Wetlands and Urbanization
eBook - ePub

Wetlands and Urbanization

Implications for the Future

  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wetlands and Urbanization

Implications for the Future

About this book

Urbanization affects wetlands in direct and indirect ways. Over the past several decades it has become increasingly apparent that unmanaged runoff is the primary threat to the country's watershed resources. Wetlands and Urbanization: Implications for the Future is the result of a ten year research project focused on the understanding and ma

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. About the Puget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Program Team
  7. Contributors
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Table of Contents
  10. Section I Overview ofthePuget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Research Program
  11. Introduction
  12. Section II Descriptive Ecology of Freshwater Wetlands in the Central Puget Sound Basin
  13. 1 Morphology and Hydrology
  14. 2 Water Quality and Soils
  15. 3 Characterization of Central Puget Sound Basin Palustrine Wetland Vegetation
  16. 4 A Macroinvertebrate Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use
  17. 5 Amphibian Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use
  18. 6 Bird Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use
  19. 7 Terrestrial Small Mammal Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use
  20. Section III WatershedDevelopment Effects on Freshwater Wetlands in the Central Puget Sound Basin
  21. 8 Effects of Watershed Development on Hydrology
  22. 9 Effects of Watershed Development on Water Quality and Soils
  23. 10 Wetland Plant Communities in Relation to Watershed Development
  24. 11 Emergent Macro invertebrate Communities in Relation to Watershed Development
  25. 12 Bird Communities in Relation to Watershed Development
  26. Section IV ManagementofFreshwater Wetlands in the Central Puget Sound Basin
  27. 13 Managing Wetland Hydroperiod: Issues and Concerns
  28. 14 Wetlands and Stormwater Management Guidelines