Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Krecek, Josef (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Haigh, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 63
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Landscape ecology.; Forestry management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Landscape Ecology.; Forestry Management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

Internationally, the wetlands of headwater and upland regions provide many valuable environmental services. This book moves towards a more comprehensive inventory of the benefits and costs of headwater wetlands. It evaluates the research that tries to understand the tolerances, exchanges, checks and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Headwater Wetlands
• Mapping Wetlands in European Headwater Areas
• The Role of Forest on the Hydrology of Headwater Wetlands
• Role of Grassland Ecosystems in Protection of Forested Wetlands
• The Effect of Peat Land Drainage and Afforestation on Runoff Dynamics
• Impact of Herbaceous Vegetation on Recovery of a Harvested Headwater Catchment
• Leaching of Nitrogen from Upland Forest-Regeneration Sites into Wetland Areas
• Hydrology of Disturbed Peat-Land, Heads of The Valleys, Wales
• Estimation of Water Budget in the Forested Peat-Lands of Western Ireland
• Role of the Planktonic Communities in the Regulation and Indication of Eutrofication Processes in Shallow Mountain Wetlands
• New Wetland Formation in Subsidence Hollows of Western Dondass, Ukraine
• Integrating Wetlands into Watershed Management: Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Impacts from Urban Stormwater
• Disasters and Climate Change - Their Relation with Wetland Headwaters
• The Alleghe Lake (Dolomites, Italy): Environmental Role and Sediment Management
• Alpine Wetlands from Ecological Network to Land-Based Risk Prevention
• Headwater Resources and Headwater Hazards: Perspectives from Environmental Education
• Hydrology of Wetlands in the Headwaters of Great African Rivers
• Headwater Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Economic Contribution of Headwater Wetlands
• The Lake Kinneret Drainage Basin
• Environmental Change in Headwater Peat Wetlands, UK
• Environmental Problems of Headwater Wetlands in Hungary
• Headwater Wetlands in the Czech Republic
• Analysis of the Water Balance of Small Páramo Catchments in South Ecuador
• Summary Reports
• Headwater and Wetland Protection
• Next Generation of Watershed Management Programmes
• Conclusion – Wetlands in Context
• Erratum.