Creating and restoring wetlands from theory to practice / Christopher Craft, Janet Duey Professor of Rural Land Policy, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
| Author/creator | Craft, Christopher B. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, [2016] |
| Description | vii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Environmental Science 2015 [EBCES15] |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part 1. Foundations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions -- 3. Ecological theory and restoration -- 4. Consideration of the landscape -- Part 2. Restoration of freshwater wetlands -- 5. Inland marshes -- 6. Forested woodlands -- 7. Peatlands -- Part 3. Restoration of estuarine wetlands -- 8. Tidal marshes -- 9. Mangroves -- Part 3. From theory to practice -- 10. Measuring success: performance standards and trajectories of ecosystem development -- 11. Case studies -- 12. Restoration on a grand scale -- 13. Future of wetland restoration. |
| Abstract | This book summarizes the state of our understanding of the field of wetland restoration, both coastal and inland, in the context of ecological theory, with discussions of hydrology, soils, biota, wetland succession, ecosystem development following restoration, along with a variety of case studies that illustrate estuarine and freshwater large-scale restoration. -- Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015944251 |
| ISBN | 9780124072329 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0124072321 (hardcover) |