Coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea level and the intervention of human populations both along the estuary and in the river catchment. Direct impacts include the destruction or degradation of wetlands from land reclamation and infrastructures. Indirect impacts derive from the discharge of pollutants, changes in river flows and sediment supplies, land clearing, and dam operations. As sea level rises, coastal wetlands in most areas of the world migrate landward to occupy former uplands. The competition of these lands from human development is intensifying, making the landward migration impossible in many cases. This book provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide, and suggestions for their management. In this book a CD is included containing color figures of wetlands and estuaries in different parts of the world.- Includes a CD containing color figures of wetlands and estuaries in different parts of the world.

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Table of Contents
Copyright Page
Preface
List of Contributors
List of Reviewers
Chapter 1. Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 2. The Morphology and Development of Tropical Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 3. Temperate Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 4. Polar Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 5. Intertidal Eco-Geomorphological Dynamics and Hydrodynamic Circulation
Chapter 6. Tidal Courses
Chapter 7. Heat Energy Balance in Coastal Wetlands
Chapter 8. Hydrodynamics and Modeling of Water Flow in Mangrove Areas
Chapter 9. Mathematical Modeling of Tidal Flow over Salt Marshes and Tidal Flats with Applications to the Venice Lagoon
Chapter 10. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Tidal Flats
Chapter 11. Intertidal Flats
Chapter 12. Biogeochemical Dynamics of Coastal Tidal Flats
Chapter 13. Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycling in Seagrass Ecosystems
Chapter 14. Tidal Salt Marshes
Chapter 15. Ecosystem Structure of Tidal Saline Marshes
Chapter 16. Salt Marsh Biogeochemistry – An Overview
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Carbon
3. Nitrogen
4. Iron and Sulfur
5. Phosphorus
6. Marshes in Transition and Directions for Future Work
Chapter 17. The Role of Freshwater Flows on Salt Marsh Growth and Development
Chapter 18. Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Chapter 19. Biogeochemistry of Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Chapter 20. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Mangroves
Chapter 21. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Mangroves and Salt Marshes
Chapter 22. Paradigm Shifts in Mangrove Biology
Chapter 23. Ecogeomorphic Models of Nutrient Biogeochemistry for Mangrove Wetlands
Chapter 24. Seagrass Restoration
Chapter 25. Tidal Marsh Creation
Chapter 26. Salt Marsh Restoration
Chapter 27. Managed Realignment
Chapter 28. Methods and Criteria for Successful Mangrove Forest Restoration
Chapter 29. Evaluation of Restored Tidal Freshwater Wetlands
Chapter 30. Surface Elevation Models
Chapter 31. Salt Marsh–Mangrove Interactions in Australasia and the Americas
Chapter 32. Wetland Landscape Spatial Models
Subject Index

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