International Wetlands Ecology, Conservation and Restoration

About this book

Wetlands are lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface. Wetlands vary widely because of regional and local differences in soils, topography, climate, hydrology, water chemistry, vegetation, and other factors, including human disturbance. Indeed, wetlands are found from the tundra to the tropics and on every continent except Antarctica. This book focuses on international wetlands.

Contents

Preface; Wetland Management in Spain: A History of Controversial Conservation; Biomass, Productivity and Species Diversity of Plant Community in a Rainfed Monsoonal Wetland Ecosystem with Specific Emphasis on its Temporal Variability; Catchment Changes Influence the Arrival Pattern of Fishes into A Monsoonal Wetland System; Nutrient Removal in a Constructed Wetland for Industrial Wastewater Treatment in Argentina; Planktonic Trophic Interactions in a Temperature Shallow Lake from a South American Wetland; The Application of Constructed Wetlands for Municipal Wastewater Treatment in East China; Community Composition, Species Diversity and Population Biomass of the Gaoqiao Mangrove Forest in Southern China; Wetlands in the Southern Kuril Island: Origin, Age, Evolution; Bog Ecosystems in the Lower Amur River Basin, Russian Far East; The Epistemology of Complexity and Applications to Wetland Research; Effect of Constructed Wetland on River Water Quality and Genetic Diversity of Phragmites Australia; Index.

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