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E-raamat: Wetland Environments - A Global Perspective: A Global Perspective [Wiley Online]

(University of Southern Maine), (San Jose State University), (Emporia State University)
  • Formaat: 440 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Sep-2012
  • Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 1118349547
  • ISBN-13: 9781118349540
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Wetland Environments - A Global Perspective: A Global PerspectiveSuurem pilt
  • Formaat: 440 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Sep-2012
  • Kirjastus: Wiley-Blackwell
  • ISBN-10: 1118349547
  • ISBN-13: 9781118349540
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Wetlands - swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog - are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world.? They are intrinsically beautiful environments where one may see the natural and essential values in the interaction of water, soil, vegetation, wildlife, and humans.? Wetlands occur at the confluence of unique terrestrial, hydrological and climatic conditions that give rise to some of the most biodiverse regions of the world.? They also play vital roles in the cycling and storage of key nutrients, materials and energy through the Earth?s system.

A complete study of wetland environments requires the assessment of their physical and biological attributes, properties and functions of these ecosystems, and the economic, political and social aspects that mediate their use globally.? A systems approach is taken throughout this book which emphasizes the interactions between these elements of wetland ecosystems.? Moreover, selected case studies from across the world are used to illustrate wetland characteristics and circumstances.?

This book is intended to foster a greater awareness and appreciation of wetlands, promote a culture of conservation and wise management, and spread the knowledge that wetlands are important, indeed crucial, elements of the global environment.? Our attempts to understand, manage and enhance wetlands in the twenty-first century are part of the larger effort to maintain a sustainable Earth.

Readership: Introductory or intermediate level undergraduates taking courses on wetland environments

Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/aber/wetland.

