Author: Samuel P. Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water birds
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Wetlands of the United States
Author: Samuel P. Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water birds
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water birds
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Wetland Habitats of North America
Author: Darold P. Batzer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271645
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
“Wetland Habitats of North America is essential reading for everyone who studies, manages, or visits North American wetlands. It fills an important void in the wetland literature, providing accessible and succinct descriptions of all of the continent’s major wetland types.” Arnold van der Valk, Iowa State University “Batzer and Baldwin have compiled the most comprehensive compendium of North American wetland habitats and their ecology that is presently available—a must for wetland scientists and managers.” Irving A. Mendelssohn, Louisiana State University "If you want to gain a broad understanding of the ecology of North America’s diverse wetlands, Wetland Habitats of North America is the book for you. Darold Batzer and Andrew Baldwin have assembled an impressive group of regional wetland scientists who have produced a virtual encyclopedia to the continent’s wetlands. Reading the book is like a road trip across the Americas with guided tours of major wetland types by local experts. Your first stop will be to coastal wetlands with eight chapters covering tidal wetlands along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. Then you’ll travel inland where you can visit any or all of 18 types ranging from bottomland swamps of the Southeast to pothole marshes of the Northern Prairies to montane wetlands of the Rockies to tropical swamps of Central America and desert springs wetlands. All in one book—I’m impressed! Every wetlander should add this book to her or his swampland library. Ralph Tiner, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271645
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
“Wetland Habitats of North America is essential reading for everyone who studies, manages, or visits North American wetlands. It fills an important void in the wetland literature, providing accessible and succinct descriptions of all of the continent’s major wetland types.” Arnold van der Valk, Iowa State University “Batzer and Baldwin have compiled the most comprehensive compendium of North American wetland habitats and their ecology that is presently available—a must for wetland scientists and managers.” Irving A. Mendelssohn, Louisiana State University "If you want to gain a broad understanding of the ecology of North America’s diverse wetlands, Wetland Habitats of North America is the book for you. Darold Batzer and Andrew Baldwin have assembled an impressive group of regional wetland scientists who have produced a virtual encyclopedia to the continent’s wetlands. Reading the book is like a road trip across the Americas with guided tours of major wetland types by local experts. Your first stop will be to coastal wetlands with eight chapters covering tidal wetlands along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. Then you’ll travel inland where you can visit any or all of 18 types ranging from bottomland swamps of the Southeast to pothole marshes of the Northern Prairies to montane wetlands of the Rockies to tropical swamps of Central America and desert springs wetlands. All in one book—I’m impressed! Every wetlander should add this book to her or his swampland library. Ralph Tiner, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
Regulating Wetlands Protection
Author: Ronald Keith Gaddie
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791443507
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Wetlands are a valuable natural resource, yet over 200,000 acres are destroyed in the United States per year. This book examines whether states should assume the role of protecting wetlands rather than the federal government.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791443507
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Wetlands are a valuable natural resource, yet over 200,000 acres are destroyed in the United States per year. This book examines whether states should assume the role of protecting wetlands rather than the federal government.
Wetlands
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309103649
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management. This volume explores how to define wetlands. The committeeâ€"whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental communityâ€"builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action. Wetlands also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels. This comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309103649
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management. This volume explores how to define wetlands. The committeeâ€"whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental communityâ€"builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action. Wetlands also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels. This comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.
Wetlands of the United States
Author: Ralph W. Tiner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Wetlands Explained
Author: William M. Lewis Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198030218
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands. This primer lays out the science and policy considerations to help in navigating this branch of science that is so central to conservation policy, ecosystem science and wetland regulation. It gives explanations of the attributes, functions and values of our wetlands and shows how and why public attitudes toward wetlands have changed, and the political, legal, and social conflicts that have developed from legislation intended to stem the rapid losses of wetlands. The book describes the role of wetland science in facilitating the evolution of a rational and defensible system for regulating wetlands and will shed light on many of the problems and possibilities facing those who quest to protect and conserve our wetlands.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198030218
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands. This primer lays out the science and policy considerations to help in navigating this branch of science that is so central to conservation policy, ecosystem science and wetland regulation. It gives explanations of the attributes, functions and values of our wetlands and shows how and why public attitudes toward wetlands have changed, and the political, legal, and social conflicts that have developed from legislation intended to stem the rapid losses of wetlands. The book describes the role of wetland science in facilitating the evolution of a rational and defensible system for regulating wetlands and will shed light on many of the problems and possibilities facing those who quest to protect and conserve our wetlands.
Classification of Wetlands of the United States
Author: United States. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wetlands Classification Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetlands
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetlands
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States
Author: Ralph W. Tiner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"A superb illustrated flora with clear line drawings by talented botanical artist Abigail Rorer. With more than 250 specimens fully described, one can identify any plant found in the coastal wetlands of the Southeast". -- Choice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"A superb illustrated flora with clear line drawings by talented botanical artist Abigail Rorer. With more than 250 specimens fully described, one can identify any plant found in the coastal wetlands of the Southeast". -- Choice
Wetlands, Their Use and Regulation
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description