The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and ConservationLauchlan H. Fraser, Paul A. Keddy Cambridge University Press, 10 iun. 2005 - 488 pagini During the past century approximately fifty percent of the world's wetlands have been destroyed, largely due to human activities. Increased human population has lead to shrinkage of wetland areas, and data show that as they shrink, their important functions decline. Reduced wetland area causes more flooding in Spring, less available water during drought, greater risk of water pollution, and less food production and reduced carbon storage. Much of the remaining pristine wetland systems are found in the world's largest wetlands, and yet these areas have received surprisingly little scientific research or attention. This volume presents the views of leading experts on each of the world's largest wetland systems. Here, this international team of authors share their understanding of the ecological dynamics of large wetlands and their significance, and emphasise their need of conservation. |
Cuprins
The Amazon River basin | 63 |
The Hudson Bay Lowland | 118 |
The Congo River basin | 149 |
The Mackenzie River basin | 166 |
The Pantanal | 203 |
Pantanal Campo Grande MS Brasil | 264 |
The Mississippi River alluvial plain | 272 |
Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 70803 | 312 |
The Lake Chad basin | 316 |
The River Nile basin | 347 |
The prairie potholes of North America | 393 |
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The Magellanic moorland | 424 |
a global perspective | 446 |
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The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation Lauchlan H. Fraser,Paul A. Keddy Previzualizare limitată - 2005 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
agricultural Alho Amazon River Amazonian annual aquatic Arctic Aswan Barão de Melgaço biodiversity bird species boreal Brazil Brazilian Canada carbon central cerrado climate coastal Congo conservation Corumbá Cuiabá cycle delta deltaic diversity dominated drainage dry season ecological ecosystems environmental fauna fens fish fisheries flooding floodplain freshwater Gosselink grassland habitats Halsey Hudson Bay Hudson Bay Lowland hydrology increased internal lawns inundated James Bay Junk km² Lake Chad land Louisiana macrophytes major mammals marsh Mato Grosso Mississippi River MRBWC MSRAP National Park natural Nile Non-patterned northern nutrient occur Pantanal Paraguay River peat peatlands period permafrost permafrost bogs plain plant plateaus population prairie potholes protected areas region Reserve restoration River Basin savanna sediments soil southern Sphagnum subarctic subregion Sudd swamps Tabebuia Taquari Taquari River trees types uplands várzea vegetation Vitt water level waterfowl West Siberian wetland complex wetlands Wildlife Zoltai zone