Preface: Why wetlands? xi
Acknowledgements xiv
Part I
1 Wetland overview
1(14)
1.1 Introduction
1(3)
1.2 How much and where
4(4)
1.3 Wetland trends
8(2)
1.4 Wetland preservation and protection
10(1)
1.5 Wetland science
11(2)
1.6 Book approach and outline
13(1)
1.7 Summary
13(2)
2 Wetland criteria
15(15)
2.1 Definitions
15(1)
2.2 Water
16(2)
2.3 Soil
18(2)
2.4 Vegetation
20(2)
2.5 Wetland classification
22(2)
2.6 Peatland
24(3)
2.7 Anthropogenic dimensions of wetlands
27(1)
2.8 Summary
28(2)
3 Methods in wetland research
30(28)
3.1 Introduction
30(1)
3.2 Remote sensing
31(15)
3.2.1 Image resolution and interpretability
32(3)
3.2.2 Wetland image interpretation
35(2)
3.2.3 Macro-level systems
37(4)
3.2.4 Meso-level systems
41(1)
3.2.5 Micro-level systems
42(4)
3.3 Maps and geographic information systems
46(2)
3.4 Physical ground-based methods
48(5)
3.4.1 Surface methods
48(3)
3.4.2 Subsurface methods
51(2)
3.5 Flora, fauna and ecological monitoring and survey methods
53(3)
3.6 Social science methods and techniques
56(1)
3.7 Summary
57(1)
Part II
4 Wetland hydrology
58(14)
4.1 Introduction
58(3)
4.2 Surface and ground water
61(3)
4.3 Floods and flooding
64(1)
4.4 Hydrologic functions of streams and wetlands
65(3)
4.5 Hydrochemistry
68(2)
4.6 Summary
70(2)
5 Wetland soil
72(14)
5.1 Introduction
72(1)
5.2 Brief history and soil classification
73(5)
5.3 Hydric soil criteria
78(1)
5.4 Mineral and organic hydric soils
79(2)
5.5 Submerged wetland substrates
81(1)
5.6 Summary
82(4)
6 Wetland vegetation
86(21)
6.1 Plant adaptations
86(3)
6.1.1 Structural adaptations
86(2)
6.1.2 Biochemical adaptations
88(1)
6.2 Ecological categories
89(10)
6.2.1 Shoreline plants
90(2)
6.2.2 Emergent plants
92(2)
6.2.3 Floating plants
94(2)
6.2.4 Submerged plants
96(1)
6.2.5 Plant zonation
97(2)
6.3 Indicator categories
99(2)
6.4 Plant hardiness zones
101(1)
6.5 Invasive plant species
102(3)
6.6 Summary
105(2)
7 Wetland wildlife
107(28)
7.1 Introduction
107(1)
7.2 Wetland invertebrates
108(5)
7.2.1 Insects
108(2)
7.2.2 Mosquitos
110(1)
7.2.3 Corals
111(2)
7.3 Wetland vertebrates
113(17)
7.3.1 Amphibians
113(2)
7.3.2 Reptiles
115(2)
7.3.3 Birds
117(8)
7.3.4 Mammals
125(5)
7.4 Invasive animal species
130(2)
7.5 Summary
132(3)
Part III
8 Wetland change
135(21)
8.1 Introduction
135(1)
8.2 Hydroseral succession
136(3)
8.3 Sea-level change and crustal movements
139(8)
8.3.1 Glacial eustasy
139(2)
8.3.2 Glacial isostasy
141(1)
8.3.3 Complicated responses
141(2)
8.3.4 Modern sea-level rise
143(4)
8.4 Climate change
147(5)
8.4.1 Climate basics
147(3)
8.4.2 Climate and wetlands
150(2)
8.5 Fire
152(2)
8.6 Summary
154(2)
9 Wetlands through time
156(19)
9.1 Introduction
156(1)
9.2 Coal
157(3)
9.2.1 Paleozoic coal
157(1)
9.2.2 Cretaceous-Tertiary coal and lignite
158(2)
9.3 Amber
160(3)
9.4 Pleistocene and Holocene Wetlands
163(10)
9.4.1 Nordic region
164(3)
9.4.2 North America
167(4)
9.4.3 Tropics and Antarctica
171(1)
9.4.4 Holocene climate and early man
171(2)
9.5 Summary
173(2)
10 Environmental cycles and feedback
175(15)
10.1 Biogeochemical cycles
175(4)
10.1.1 Wetland elements
175(1)
10.1.2 Nitrogen
175(2)
10.1.3 Phosphorus, potassium and sulfur
177(2)
10.2 Carbon cycle
179(2)
10.2.1 Carbon reservoirs
179(1)
10.2.2 Carbon balance
179(1)
10.2.3 Carbon gases and climatic feedback
180(1)
10.3 Fossil fuels
181(4)
10.3.1 Fossil-fuel consumption
181(2)
10.3.2 Coal mining and acid rain
183(1)
10.3.3 Estonian oil shale
184(1)
10.4 Human experiment
185(2)
10.5 Summary
187(3)
Part IV
11 Wetland services, resources and valuation
190(28)
11.1 Human use of wetland ecosystems
190(1)
11.2 Ecosystem services
191(5)
11.2.1 Habitats
191(3)
11.2.2 Wetlands and biogeochemical cycles
194(1)
11.2.3 Storm surge and coastal flood protection
195(1)
11.3 Hydrological services
196(3)
11.3.1 Flood abatement
196(1)
11.3.2 Water quality
196(1)
11.3.3 Water storage and diversion
197(2)
11.4 Economic services
199(12)
11.4.1 Extractive industries
199(5)
11.4.2 Pearl production
204(3)
11.4.3 Services industries
207(4)
11.5 Wetland valuations
