Coastal Dunes Ecology and Conservation
Coastal dunes occur in almost every latitude - from tropical to polar - and have been substantially altered by human activities. Many are already severely and irreversibly degraded. Although these ecosystems have been studied for a long time (as early as
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Coastal Dunes Ecology and Conservation
Ecological Studies, Vol. 171 Analysis and Synthesis
Edited by M.M. Caldwell, Washington, USA G. Heldmaier, Marburg, Germany R.B. Jackson, Durham, USA O.L. Lange, Würzburg, Germany H.A. Mooney, Stanford, USA E.-D. Schulze, Jena, Germany U. Sommer, Kiel, Germany
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M. L. Martínez N. P. Psuty (Eds.)
Coastal Dunes Ecology and Conservation
With 108 Figures, 3 in Color, and 33 Tables
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Dr. M. Luisa Martínez Departamento de Ecología Vegetal Instituto de Ecología, A.C. km 2.5 Antigua Carretera a Coatepec 351 Xalapa, Veracruz 91070 México
Dr. Norbert P. Psuty Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey 08901 USA
Cover illustration: Background: Coastal foredunes migrating inland, Fire Island, New York, USA. The house has since been picked up and moved inland, along with a few others that were in jeopardy of tumbling into the sea (Photo N. Psuty). Upper right hand insert: Chamaecrista chamaecristoides a shrubby legume endemic to the Gulf of Mexico with two disjunct populations on the Pacific. It is one of the first colonizers of mobile dunes and facilitates survival and growth of late colonizers (Photo M.L. Martínez). Lower left hand insert: Coastal dune system, La Mancha, in central Gulf of Mexico, Mexico. The photo shows different successional stages from early (mobile dunes) to late (tropical rain forest growing on dunes, in the back) (Photo M.L. Martínez). Lower right hand insert: Production of drinking water in the coastal dune area of Meijendel in the Netherlands. The photo shows an artificial lake where pre-treated water of the river Meuse is infiltrated into the subsoil (Photo K. Tomeï) ISSN 0070-8356 ISBN 978-3-540-74001-8 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York e-ISBN 978-3-540-74002-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007934259
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