Creating and Restoring Wetlands: From Theory to Practice describes the challenges and opportunities relating to the restoration of freshwater and estuarine wetlands in natural, agricultural, and urban environments in the coming century.
The underpinnings of restoration, driven by ecological (disturbance, dispersal, succession) theory, are described and applied to various activities (restoring hydrology, soils, and biota) that are used to improve the short- and long-term success of wetland restoration projects.
Unforeseen problems that hinder restoration efforts and solutions to these problems are discussed in this comprehensive book that contains five sections and 13 chapters that include an introduction describing the defining characteristics of wetland – hydrology, soils, biota, the role of theory in guiding wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, and differentiating wetland reclamation, restoration, and creation, restoration of various estuarine and freshwater wetlands, case studies of estuarine and freshwater restoration and large-scale restoration, and finally, the future of wetland restoration.
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I. Introduction
1. Background & History
2. Wetlands Defined
3. Ecological Theory & Restoration
4. Consideration of the Landscape
5. Reclamation, Restoration and Creation
II. Restoration of Freshwater Wetlands
6. Freshwater Marshes
7. Forested Wetlands
8. Bogs and Other Peatlands
III. Restoration of Estuarine Wetlands
9. Saline Tidal Marshes
10. Mangroves
11. Tidal Fresh Marshes
IV. From Theory to Practice
12. Case Studies
13. Restoration on a Grand Scale
V. The Future of Wetland Restoration
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This book summarizes the state of our understanding of the field of wetland restoration, both coastal and inland, in the context of ecological theory, with discussions of hydrology, soils, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, along with a variety of case studies that illustrate estuarine and freshwater large-scale restoration.
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This book summarizes the state of our understanding of the field of wetland restoration, both coastal and inland, in the context of ecological theory, with discussions of hydrology, soils, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, along with a variety of case studies that illustrate estuarine and freshwater large-scale restoration.
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Explicitly links ecological theory to restoration efforts in a variety of freshwater and estuarine, natural, agricultural, urban landscapes, and wetland ecosystems
Contains case studies of small- and large-scale restoration activities ensuring relevance to individuals and organizations
Illustrates successes as well as failures of freshwater and estuarine wetland restorations in order to learn from them
Presents specific information on hydrology, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, and more
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780124072329
Publisert
2015-09-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Vekt
700 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
358