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000728052 1001_ $$aTimoney, Kevin,$$eauthor.
000728052 24510 $$aImpaired wetlands in a damaged landscape$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe legacy of bitumen exploitation in Canada /$$cKevin P. Timoney.
000728052 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2015.
000728052 300__ $$a1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) :$$billustrations.
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000728052 4901_ $$aSpringerBriefs in environmental science,$$x2191-5547
000728052 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000728052 5050_ $$a1. Introduction -- 2. Reclamation Policy and Scientific Context -- 3. Methods -- 4. The Vegetation -- 5. Chemical and Physical Properties of the Wetlands -- 6. Plant Species Richness and Diversity -- 7. Are Industrial Wetlands Changing Over Time -- 8. Differentiating Industrial from Natural Wetlands via Structural and Geographic Attributes -- 9. The Role of Regulations and Policy in Wetland Loss and Attempts at Reclamation -- 10. Impaired Wetlands: Further Considerations -- 11. The Future: Is Regional Environmental Degradation Inevitable? -- 12. Summary and Conclusions.
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000728052 520__ $$aThis work is a scientific monograph that examines the flora and vegetation of natural mineral wetlands in comparison to mineral wetlands affected by bitumen exploitation. The work is of broad relevance because (a) wetland loss and degradation is a global problem; (b) the continued global increase in fossil fuel exploitation is resulting in widespread damage; and (c) bitumen (tar sands, oil sands) exploitation is a rapidly growing and destructive set of activities. The core of the work is a meta-analysis of 417 vegetation plots. Analyses of change over time and chemical and physical attributes of water and soil are presented for the subset of plots with sufficient data. The purpose of the work is to demonstrate that: (1) There are marked differences between natural and industrially-affected wetlands. (2) Industrially-affected mineral wetlands differ from natural wetlands in their vegetation assemblages, their depressed vegetation and species diversity, and their abundance of exotic weeds. (3) Successful post-bitumen mining wetland reclamation has not been accomplished and may not be attainable within the foreseeable future given the ecological and physical conditions of the industrial wetlands, current reclamation practices, and lax regulatory standards. In regard to government policy and industrial practices, it finds that they are responsible for reclamation failure on a grand scale.
000728052 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 8, 2015).
000728052 650_0 $$aWetland ecology$$zCanada.
000728052 650_0 $$aWetland conservation$$zCanada.
000728052 650_0 $$aBitumen$$xEnvironmental aspects$$zCanada.
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