Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands

From Ecology to Conservation Management
Herausgegeben:Dalu, Tatenda; Wasserman, Ryan J.

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Produktbeschreibung

Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands: From Ecology to Conservation Management is a practical guide and important tool for practitioners and educators interested in the ecology, conservation and management of wetlands in tropical/subtropical regions. The book is written in such a way that, in addition to scientists and managers, it is accessible to non-specialist readers. Organized into three themed sections and twenty-three chapters, this volume covers a variety of topics, exposing the reader to a full range of scientific, conservation and management issues. Each chapter has been written by specialists in the topic being presented.

The book recognizes that wetland conservation, science and management are interlinked disciplines, and so it attempts to combine several perspectives to highlight the interdependence between the various professions that deal with issues in these environments. Within each chapter extensive cross-referencing is included, so as to help the reader link related aspects of the issues being discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2019-0-04375-0
• Seitenzahl: 862
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 228mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1360g
• ISBN-13: 9780128223628
• ISBN-10: 0128223626
• Artikelnr.: 61932929

Autorenporträt

Dr Tatenda Dalu is a Lecturer in the School of Biology and Environmental Sciences at University of Mpumalanga and Research Associate at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. He is a TWAS Young Affiliate, Iso Lomso and South Africa Young Academy of Science Fellow and also an Associate Editor for Aquatic Invasions, BioInvasions Records and Frontiers in Water - Environmental Water Quality, Ecology and Evolution, and Editorial Board Member for Environmental Advances. He is interested in the emerging freshwater pollutants, limnology, trophic ecology and plankton dynamics of wetlands, reservoirs and rivers/estuaries. He also has a strong interest in invasion ecology, biodiversity and conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Freshwater wetlands: An introduction

ABIOTIC PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES 2. Factors controlling wetland formation 3. Hydrology, geomorphology and soils: An overview 4. Physico-chemical environment wetlands 5. Carbon sequestration and fluxes 6. Nutrient cycling

BIOTA AND BIOTIC PROCESSES 7. Vegetation 8. Phytoplankton dynamics 9. Zooplankton 10. Large branchiopods 11. Macroinvertebrates 12. Fish 13. Amphibians and squamates in Amazonian flooded habitats, with a study on the variation of amphibian assemblages along the Solimoes River 14. Management of waterbirds in a Kalahari pan ecosystem 15. A snapshot of parasites in tropical and subtropical freshwater wetlands: Modest attention for major player 16. Impacts of alien invasive species on large wetlands 17. Food webs 18. Metacommunity structure and dynamics

MONITORING, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT 19. Vegetated wetlands: From ecology to conservation management 20. Introduction to wetland monitoring 21. GIS and remote sensing analytics: Assessment and monitoring 22. Institutional, policy and legal nexus and implications 23. Indigenous people's participation and the management of wetlands in Africa: A review of the Ramsar Convention