WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS IN ASIA FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT

✍ Scribed by M. H. Wong

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 479
Series: Developments in Ecosystems
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book on wetlands ecosystems in Asia deals with function and management. It is the first volume in the Developments in Ecosystems series.

✦ Table of Contents

0444516913......Page 1
Abridged Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 24
About the Editor......Page 26
Acknowledgements......Page 28
A Comparison of Issues and Management Approaches in Moreton Bay, Australia and Chesapeake Bay, USA......Page 31
Wetland Utilization and Protection in China......Page 55
Ecological and Environmental Function of Wetland Landscape in the Liaohe Delta......Page 63
The Dyke-Pond Systems in South China: Past, Present and Future......Page 75
Heavy Metal Mobility and Aquatic Biogeochemical Processes at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong......Page 97
Biogeochemistry of Metals in the Rhizosphere of Wetland Plants — An Explanation for “Innate” Metal Tolerance?......Page 115
Mycotrophy and Its Significance in Wetland Ecology and Wetland Management......Page 123
Assessment of Risks to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site due to Environmental Contaminants......Page 143
Modelling Contamination in an Urban Canal Sediment: Some Preliminary Results from a Phytoremediation Project......Page 159
Conflicts in the Management of a Wetland Nature Reserve — Case Study of the Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong......Page 173
Conservation and Uses of Mangroves in Hong Kong and Mainland China......Page 189
An Integrated Analysis of Sustainable Human–Water Interactions in Wetland Ecosystems of Taihu Lake Basin, East China......Page 211
Ecological Benefits of Italian Poplar Afforestation in Wetland Areas along the Yangtze River, Fanchang County of Anhui Province......Page 249
Wetland Conservation and Management in the Philippines: Where are We Now? The Case of Seagrass and Mangrove......Page 261
Economic Valuation of Mangroves for Improved Usage and Management in Thailand......Page 291
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Principles and Practices......Page 313
Planting, Selection and Plant Establishment in Constructed Wetlands in a Tropical Environment......Page 339
Nitrogen Removal Processes in Constructed Wetlands......Page 359
Operation and Maintenance for Constructed Wetlands......Page 375
Urban and Highway Runoff Treatment by Constructed Wetlands......Page 389
Wetland Ecosystems for Treatment of Stormwater in an Urban Environment......Page 411
The Application of Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement in the Deep Bay Catchment of Hong Kong......Page 429
Use of a Wetland System for Treating Pb/Zn Mine Effluent: A Case Study in Southern China from 1984 to 2002......Page 441
Wetland Creation in Hong Kong......Page 463
Subject Index......Page 475

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