Creating and restoring wetlands : from theory to practice / Christopher Craft.
Craft, Christopher B., author.
2016
QH75 .C734 2016eb
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Title
Creating and restoring wetlands : from theory to practice / Christopher Craft.
Author
Craft, Christopher B., author.
ISBN
9780124076594 (electronic book)
0124076599 (electronic book)
9780124072329
0124072321
Published
Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Boston : Elsevier, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 348 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
QH75 .C734 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.91/8
Summary
This book summarizes the state of our understanding of the field of wetland restoration, both coastal and inland, in the context of ecological theory, with discussions of hydrology, soils, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, along with a variety of case studies that illustrate estuarine and freshwater large-scale restoration. -- Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Creating and restoring wetlands.
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Part 1. Foundations
1. Introduction
2. Definitions
3. Ecological theory and restoration
4. Consideration of the landscape
Part 2. Restoration of freshwater wetlands
5. Inland marshes
6. Forested woodlands
7. Peatlands
Part 3. Restoration of estuarine wetlands
8. Tidal marshes
9. Mangroves
Part 3. From theory to practice
10. Measuring success: performance standards and trajectories of ecosystem development
11. Case studies
12. Restoration on a grand scale
13. Future of wetland restoration.

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