Wetlands: Monitoring, Modelling and Management

ISBN-13: 9780415408202 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 347 str.

Tomasz Okruszko; Edward Maltby; Jan Szatylowicz

Opis

Wetlands are complex and dynamic ecological systems incorporating two important, inter-linked components: hydrology and vegetation. This volume highlights current research on the construction of a vigorous and spatially-explicit model, which will describe the dynamics of wetland vegetation in relation to environmental variables, including hydrological regimes, sediment type, and nutrient availability. It features new information on ecological functions, environmental services, and societal values associated with wetlands, highlighting how to turn this knowledge into practical benefits for sustainable and integrated wetland management. Individual chapters address the ethics and sociology of wetlands, and the ecology, ecohydrology and conservation practice of a variety of landscapes and countries.

O autorze

Tomasz Okruszko, Edward Maltby, Jan Szatylowicz, Dorota Miroslaw-Swiatek