211(5)
11.5.1 Why value Wetlands?
212(1)
11.5.2 Property regimes and externalities in Wetland use and valuations
212(3)
11.5.3 How to value wetlands?
215(1)
11.6 Summary
216(2)
12 Conservation and management: Wetland planning and practices
218(13)
12.1 The conservation movement
218(2)
12.2 Wetland resource management
220(1)
12.3 Wetland management plans
221(2)
12.4 Wetland management practices
223(6)
12.4.1 Terrestrial and hydrologic-based strategies
223(3)
12.4.2 Biological and chemical strategies
226(1)
12.4.3 Socio-economic strategies
227(2)
12.5 Summary
229(2)
13 Wetland restoration, enhancement and creation
231(20)
13.1 Introduction
231(1)
13.2 Terminology
232(3)
13.3 Wetland restoration, enhancement and creation design principles
235(3)
13.4 Restoration and enhancement considerations
238(2)
13.5 Approaches to wetland restoration and enhancement
240(4)
13.5.1 Active approaches
240(2)
13.5.2 Passive and hybrid approaches
242(2)
13.6 Artificial treatment Wetlands
244(2)
13.7 Contaminated mine-water treatment
246(3)
13.8 Summary
249(2)
14 Wetlands governance and public policy
251(17)
14.1 Wetlands governance and policy
251(1)
14.2 International wetland policy
251(1)
14.3 Wetland policy in the developed world
252(12)
14.3.1 United States
253(2)
14.3.2 Canada
255(1)
14.3.3 Western Europe
255(2)
14.3.4 Central Europe
257(3)
14.3.5 Commonwealth of Independent States
260(2)
14.3.6 Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica
262(2)
14.4 National wetland policy in the developing world
264(1)
14.5 Shared wetlands
264(2)
14.6 Summary
266(2)
Part V
15 Low-latitude wetland case studies
268(31)
15.1 Introduction
268(1)
15.2 Sundarbans of South Asia
269(5)
15.3 Okavango Delta of southern Africa
274(2)
15.4 Pantanal of South America
276(3)
15.5 Gulf of Mexico, United States
279(18)
15.5.1 Florida Everglades
281(4)
15.5.2 Mississippi River delta
285(6)
15.5.3 Padre Island and Laguna Madre
291(6)
15.6 Summary
297(2)
16 Middle-latitude wetland case studies
299(37)
16.1 Introduction
299(1)
16.2 Great Plains of North America
299(24)
16.2.1 Upper Arkansas River valley, Colorado and Kansas
300(5)
16.2.2 Biocontrol of saltcedar along the upper Arkansas River valley
305(4)
16.2.3 Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas
309(5)
16.2.4 Nebraska Sand Hills
314(4)
16.2.5 Missouri Coteau, southern Saskatchewan
318(5)
16.3 Coastal wetlands of Maine and Massachusetts, United States
323(5)
16.3.1 Wells Reserve, southeastern Maine
325(1)
16.3.2 Plum Island Ecosystem, northeastern Massachusetts
326(2)
16.4 Estonia, eastern Baltic region
328(5)
16.5 Summary
333(3)
17 High-latitude and high-altitude wetland case studies
336(22)
17.1 Introduction
336(1)
17.2 Andes Mountains, Venezuela
336(4)
17.3 Southern Colorado, United States
340(10)
17.3.1 Culebra Range
341(4)
17.3.2 San Luis Valley
345(5)
17.4 The Arctic
350(7)
17.4.1 Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
351(2)
17.4.2 Yukon Delta, Alaska
353(1)
17.4.3 Lena River delta, Russia
354(3)
17.5 Summary
357(1)
18 Sustainability for wetlands
358(6)
18.1 Introduction
358(1)
18.2 Key risks to wetlands
359(3)
18.3 Key opportunities in wetland conservation
362(1)
18.4 Future directions
363(1)
Glossary of wetland types and terms 364(8)
References 372(29)
Index 401
James S. Aber, Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Kansas. Wide-ranging international experience in northern and central Europe, North and South America involving glaciation, wetlands, tectonics, and remote sensing.

Firooza Pavri, Ph.D. in Geography from Ohio State University. Research experience in South Asia and North America with an interest in society-environment interactions, landscape change, environmental policy, and remote sensing.

Susan W. Aber, Ph.D. in Library and Information Management from Emporia State University, Kansas. International experience across Europe, southeastern Asia and North America. Special interest in gemstones, particularly amber and pearls.
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