The wetlands handbook /
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| Imprint: | Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. |
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| Description: | xiv, 1058 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7940270 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Wetlands in the Global Environment
- 1.1. Introduction - The changing Wetland Paradigm
- 1.2. Global Distribution, Diversity, and Human Alterations of Wetland Resources
- 1.3. Biodiversity in wetlands
- 1.4. Peat as an Archive of Atmospheric, Climatic and Environmental Conditions
- 2. Wetlands in the Natural Environment: How Do Wetlands Work?
- 2.1. Introduction- The dynamics of wetlands
- 2.2. Hydrological Dynamics I: Surface Waters, Flood and Sediment Dynamics
- 2.3. Hydrological dynamics II: Groundwater and Hydrological Connectivity
- 2.4. Hydrological dynamics III: Hydro-ecology
- 2.5. Biogeochemical Dynamics I: Nitrogen Cycling in Wetlands
- 2.6. Biogeochemical Dynamics II: Cycling and storage of phosphorus in wetlands
- 2.7. Biogeochemical dynamics III: The Critical Role of Carbon in Wetlands
- 2.8. Wetland Biogeochemical Cycles and their Interactions
- 2.9. Ecological Dynamics I: Vegetation as a bioindicator and as dynamic community
- 2.10. Ecological Dynamics II: The influences of vertebrate herbivory on ecological dynamics in wetland ecosystems
- 2.11. Ecological Dynamics III: Decomposition in Wetlands
- 3. Wetlands in the Human Environment: How Can We Utilise the Work of Wetlands?
- 3.1. Introduction- Benefiting from the work of wetlands
- 3.2. Wetlands and Water Resources
- 3.3. Characterisation, Development and Management of Wetland Soils
- 3.4. The role of buffer zones for agricultural runoff
- 3.5. Wetlands for contaminant and waste water treatment
- 4. Wetland Assessment: How Can We Measure that Wetlands are Working?
- 4.1. Introduction - Methodologies for Wetland Assessment
- 4.2. The United States HGM (hydrogeomorphic) Approach
- 4.3. Development of a European methodology for functional assessment of wetlands
- 4.4. Wetlands Assessment in Practice: Development and Application In the United States Regulatory Context
- 4.5. Wetland Evaluation in developing countries
- 4.6. Methodologies for Economic Evaluation of Wetlands and Wetland Functioning
- 5. Wetland Dysfunctioning: What Happens When Wetlands Do Not Work?
- 5.1. Introduction - How Do Wetlands Fail?
- 5.2. Hydrological impacts in and around wetlands- from temperate to tropical floodplains
- 5.3. Biotic pressures and their effects on wetland functioning
- 5.4. Human impacts- farming, fire, forestry and fuel
- 6. Wetland Restoration: Making Wetlands Work Again
- 6.1. Introduction- Re-establishment of wetland functioning
- 6.2. Restoration of wetland environments: lessons and successes
- 6.3. Replumbing wetlands- managing water for the restoration of bogs and fens
- 6.4. Restoring wetlands for wildlife habitat
- 6.5. Wetland Conditions and Requirements for maintaining Economically Valuable Species: Waterfowl, Furbearers, Fish and Plants
- 7. Sustainable Utilisation of Wetlands: Balancing Ecosystem Functioning and Human Needs
- 7.1. Introduction - Sustainable wetlands in a global context
- 7.2. Melaleuca wetlands and sustainable development in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
- 7.3. Multiple use of wetlands in Eastern Africa
- 7.4. Deterioration and rehabilitation of the Lower Danube wetland system
- 7.5. The Pantanal of Mato Grosso: Linking ecological researc
