Saltmarsh Conservation, Management and Restoration: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins

✍ Scribed by J. Patrick Doody (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 236
• Series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins 12
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Coastal habitats provide the link between the land and the sea. They are dynamic, combine to form ecosystems of great complexity and provide significant areas for wildlife. Their landscapes are treasured by visitors, painters and musicians. They also provide locations for significant economic activity and are intimately bound up with fisheries, providing food and shelter for some species of commercially exploited fish stocks. The habitats themselves provide a buffer to tides and wave action, which may be particularly important in areas where relative sea level is rising and during storm periods. Managing these assets in the face of continuing pressure from human populations on a sustainable basis is a major task.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Human Influences....Pages 17-31
Nature Conservation....Pages 32-47
States and Values....Pages 48-73
The Physical States....Pages 74-89
Physical States, Restoration Methods....Pages 90-107
Vegetation States....Pages 108-125
Grazing Management....Pages 126-138
Spartina....Pages 139-164
Conclusions....Pages 165-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-218

✦ Subjects

Geoecology/Natural Processes; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Physical Geography; Human Geography; Ecosystems; Landscape Ecology