Wetlands: Ecosystem Services, Restoration and Wise Use

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: An, Shuqing (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Verhoeven, Jos T. A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 238
• Subjects: Ecosystems.; Nature conservation.; Geobiology.; Sustainable development.; Climate change.; Nature Conservation.; Biogeosciences.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This volume explores major wetland ecosystem services, such as climate cooling and water quality improvement, and discusses the recent wetland conservation and restoration activities in China and neighboring countries. The role of wetlands in either cooling or warming the climate is analyzed as the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Wetland Functions and Ecosystem Services: Implications for Wetland Restoration and
• Part I. Wetland functions and ecosystem services
• Chapter 2. Wetlands as Biogeochemical Hotspots affecting Water Quality in Catchments
• Chapter 3. Wetland effects on global climate: Mechanisms, impacts, and management recommendations
• Chapter 4. Wetlands regulate climate via evapotranspiration
• Part II. Wetland mechanisms, threats, conservation and management
• Chapter 5. Invasive plants in Coastal Wetlands: Patterns and Mechanisms
• Chapter 6. Tidal Forested Wetlands: Mechanisms, Threats, and Management Tools
• Chapter 7. National actions and international frameworks for the conservation and wise use of tidal flats and other coastal wetlands in the Yellow Sea
• Part III. Ecological Restoration of Wetlands
• Chapter 8. Wetlands restoration in China - Principles, technology and practice
• Chapter 9. Case Studies of Ecological Restoration and Conservation Strategies for Marshes and Peatlands
• Chapter 10. Building Resiliency to Changing Conditions in Wetland Management and Restoration
• Chapter 11. Overview and synthesis. .