Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation

This book delves into human-induced and natural impacts on coastal wetlands, intended or otherwise, through a series of vignettes that elucidate the environmental insults and efforts at amelioration and remediation. The alteration, and subsequent restoration, of wetland habitats remain key issues am...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Finkl, Charles W. (Editor), Makowski, Christopher (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Coastal Research Library
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Everglades: An overview of alteration and restoration
  • Environmental impacts on Mekong and Saigon mangrove
  • The use of artificial habitat in wetland mitigation and restoration
  • Alteration and Remediation of coastal wetland ecosystems in Danube Delta
  • Tropical wetland coastal zones: The case of the Whale Coast region - Bahia – Brazil
  • Impact of urbanization on the diversity and structure of mangrove ecosystem of the Wouri River Estuary (Douala Cameroon)
  • Initiatives of conservation coastal ecosystems in a fast degradation context of natural resources: A case study of mangroves in Cameroon
  • Coastal wetland restoration - concept, methodology and application areas with respect to Indian Coast
  • Assessment of oil contamination impact on mangroves: A chemical and biological approach
  • Estimation of mangrove loss in the Sundarban Coast through the preparation of mangrove degradation checklists with field survey records and geo-spatial analysis for conservation and restoration
  • Egyptian Nile delta coastal lagoons alteration and subsequent restoration
  • Assessment of anthropogenic threads to bio-resources of Kaliveli Lake  'A Coastal Wetland'
  • Restoration projects on the Fraser River estuary in British Columbia, Canada
  • Long term impacts of jetty construction on estuary hydraulics and ecologies
  • Coastal wetland environmental degradation and water resources management in Bangladesh
  • Coastal land use changes and threats for  mangrove wetlands at Sungai Mangsalut area in Brunei Darussalam
  • Ecological aesthetics of coastal wetlands
  • Recent agricultural occupation and environmental regeneration of salt marshes in a climate change scenario: sedimentary record from N. Spain (Bay of Biscay)
  • Living shorelines: The promise and challenge of protecting marsh habitat along estuarine shores
  • Ecological services of coastal biodiversity of Midnapore (East) coast: Threats, conservation, and ecorestoration