Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach Gerardo Perillo

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• ISBN 10:0444638938
• ISBN 13:9780444638939
• Author:Gerardo Perillo; Eric Wolanski; Donald R Cahoon; Charles S Hopkinson

Coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea level and the intervention of human populations both along the estuary and in the river catchment. Direct impacts include the destruction or degradation of wetlands from land reclamation and infrastructures. Indirect impacts derive from the discharge of pollutants, changes in river flows and sediment supplies, land clearing, and dam operations. As sea level rises, coastal wetlands in most areas of the world migrate landward to occupy former uplands. The competition of these lands from human development is intensifying, making the landward migration impossible in many cases. This book provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide, and suggestions for their management. In this book a CD is included containing color figures of wetlands and estuaries in different parts of the world.
Table contents:

Chapter 1. Coastal Wetlands: A Synthesis
Chapter 2. The Morphology and Development of Coastal Wetlands in the Tropics
Chapter 3. Temperate Coastal Wetlands: Morphology, Sediment Processes, and Plant Communities
Chapter 4. Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands: Development, Structure, and Land Use
Chapter 5. Salt-Marsh Ecogeomorphological Dynamics and Hydrodynamic Circulation
Chapter 6. Geomorphology of Tidal Courses and Depressions
Chapter 7. Methods to Estimate Heat Balance in Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 8. Hydrodynamics and Modeling of Water Flow in Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 9. Mathematical Modeling of Tidal Flow Over Saltmarshes and Tidal Flats With Applications to the Venice Lagoon
Chapter 10. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Tidal Flats
Chapter 11. Intertidal Flats: Form and Function
Chapter 12. Biogeochemical Dynamics of Coastal Tidal Flats
Chapter 13. Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycling in Seagrass Ecosystems
Chapter 14. Tidal Salt Marshes: Sedimentology and Geomorphology
Chapter 15. Ecosystem Structure of Tidal Saline Marshes
Chapter 16. Salt Marsh Biogeochemistry—An Overview
Chapter 17. The Role of Freshwater Flows on Salt Marsh Growth and Development
Chapter 18. Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Chapter 19. Biogeochemistry of Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Chapter 20. Biogeomorphology of Mangroves
Chapter 21. Mangrove Biogeochemistry at Local to Global Scales Using Ecogeomorphic Approaches
Chapter 22. Tidal Marsh Creation
Chapter 23. Salt Marsh Restoration
Chapter 24. Methods and Criteria for Successful Mangrove Forest Rehabilitation
Chapter 25. Evaluating Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Chapter 26. The Shifting Saltmarsh-Mangrove Ecotone in Australasia and the Americas
Chapter 27. The Value of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Services
Chapter 28. Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Chapter 29. Toward a Salt Marsh Management Plan for New York City: Recommendations for Strategic Restoration and Protection
Chapter 30. Living Shorelines for Coastal Resilience
Chapter 31. Mangrove Management: Challenges and Guidelines
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