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050 00 QH541.5.M3|bM664 2008
100 1 Moore, Peter D.
245 10 Wetlands /|cPeter D. Moore ; illustrations by Richard
Garratt.
250 Revised edition.
264 1 New York :|bFacts on File,|c[2008]
264 4 |c©2008
300 xviii, 270 pages :|bcolor illustrations, color maps ;|c29
cm.
490 1 Ecosystem
504 Includes bibliographical references (249-253) and index.
505 00 |tPreface --|tAcknowledgments --|tIntroduction --|tWhat
are wetlands? --|tWhy are wetlands important? --|g1.
|tGeography of wetlands --|gThe|twater cycle --
|tEvaporation and precipitation --|tTranspiration and
evaportranspiration --|tClimate and the global
distribution of wetlands --|tAlbedo --|gThe|toceans and
climate --|tThe|toceanic conveyor belt --|tFactors
affecting wetland types --|tSuccession : wetland changes
in time --|tConclusions --|g2.|tGeology and chemistry of
wetlands --|gThe|trock cycle --|gThe|tnature of water --
|tAcidity and pH --|tGeology and rock weathering --
|tParticle size --|tErosion and leaching --|tHydrology of
wetland catchments --|tHydrology of peat --|tDarcy's law -
-|tGeology of wetland catchments --|tLake sediments and
their origins --|tPeat deposits : origins and contents --
|tWetland stratigraphy --|tStratigraphy and climate --
|gThe|tYounger Dryas event --|tStratigraphy and wetland
catchments --|tStratigraphy and archaeology|tRadiocarbin
dating --|tMicroscopic stratigraphy : diatoms --
|tMicroscopic stratigraphy : pollen --|tPollen grains --
|tConclusions --
505 00 |g3. The|twetland ecosystem --|tWhat is an ecosystem? --
|tEnergy --|tHow do wetland ecosystems work? --|tPrimary
productivity of wetlands --|tResource allocation --|tFood
webs of wetlands --|tDecomposition and peat growth --
|tLimits to peat growth --|tElement cycling in wetlands --
|tRainfall chemistry --|tAcid rain --|tEutrophication --
|tVegetation and water cleansing --|tSoil chemistry in
wetlands --|tNutrient cycling in saline wetlands --
|tSediment chemistry and historical monitoring --
|tWetlands and the atmosphere --|tGlobal carbon cycle --
|tWetlands and the carbon cycle --|tWetlands and methane -
-|tConclusions --|g4.|tDifferent kinds of wetlands --
|tShallow freshwater wetlands --|tTemperate reed beds and
marshes --|tTropical marshes --|tFens --|tAapa mires and
string bogs --|tSpring mires --|tMontane wetlands --
|tValley mires --|tTemperate swamps --|tTropical swamps --
|tPothole mires --|tQuaking bogs --|tTemperate raised bogs
--|tTropical raised mires --|tBlanket bogs --|tPalsa mires
--|tArctic polygon mires --|tInland saline wetlands --
|tSalt marshes --|tMangrove swamps --|tNorth American
wetlands --|tConclusions --
505 00 |g5.|tBiology and biodiversity of wetlands --|gThe
|tmeaning of biodiversity --|tSpecies replacement in
succession --|tEcological niche --|tLiving in the wet --
|tMicrobes in wetlands --|tCyanobacteria --|tSubmerged
plant life --|tAquatic photosynthesis --|tAnimal life in
water --|tHippopotamus --|tAnimal life above the water --
|tAquatic birds : dabblers and divers --|tAquatic birds :
fishers in the reeds --|tBitterns --|tAnimals of the
forested wetlands --|tPlant life in bogs : bog mosses and
lichens --|tLichens --|tPlants in bogs : carnivorous
plants --|tPlant movements --|tPlants in bogs : dwarf
shrubs and drought --|tWhy be an evergreen? --|tBog
invertebrates --|tBog spiders --|tVertebrates of the bog -
-|tWetlands and bird migration --|tPlant dispersal in
wetlands --|gThe|tbiology of inland saline wetlands --
|gThe|tbiology of coastal wetlands --|tWetlands in drought
--|tDrought and fire in peatlands --|tConclusions --
505 00 |g6.|tWetlands in history --|tCoal-forming mires --
|tVegetation of the coal swamps --|tWetlands in the
pleistocene --|tWetlands in prehistory --|tWetland bronze
and iron age settlements --|tWetlands - barriers or
highways? --|tWetland exploration - Africa and the Nile --
|tLivingstone, Stanley, and the Congo --|tWetland
exploration - South America --|tWetland exploration -
North America --|tWetland exploration - Southern Europe --
|tWetlands in literature - idyllic images and moving
waters --|gThe|thorror of the Swamp Thing --|tBogs and
that sinking feeling --|tWetlands and disease -
|tMosquitoes and malaria --|tConclusions --|g7. The
|tvalue of wetlands --|tValuation of natural ecosystems --
|tFood from wetlands --|tWater conservation and flood
control --|tPeatland drainage and agriculture --|tTropical
wetland agriculture --|tWetland forestry --|tWetlands and
recation --|tPeat as an energy resource --|tPeat for
horticulture --|tConclusions --
505 00 |g8. The future of wetlands --|tClimate change and
wetlands --|tSea levels and wetlands --|tWetland drainage
and destruction --|gThe|tEverglades --|tWetland pollution
by pesticides --|tWetlands as pesticide accumulators --
|tWetland pollution by organics and metals --|tpeat
erosion --|tWetland conservation --|tMarsh and fen
restoration --|tBog rehabilitation --|tRestoration of
saline wetlands --|tDo wetlands have a future? --
|tConclusions --|g9.|tGeneral conclusions --|tGlossary --
|tFurther reading --|tWeb sites --|tIndex.
650 0 Wetland ecology|vJuvenile literature.
650 0 Wetlands|vJuvenile literature.
655 7 Juvenile.|2lcgft
700 1 Garratt, Richard.|4ill
830 0 Ecosystem.
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