particular growth has occurred in the areas of stream rehabilitation and the evaluation of environmental flow needs the concept of stream health has been adopted as a way of assessing stream resources and setting management goalsstream hydrology an introduction for ecologists second edition documents recent research and practice in these areas chapters. Stream hydrology an introduction for ecologists second edition documents recent research and practice in these areas chapters provide information on sampling field techniques stream analysis the hydrodynamics of moving water channel form sediment transport and commonly used statistical methods such as flow duration and flood frequency analysis methods are presented from engineering . Stream hydrology an introduction for ecologists nancy d gordon thomas a mcmahon brian l finlayson christopher j gippel rory j nathan since the publication of the first edition 1994 there have been rapid developments in the application of hydrology geomorphology and ecology to stream management. Stream hydrology an introduction for ecologists second edition documents recent research and practice in these areas chapters provide information on sampling field techniques stream analysis the hydrodynamics of moving water channel form sediment transport and commonly used statistical methods such as flow duration and flood frequency