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Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters

Internationally, the wetlands of headwater and upland regions provide many valuable environmental services. This book moves towards a more comprehensive inventory of the benefits and costs of headwater wetlands. It evaluates the research that tries to understand the tolerances, exchanges, checks and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Krecek, Josef (Editor ), Haigh, Martin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:NATO Science Series: IV:, Earth and Environmental Sciences ; 63
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Headwater Wetlands
  • Mapping Wetlands in European Headwater Areas
  • The Role of Forest on the Hydrology of Headwater Wetlands
  • Role of Grassland Ecosystems in Protection of Forested Wetlands
  • The Effect of Peat Land Drainage and Afforestation on Runoff Dynamics
  • Impact of Herbaceous Vegetation on Recovery of a Harvested Headwater Catchment
  • Leaching of Nitrogen from Upland Forest-Regeneration Sites into Wetland Areas
  • Hydrology of Disturbed Peat-Land, Heads of The Valleys, Wales
  • Estimation of Water Budget in the Forested Peat-Lands of Western Ireland
  • Role of the Planktonic Communities in the Regulation and Indication of Eutrofication Processes in Shallow Mountain Wetlands
  • New Wetland Formation in Subsidence Hollows of Western Dondass, Ukraine
  • Integrating Wetlands into Watershed Management: Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Impacts from Urban Stormwater
  • Disasters and Climate Change - Their Relation with Wetland Headwaters
  • The Alleghe Lake (Dolomites, Italy): Environmental Role and Sediment Management
  • Alpine Wetlands from Ecological Network to Land-Based Risk Prevention
  • Headwater Resources and Headwater Hazards: Perspectives from Environmental Education
  • Hydrology of Wetlands in the Headwaters of Great African Rivers
  • Headwater Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Economic Contribution of Headwater Wetlands
  • The Lake Kinneret Drainage Basin
  • Environmental Change in Headwater Peat Wetlands, UK
  • Environmental Problems of Headwater Wetlands in Hungary
  • Headwater Wetlands in the Czech Republic
  • Analysis of the Water Balance of Small Páramo Catchments in South Ecuador
  • Summary Reports
  • Headwater and Wetland Protection
  • Next Generation of Watershed Management Programmes
  • Conclusion - Wetlands in Context
  • Erratum.