Together with its companion Volume 191 Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent major scientific results in wetland science and their applications in natural resource management issues. After an introduction to the field, 13 chapters contributed by internationally known experts summarize the state of the art on their particular subject. The chapters are divided into the following four sections: The Role of Wetlands for Integrated Water Resources Management: Putting Theory into Practice Wetland Science for Environmental Management Wetland Biogeochemistry Wetlands and Climate Change Worldwide The volume is of interest to wetland scientists, natural resource managers and policy makers.
Author(s): J.T.A. Verhoeven
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 365
3540331867......Page 1
Ecological Studies,Vol. 190......Page 2
Wetlands and Natural
Resource Management......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 16
1 Wetland Functioning in a Changing World:
Implications for Natural Resources Management......Page 24
Section I
The Role ofWetlands for Integrated Water Resources
Management: Putting Theory into Practice......Page 36
2 Restoring Lateral Connections Between Rivers and
Floodplains: Lessons from Rehabilitation Projects......Page 37
3 Sustainable Agriculture and Wetlands......Page 55
4 Sustainable Water Management by Using Wetlands
in Catchments with Intensive Land......Page 75
Section II
Wetland Science for Environmental Ma......Page 88
5 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment......Page 89
6 Tools for Wetland Ecosystem Resource
Management in East Africa: Focus on the Lake
Victoria Papyrus Wetlands......Page 117
7 Predicting the Water Requirements
of River Fisheries......Page 142
8 Water Management and Wise Use ofWetlands:
Enhancing Productivity......Page 174
Section III
Wetland Biogeochemistry......Page 200
9 Hydrological Processes,Nutrient Flows and
Patterns of Fens and Bogs......Page 201
10 Ecological Aspects of Microbes and Microbial
Communities Inhabiting the Rhizosphere
of Wetland Plants......Page 223
11 Linkages Between Microbial Community
Composition and Biogeochemical Processes
Across Scales......Page 257
Section IV
Wetlands and Climate Change Worldwide......Page 287
12 Coastal Wetland Vulnerability
to Relative Sea-Level Rise:Wetland Elevation Trends
and Process Controls......Page 288
13 Connecting Arctic and Temperate Wetlands and
Agricultural Landscapes: The Dynamics of Goose
Populations in Response to Global Change......Page 310
14 Eurasian Mires of the Southern Taiga Belt:
Modern Features and Response to Holocene
Palaeoclimate......Page 332
Subject Index......Page 359
