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Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands

A survey in ecology of freshwater and estuarine wetlands, this volume addresses the physical environment, geomorphology, biogeochemistry, soils, and hydrology of both freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Focusing on the ecology of key organisms, it reviews how hydrology and chemistry constrain wetland...

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Autor principal: Batzer, Darold P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1. Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands: An Introduction; 2. Wetland Geomorphology, Soils, and Formative Processes; 3. Wetland Hydrology; 4. Abiotic Constraints for Wetland Plants and Animals; 5. Biogeochemistry and Bacterial Ecology of Hydrologically Dynamic Wetlands; 6. Development of Wetland Plant Communities; 7. Wetland Animal Ecology; 8. Wetland Ecosystem Processes; 9. United States Wetland Regulation and Policy; 10. Wetland Restoration; 11. Flood Pulsing and the Development and Maintenance of Biodiversity in Floodplains.
  • 12. Consequences for Wetlands of a Changing Global EnvironmentLiterature Cited; Index.