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Coastal Wetlands, Second Edition: An Integrated and Ecosystem Approach provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide. As coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea levels and the interventi...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444638939 |
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Coastal Wetlands, Second Edition: An Integrated and Ecosystem Approach provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide. As coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea levels and the intervention of human populations, both along the estuary and in the river catchment, this book covers important issues, such as the destruction or degradation of wetlands from land reclamation and infrastructures, impacts from the discharge of pollutants, changes in river flows and sediment supplies, land clearing, and dam operations. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxi, 1105 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780444638946 0444638946 |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q178.531 |
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Intro; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; List of Contributors; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Reviewers; Chapter 1. Coastal Wetlands: A Synthesis; 1. Introduction; 2. A Synthesis of Coastal Wetlands Science; 3. Human Health and Coastal Wetland Socioeconomics; 4. Coastal Wetlands Are Essential for Our Quality of Life; 5. Blue Carbon and Human Well-Being; Part I. Coastal Wetlands As Ecosystems; Chapter 2. The Morphology and Development of Coastal Wetlands in the Tropics; 1. Introduction; 2. Mangrove and Associated Wetlands. 3. Environmental Settings4. Sedimentation and the Development of Wetlands; 5. Sea Level Controls on Wetland Development; 6. Sea Level Change and the Diversification of West Indian Mangroves; 7. Sea Level Change and Mangrove Habitat Evolution in the Pacific; 8. Impact of Future Climate and Sea Level Change; 9. Summary and Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3. Temperate Coastal Wetlands: Morphology, Sediment Processes, and Plant Communities; 1. Introduction; 2. Factors Controlling Salt Marsh Development; 3. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Variation; 4. Geographic Variation. 5. Human Impacts and Climate Change6. Summary; Chapter 4. Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands: Development, Structure, and Land Use; 1. Introduction; 2. Geology/Geomorphology; 3. Oceanography; 4. Climate; 5. Structure of Arctic Coastal Wetlands; 6. Vegetation of Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands; 7. Fauna of Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands; 8. Environmental Hazards; 9. Conclusions and Research Priorities; Part II. Physical Processes; Chapter 5. Salt-Marsh Ecogeomorphological Dynamics and Hydrodynamic Circulation; 1. Introduction; 2. Intertidal Ecogeomorphological Evolution; 3. Results. 4. Discussion5. Conclusions; Chapter 6. Geomorphology of Tidal Courses and Depressions; 1. Introduction; 2. Classifications; 3. Tidal Courses; 4. Tidal Depressions; 5. Summary; Chapter 7. Methods to Estimate Heat Balance in Coastal Wetlands; 1. The Heat Balance Equation; 2. Mid Latitudes; 3. Low Latitudes; 4. High Latitudes; 5. Summary; Chapter 8. Hydrodynamics and Modeling of Water Flow in Coastal Wetlands; 1. Introduction-Importance of Understanding Hydrodynamics and Water Flows in Coastal Wetlands; 2. Types of Wetland-Flow Interactions; 3. Large-Scale Flows; 4. Small-Scale Flows. 5. Modeling Flow Over Wetlands6. Wave-Induced Flows and Interactions With Wetland Surfaces; 7. Modeling Waves Over Wetlands; 8. Tsunami Waves; 9. Scaling Challenges; Chapter 9. Mathematical Modeling of Tidal Flow Over Saltmarshes and Tidal Flats With Applications to the Venice Lagoon; 1. Introduction; 2. Wetting and Drying and the Dynamics of Very Shallow Flows; 3. Wind and Wind Waves; 4. Saltmarsh Vegetation; 5. Saltmarshes and Tidal Flats Morphodynamics; 6. Conclusions; Part III. Tidal Flats; Chapter 10. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Tidal Flats; 1. Introduction. Coastal wetlands : a synthesis / The morphology and development of coastal wetlands in the tropics / Temperate coastal wetlands : morphology, sediment processes, and plant communities / Northern polar coastal wetlands : development, structure, and land use / Salt-marsh ecogeomorphological dynamics and hydrodynamic circulation / Geomorphology of tidal courses and depressions / Methods to estimate heat balance in coastal wetlands / Hydrodynamics and modeling of water flow in coastal wetlands / Mathematical modeling of tidal flow over saltmarshes and tidal flats with applications to the Venice lagoon / Geomorphology and sedimentology of tidal flats / Intertidal flats : form and function / Biogeochemical dynamics of coastal tidal flats / Productivity and biogeochemical cycling in seagrass ecosystems / Tidal salt marshes : sedimentology and geomorphology / Ecosystem structure of tidal saline marshes / Salt marsh biogeochemistry--an overview / The role of freshwater flows on salt marsh growth and development / Tidal freshwater wetlands / Biogeochemistry of tidal freshwater wetlan |