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The biology of freshwater wetlands /
Global wetlands exhibit significant differences in both hydrology and species composition and range from moss-dominated arctic peatlands to seasonally-flooded tropical floodplains. They are increasingly recognized for the important services that they provide to both the environment and human society...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Biology of habitats.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is a wetland?; 1.2 Wetland classification; 1.3 Wetland inventories; 1.4 Summary; 1.5 Practical experiments and observations; 1.5.1 Wetland classification; 2 Water and Soil; 2.1 Physical and chemical properties of water; 2.2 Wetland hydrology; 2.3 Secondary gradients; 2.4 Hydric soils; 2.4.1 Soil genesis; 2.5 Summary; 2.6 Practical experiments and observations; 2.6.1 Water levels; 2.6.2 Water chemistry; 2.6.3 Temperature and oxygen gradients; 2.6.4 Redox; 2.6.5 Hydric soils.