Wetlands

by Mitsch, William J.
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ISBN: 9780471699675
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Overview

Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. Recently updated and expanded, this latest edition contains brand new information on wetland ecosystem services and an updated discussion on climate change and wetland creation and restoration efforts.

Readers will gain a solid understanding of wetlands, how they work, what they do, and why the Earth can't live without them.

  • Understand wetlands' role in the ecosystem, from local to global scales
  • Discover the unique characteristics that make wetlands critically important for improving water quality, reducing storm and flood damage, and providing habitat to support biodiversity
  • Learn how wetlands are being managed or destroyed around the globe but also how we can create and restore them
  • Examine the ways in which climate change is affecting wetland ecosystems and wetland ecosystems affect climate change

    • A generation of ecologists, ecological engineers, land use planners, and water resource managers worldwide owe their knowledge of the wetlands to this book - for the next generation to follow in their footsteps, Wetlands 6th edition is the quintessential guide to these critical systems.

    • Format: Hardcover
    • Author: Mitsch, William J.
    • ISBN: 9780471699675
    • Condition: Used
    • Dimensions: 9.20 x 1.42
    • Number Of Pages: 582
    • Publication Year: 2007
    Language: English

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