Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration
Together with its companion Volume 190 Wetlands and Natural Resource Management, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent major scientific results in wetland science and their applications in natural resource management issues. Aft
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Edited by M.M. Caldwell, Logan, 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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R. Bobbink B. Beltman J.T.A. Verhoeven D.F. Whigham (Eds.)
Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration With 67 Figures, 6 in Color, and 21 Tables
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Dr. Roland Bobbink Dr. Boudewijn Beltman Prof. Dr. Jos T.A. Verhoeven Landscape Ecology Institute of Environmental Biology Utrecht University PO Box 800.84 3508 TB Utrecht The Netherlands Prof. Dr. Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center PO Box 28 Edgewater, MD 21037 USA
Cover illustration: Large photo: Overview of an undisturbed tidal freshwater wetland system at Jug Bay Sanctuary on the Patuxent River, Maryland, USA (Photo R. Bobbink). Small photos: Top Dense beds of the invasive species Crassostrea gigas, the Pacific oyster, near Yerseke, The Netherlands, after intentional introduction of this species for cultivation (Photo D.W. Thieltges). Middle Restoration of a degraded rich fen by removal of the vegetation and the acidified top layer of the peat, The Netherlands (Photo B. Beltman). Bottom Extensive aerenchyma in the stem of pond weed (Potamogeton pectinatus) (Photo by Summers and Jackson 1994).
ISSN 0070-8356 ISBN-10 3-540-33188-3 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-33188-9 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
The two volumes on “Wetlands as a Natural Resource” in the book series Ecological Studies (Volumes 190, 191) are based on the highlights of the 7th INTECOL International Wetland Conference in Utrecht, 25–30 July 2004. This conference brought together about 900 participa
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