Wetlands ecosystems in Asia : function and management /
The material presented in this volume has been organized around four main themes: 'Natural Wetland Systems and Their Functions'; 'Wetland Biogeochemistry'; 'Wetland Management Strategies in Asia'; and 'Constructed Wetlands'.
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Developments in ecosystems ;
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444516916 |
Summary: |
The material presented in this volume has been organized around four main themes: 'Natural Wetland Systems and Their Functions'; 'Wetland Biogeochemistry'; 'Wetland Management Strategies in Asia'; and 'Constructed Wetlands'. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 451 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780080474830 0080474837 1280966084 9781280966088 |
Index Number: | QH179 |
CLC: | Q178.51 |
Contents: |
A comparison of issues and management approaches in Moreton Bay, Australia and Chesapeake Bay, USA / Wetland utilization and protection in China / Ecological and environmental function of wetland landscape in the Liaohe Delta / The Dyke-Pond systems in South China: past, present and future / Heavy metal mobility and aquatic biogeochemical processes at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong / Biogeochemistry of metals in the Rhizosphere of wetland plants -- an explanation for "innate" metal tolerance? / Mycotrophy and its significance in wetland ecology and wetland management / Assessment of risks to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site due to environmental contaminants / Modelling contamination in an urban canal sediment: some preliminary results from a Phytoremediation Project / Conflicts in the management of a wetland nature reserve -- case study of the Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong / Conservation and uses of mangroves in Hong Kong and Mainland China / An integrated analysis of sustainable human-water interactions in wetland ecosystems of Taihu Lake Basin, East China / Ecological benefits of Italian polar afforestation in Wetland areas along the Yangtze River, Fanchang County of Anhui Province / Wetland conservation and management in the Philippines: where are we now? the case of seagrass and mangrove / Economic valuation of mangroves for improved usage and management in Thailand / Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: principles and practices / Planting, selections and plant establishment in constructed wetlands in a tropical environment / Nitrogen removal processes in constructed wetlands / Operation and maintenance for constructed wetlands / Urban and highway runoff treatment by constructed wetlands / Wetland ecosystems for treatment of stormwater in an urban environment / The application of constructed wetlands for water quality improvement in the Deep Bay Catchment of Hong Kong / Use of a wetland system for treating Pb/Zn mine effluent: a case study in Southern China from 1984 to 2002 / Wetland creation in Hong Kong / |