| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 505 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Tidal Freshwater Swamps of the Southeastern United States: Effects of Land Use, Hurricanes, Sea-level Rise, and Climate Change -- Hydrology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States -- Soils and Biogeochemistry of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands -- Plant Community Composition of a Tidally Influenced, Remnant Atlantic White Cedar Stand in Mississippi -- Sediment, Nutrient, and Vegetation Trends Along the Tidal, Forested Pocomoke River, Maryland -- Vegetation and Seed Bank Studies of Salt-Pulsed Swamps of the Nanticoke River, Chesapeake Bay -- Tidal Freshwater Swamps of a Lower Chesapeake Bay Subestuary -- Biological, Chemical, and Physical Characteristics of Tidal Freshwater Swamp Forests of the Lower Cape Fear River/Estuary, North Carolina -- Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forests in Coastal Deltaic Louisiana and Northeastern South Carolina -- Ecology of the Coastal Edge of Hydric Hammocks on the Gulf Coast of Florida -- Ecological Characteristics of Tidal Freshwater Forests Along the Lower Suwannee River, Florida -- Community Composition of Select Areas of Tidal Freshwater Forest Along the Savannah River -- Ecology of the Maurepas Swamp: Effects of Salinity, Nutrients, and Insect Defoliation -- Selection for Salt Tolerance in Tidal Freshwater Swamp Species: Advances Using Baldcypress as a Model for Restoration -- Assessing the Impact of Tidal Flooding and Salinity on Long-term Growth of Baldcypress Under Changing Climate and Riverflow -- Conservation and Use of Coastal Wetland Forests in Louisiana -- Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands: Future Research Needs and an Overview of Restoration |
| Summary |
Tidal freshwater swamps are unique wetland systems occupying low relief coastal areas subjected to both upland run-off and tidal flooding. These systems are especially vulnerable to pressure from human development and to climate change impacts of sea-level rise and increased drought/flood frequency. While these systems have received rather nominal scientific attention, the ecological dynamics, state-wide distribution, and conservation status of these communities is poorly understood. This book brings together a group of investigators whose principal research focus has targeted hydrological processes, community organization, and stress physiology of freshwater, tidally influenced land-margin forests of the south-eastern United States. The book describes the land use history that led to the restricted distribution of these swamps, followed by descriptions of the hydrology, soils, biogeochemistry, and physiological ecology of these systems with special attention on similarities shared among tidal freshwater swamps.; Overviews of tidal swamps along the Pocomoke River (Maryland), Chesapeake Bay (Virginia, North Carolina), Waccamaw River (South Carolina), Savannah River (South Carolina, Georgia), Suwannee River (Florida), and Waccasassa Bay (Florida) are presented for more specific detail. In addition, micro-tidal swamps along the rapidly subsiding Louisiana coast in the Manchac Swamp and wetlands in the Barataria and Terrebonne regions of Louisiana are described as examples of heavily degraded wetlands |
| Analysis |
zoetwaterecologie |
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freshwater ecology |
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ecologie |
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ecology |
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ecosystemen |
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ecosystems |
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aquatische gemeenschappen |
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aquatic communities |
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zwampen |
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swamps |
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zuidoostelijke staten van de vs |
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southeastern states of usa |
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Freshwater Ecology |
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Zoetwaterecologie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Freshwater ecology -- Southern States
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Forested wetlands -- Southern States
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Forested wetlands
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Freshwater ecology
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Southern States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Conner, William H.
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Doyle, Thomas W., 1955-
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Krauss, Ken W.
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| ISBN |
9781402050954 |
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140205095X |
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9781402050947 |
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1402050941 |
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1280943734 |
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9781280943737 |
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9786610943739 |
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6610943737 |
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