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Wetlands
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2015.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Chapter 1 Wetlands: Human Use and Science
- Human History and Wetlands
- Literary References to Wetlands
- Wetland Science and Wetland Scientists
- Wetland Managers and Wetland Management
- Chapter 2 Wetland Definitions
- Wetlands in the Landscape
- Wetland Common Terms
- Formal Wetland Definitions
- Legal Definitions
- Choice of a Definition
- Chapter 3 Wetlands of the World
- The Global Extent of Wetlands
- Regional Wetlands of the World
- Part II The Wetland Environment
- Chapter 4 Wetland Hydrology
- Importance of Hydrology in Wetlands
- Wetland Hydroperiod
- Wetland Water Budget
- Precipitation
- Surface Flow
- Groundwater
- Evapotranspiration
- Tides
- Seiches
- Effects of Hydrology on Wetland Function
- Techniques for Wetland Hydrology Studies
- Chapter 5 Wetland Soils
- Types and Definitions
- Organic Wetland Soil
- Mineral Wetland Soil
- Reduction/Oxidation in Wetland Soil
- Chapter 6 Wetland Biogeochemistry
- The Nitrogen Cycle
- Iron and Manganese Transformations
- The Sulfur Cycle
- The Carbon Cycle
- The Phosphorus Cycle
- Water Chemistry
- Nutrient Budgets of Wetlands
- Chapter 7 Wetland Vegetation and Succession
- Vascular Plant Adaptations to Waterlogging and Flooding
- Wetland Succession
- Part III Wetland Ecosystems
- Chapter 8 Tidal Marshes
- Tidal Salt Marshes
- Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
- Chapter 9 Mangrove Swamps
- Geographical Extent
- Hydrogeomorphology
- Soils and Salinity
- Vegetation
- Consumers
- Ecosystem Function
- Chapter 10 Freshwater Marshes
- Hydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Vegetation
- Consumers
- Ecosystem Function
- Chapter 11 Freshwater Swamps and Riparian Ecosystems
- Geographic Extent
- Geomorphology and Hydrology
- Biogeochemistry
- Vegetation
- Consumers
- Ecosystem Function
- Chapter 12 Peatlands
- Geographic Extent
- Hydrology and Peatland Development
- Classification of Peatlands
- Vegetation
- Consumers
- Ecosystem Function
- Part IV Traditional Wetland Management
- Chapter 13 Wetland Classification
- Wetland Classifications
- Wetland Remote Sensing and Inventory
- Chapter 14 Human Impacts and Management of Wetlands
- Early History of Wetland Management
- Wetland Drainage History in the United States
- Wetland Alteration
- Wetland Management by Objective
- Chapter 15 Wetland Laws and Protection
- Legal Protection of Wetlands in the United States
- International Wetland Conservation
- Part V Ecosystem Services
- Chapter 16 Wetland Ecosystem Services
- Wetland Ecosystem Services
- Quantifying Ecosystem Services
- Chapter 17 Wetlands and Climate Change
- Climate Change
- Wetlands in the Global Carbon Cycle
- Effects of Climate Change on Wetlands
- Chapter 18 Wetland Creation and Restoration
- Mitigating Wetland Habitat Loss
- Agricultural Land Restoration
- Forested Wetland Restoration