Wetlands Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts
The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and
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Wetlands Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts
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Editor Dr. Ben A. LePage PECO Energy Company Environmental and Remediation Project Manager Market Avenue 2301 S7-2, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA [email protected] Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
ISBN 978-94-007-0550-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0551-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0551-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921321 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: A photograph of a small mitigation wetland located in Hatfield Township, which is located just north of Philadelphia, illustrating the initial plantings (Juncus effusus) in the spring of 2009. The hydrology of this created wetland is being derived from the adjacent wetland (to the right). A photograph of the wetland a little more than one year later. Plant growth has been prolific with natural recruitment of native wetland plant species occurring in some parts of the wetland. Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Mark Brinson, teacher, colleague, and friend. Your work has touched us all.
Preface
I would like to begin with a quote from Keddy (2002, p. xi), “A number of recent symposium volumes on wetlands appear to be little more than expensive books with a haphazard collection of papers with no unifying theme whatsoever except for the fact that all work in wet areas”. How often have I have heard this opinion iterated? The science of wetlands may indeed be best described as a loosely bound group of scientists and practitioners from diverse backgrounds that are all striving towards a common goal to preserve, maintain, and improve the world’s wetlands. However, more often than not these scientists are generally working independently of one another. As such, the discipline suffers from a lack of cohesiveness and the fragmentation amongst these groups is due largely to the lack of communication and understanding between one another. This fragmentation is perhaps most apparent in the applied wetland sciences where project participants rarely work as a team on wetland projects. The result is many wetland projects end in failure. With this in mind, this volume brings together experts from diverse backgrounds in a forum where the importance of each discipline is communicated in a manner that is neither presumptive, nor so laden with jargon that the meaning of the narrative is lost to most readers. The central theme of the
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