The Wetland Book, 2018
I: Structure and Function, Management, and Methods

Coordinators: Finlayson C. Max, Everard Mark, Irvine Kenneth, McInnes Robert J., Middleton Beth A., van Dam Anne A., Davidson Nick C.

Language: English

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The Wetland Book is a comprehensive resource aimed at supporting the trans- and multidisciplinary research and practice which is inherent to this field. Aware both that wetlands research is on the rise and that researchers and students are often working or learning across several disciplines, The Wetland Book is a readily accessible online and print reference which will be the first port of call on key concepts in wetlands science and management. This easy-to-follow reference will allow multidisciplinary teams and transdisciplinary individuals to look up terms, access further details, read overviews on key issues and navigate to key articles selected by experts

Introduction

Wetland Succession

Landscape Ecology

Hydrology to Wetlands: Importance

Ecological Processes and Biogeochemistry

Biological Adaptations

Overview of Wetland Management

International framework for wetland conservation and wise use

Wetland Law and Policy

Management of provisioning services

Wetland delineation and classification

Earth Observation Methods for Wetlands

Wetland Monitoring and assessment

Environmental Flows

Wetland Management Planning

Restoration and Creation of Wetlands

Environmental Impact Assessment for wetlands

Economic valuation of wetlands

Max Finlayson is an internationally renowned wetland ecologist with extensive experience internationally in water pollution, agricultural impacts, invasive species, climate change, and human well-being and wetlands. He has participated in global assessments such as those conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and the Global Environment Outlook 4 & 5 (UNEP). Since the early 1990s he has been a technical adviser to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and has written extensively on wetland ecology and management. He has also been actively involved in environmental NGOs and from 2002-07 was President of the governing council of global NGO Wetlands International. He has contributed to over 300 journal articles, reports, guidelines, proceedings and book chapters on wetland ecology and management. He has contributed to the development of concepts and methods for wetland inventory, assessment and monitoring, and undertaken many site-based assessments in many countries.

Nick Davidson was the Deputy Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands from 2000 to 2014, with overall responsibility for the Convention's global development and delivery of scientific, technical and policy guidance and advice and communications as the Convention Secretariat’s senior advisor on these matters. He has long-standing experience in, and a strong commitment to, environmental sustainability supported through the transfer of environmental science into policy-relevance and decision-making at national and international scales. Nick currently works as an independent expert consultant on wetland conservation and wise use.

Beth A. Middleton is a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Lafayette, USA. Her biogeographical research focuses on the impact of climate and landuse change on wetlands, particularly forested freshwater wetla

Easily accessible online resource for key concepts in wetland science and management Ideal starting point for further research All about the structures and functions of wetlands and the methods of their management Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras