Wetlands and Natural Resource Management

✍ Scribed by Jos T. A. Verhoeven, Boudewijn Beltman, Dennis F. Whigham, Roland Bobbink (auth.), Prof. Dr. Jos T. A. Verhoeven, Dr. Boudewijn Beltman, Dr. Roland Bobbink, Dr. Dennis F. Whigham (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 364
• Series: Ecological Studies 190
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The two volumes on “Wetlands as a Natural Resource” in the book series Ecological th Studies (Volumes 190,191) are based on the highlights of the 7 INTECOL International Wetland Conference in Utrecht,25–30 July 2004. This conference brought together about 900 participants from 61 countries,who discussed a very broad range of science-,poli- and management-oriented issues related to wetland ecology and hydrology, wetland conservation and creation, the impact of global change and wetlands as a resource in terms of food,flood protection and water quality enhancement. The participants were from different sectors of society,i. e. ,science and technology (scientists 45%; PhD s- dents 20%),natural resource management (20%) and policy (15%). There were 38 s- posia with invited speakers centered around the nine conference themes. We have given the organizers of these symposia the opportunity to produce one chapter for these books with the integrated content of their symposium. This has resulted in 25 chapters, of which 13 are included in Volume 190 under the heading “Wetlands and Natural Resource Management”and 12 in Volume 191 under the heading “Wetlands: Functi- ing,Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration”. With these books,we had the aim to summarize the most important recent scientific results in wetland science,their applications in wetland and water resource management and their implications for the development of global,national and regional policies in the perspective of the ever-progressing deterioration of natural wetlands and the major impacts that future climate change will have.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Wetland Functioning in a Changing World: Implications for Natural Resources Management....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Restoring Lateral Connections Between Rivers and Floodplains: Lessons from Rehabilitation Projects....Pages 15-32
Sustainable Agriculture and Wetlands....Pages 33-52
Sustainable Water Management by Using Wetlands in Catchments with Intensive Land Use....Pages 53-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment....Pages 69-96
Tools for Wetland Ecosystem Resource Management in East Africa: Focus on the Lake Victoria Papyrus Wetlands....Pages 97-121
Predicting the Water Requirements of River Fisheries....Pages 123-154
Water Management and Wise Use of Wetlands: Enhancing Productivity....Pages 155-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Hydrological Processes, Nutrient Flows and Patterns of Fens and Bogs....Pages 183-204
Ecological Aspects of Microbes and Microbial Communities Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Wetland Plants....Pages 205-238
Linkages Between Microbial Community Composition and Biogeochemical Processes Across Scales....Pages 239-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Coastal Wetland Vulnerability to Relative Sea-Level Rise: Wetland Elevation Trends and Process Controls....Pages 271-292
Connecting Arctic and Temperate Wetlands and Agricultural Landscapes: The Dynamics of Goose Populations in Response to Global Change....Pages 293-314
Eurasian Mires of the Southern Taiga Belt: Modern Features and Response to Holocene Palaeoclimate....Pages 315-341
Back Matter....Pages 343-349

✦ Subjects

Landscape Ecology; Environmental Management; Plant Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Animal Ecology; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution