Channels and Flow (chapter 1) 

- Hydrology, characteristics of river channels  

Physical Factors of Importance to the Biota (chapter 3)            

- Current, substrate, temperature, oxygen

 Heterotrophic Energy Sources (chapter 5)  

- Decomposition of course particulate organic matter, fine particulate organic matter, dissolved organic matter

Nutrient Dynamics (chapter 13)     

- Basic principles of nutrient cycling, nutrient concentrations in running water, transport and transformation of nutrients

Trophic Relationships (chapter 6)             

- The microbial loop, invertebrate consumers, feeding ecology of riverine fish, lotic food webs

Predation and its Consequences (chapter 7)    

- Stream Continuum Concept, choice and vulnerability, predator control of prey distribution and abundance

Competition (chapter 9)

- Distributional patterns and resource partitioning, experimental studies of competition  

Modifications of running Water by Mankind (chapter 14)    

- History of river modifications Dams and impoundments, Recovery and restoration of running water