Wetlands : Ecology, Management and Conservation

by Baranyai, Andras; Benko, Dionysius

• ISBN13: 9781621009184
• ISBN10: 1621009181
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-12-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Wetlands have already been recognised to hold the capacity for efficiently reducing or removing large amounts of pollutants from point sources (e.g. municipal and certain industrial effluents) as well as non-point sources (e.g. mining, agricultural and urban runoff) including organic matter, suspended solids, excess of nutrients, pathogens, metals and other micropollutants. This pollutant removal is accomplished by the interdependent action of several physical, chemical and biological processes which include sedimentation, filtration, chemical precipitation, sorption, biodegradation, and plants uptake among others. In this book, the authors present studies on the ecology, management and conservation of these valuable wetlands.

Table of Contents

Preface

Isolated Wetlands within the Lake Okeechobee Drainage Basin of Florida: Source & Sink of Phosphorus

How Can the Functioning of Treatment Wetlands be Enhanced?

The Ethics of Wetland Management & the Application of a New Philosophical Approach to the Somerset Levels, UK

Interactions of Structural Marsh Management, Salinity, & Water Depth on Wintering Waterbird Communities

Farm Ponds & Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICWs): A Case Study in Ireland

Plant-Microbe Interactions Influencing Removal of Heavy Metals & Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Constructed Wetlands

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