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050 00 $a QH541.5.M3 $b M664 2008
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100 1  $a Moore, Peter D.
245 1  $a Wetlands / $c Peter D. Moore ; illustrations by Richard Garratt.
250    $a Rev. ed.
260    $a New York : $b Facts on File, $c c2008.
300    $a xviii, 270 p. : $b col. ill., col. maps ; $c 29 cm.
440  0 $a Ecosystem
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (249-253) and index.
505 00 $t Conclusions -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Introduction -- $t What are wetlands? -- $t Why are wetlands important? -- $g The $t Geography of wetlands -- $g The $t water cycle -- $t Evaporation and precipitation -- $t Transpiration and evaportranspiration -- $t Climate and the global distribution of wetlands -- $t Albedo -- $g The $t oceans and climate -- $t The $t oceanic conveyor belt -- $t Factors affecting wetland types -- $t Succession : wetland changes in time -- $t Conclusions -- $g 2. $t Geology and chemistry of wetlands -- $g The $t rock cycle -- $g The $t nature of water -- $t Acidity and pH -- $t Geology and rock weathering -- $t Particle size -- $t Erosion and leaching -- $t Hydrology of wetland catchments -- $t Hydrology of peat -- $t Darcy's law -- $t Geology of wetland catchments -- $t Lake sediments and their origins -- $t Peat deposits : origins and contents -- $t Wetland stratigraphy -- $t Stratigraphy and climate -- $g The $t Younger Dryas event -- $t Stratigraphy and wetland catchments -- $t Stratigraphy and archaeology $t Radiocarbin dating -- $t Microscopic stratigraphy : diatoms -- $t Microscopic stratigraphy : pollen -- $t Pollen grains -- $t Conclusions --
505 00 $g 4. $t Conclusions -- $t What is an ecosystem? -- $t Energy -- $t How do wetland ecosystems work? -- $t Primary productivity of wetlands -- $t Resource allocation -- $t Food webs of wetlands -- $t Decomposition and peat growth -- $t Limits to peat growth -- $t Element cycling in wetlands -- $t Rainfall chemistry -- $t Acid rain -- $t Eutrophication -- $t Vegetation and water cleansing -- $t Soil chemistry in wetlands -- $t Nutrient cycling in saline wetlands -- $t Sediment chemistry and historical monitoring -- $t Wetlands and the atmosphere -- $t Global carbon cycle -- $t Wetlands and the carbon cycle -- $t Wetlands and methane -- $t Conclusions -- $g 4. $t Different kinds of wetlands -- $t Shallow freshwater wetlands -- $t Temperate reed beds and marshes -- $t Tropical marshes -- $t Fens -- $t Aapa mires and string bogs -- $t Spring mires -- $t Montane wetlands -- $t Valley mires -- $t Temperate swamps -- $t Tropical swamps -- $t Pothole mires -- $t Quaking bogs -- $t Temperate raised bogs -- $t Tropical raised mires -- $t Blanket bogs -- $t Palsa mires -- $t Arctic polygon mires -- $t Inland saline wetlands -- $t Salt marshes -- $t Mangrove swamps -- $t North American wetlands -- $t Conclusions --
505 00 $g The $t Conclusions -- $g The $t meaning of biodiversity -- $t Species replacement in succession -- $t Ecological niche -- $t Living in the wet -- $t Microbes in wetlands -- $t Cyanobacteria -- $t Submerged plant life -- $t Aquatic photosynthesis -- $t Animal life in water -- $t Hippopotamus -- $t Animal life above the water -- $t Aquatic birds : dabblers and divers -- $t Aquatic birds : fishers in the reeds -- $t Bitterns -- $t Animals of the forested wetlands -- $t Plant life in bogs : bog mosses and lichens -- $t Lichens -- $t Plants in bogs : carnivorous plants -- $t Plant movements -- $t Plants in bogs : dwarf shrubs and drought -- $t Why be an evergreen? -- $t Bog invertebrates -- $t Bog spiders -- $t Vertebrates of the bog -- $t Wetlands and bird migration -- $t Plant dispersal in wetlands -- $g The $t biology of inland saline wetlands -- $g The $t biology of coastal wetlands -- $t Wetlands in drought -- $t Drought and fire in peatlands -- $t Conclusions --
505 00 $g 7.  The $t Conclusions -- $t Coal-forming mires -- $t Vegetation of the coal swamps -- $t Wetlands in the pleistocene -- $t Wetlands in prehistory -- $t Wetland bronze and iron age settlements -- $t Wetlands - barriers or highways? -- $t Wetland exploration - Africa and the Nile -- $t Livingstone, Stanley, and the Congo -- $t Wetland exploration - South America -- $t Wetland exploration - North America -- $t Wetland exploration - Southern Europe -- $t Wetlands in literature - idyllic images and moving waters -- $g The $t horror of the Swamp Thing -- $t Bogs and that sinking feeling -- $t Wetlands and disease - $t Mosquitoes and malaria -- $t Conclusions -- $g 7.  The $t value of wetlands -- $t Valuation of natural ecosystems -- $t Food from wetlands -- $t Water conservation and flood control -- $t Peatland drainage and agriculture -- $t Tropical wetland agriculture -- $t Wetland forestry -- $t Wetlands and recation -- $t Peat as an energy resource -- $t Peat for horticulture -- $t Conclusions --
505 00 $g 9. $t Index. $t Sea levels and wetlands -- $t Wetland drainage and destruction -- $g The $t Everglades -- $t Wetland pollution by pesticides -- $t Wetlands as pesticide accumulators -- $t Wetland pollution by organics and metals -- $t peat erosion -- $t Wetland conservation -- $t Marsh and fen restoration -- $t Bog rehabilitation -- $t Restoration of saline wetlands -- $t Do wetlands have a future? -- $t Conclusions -- $g 9. $t General conclusions -- $t Glossary -- $t Further reading -- $t Web sites -- $t Index.
650  0 $a Wetland ecology $v Juvenile literature.
650  0 $a Wetlands $v Juvenile literature.
650  1 $a Wetland ecology.
700 1  $a Garratt, Richard, $e ill.
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