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Saltmarsh Conservation, Management and Restoration

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. J. Patrick Doody

    1. National Coastal Consultants, UK

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Part of the book series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins (CSCM, volume 12)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-16

  3. Human Influences

    Pages 17-31

  4. Nature Conservation

    Pages 32-47

  5. States and Values

    Pages 48-73

  6. The Physical States

    Pages 74-89

  7. Physical States, Restoration Methods

    Pages 90-107

  8. Vegetation States

    Pages 108-125

  9. Grazing Management

    Pages 126-138

  10. Spartina

    Pages 139-164

  11. Conclusions

    Pages 165-186

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 187-218
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About this book

Coastal habitats provide the link between the land and the sea. They are dynamic, combine to form ecosystems of great complexity and provide significant areas for wildlife. Their landscapes are treasured by visitors, painters and musicians. They also provide locations for significant economic activity and are intimately bound up with fisheries, providing food and shelter for some species of commercially exploited fish stocks. The habitats themselves provide a buffer to tides and wave action, which may be particularly important in areas where relative sea level is rising and during storm periods. Managing these assets in the face of continuing pressure from human populations on a sustainable basis is a major task. 

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"This work … focuses on the values of temperate salt marshes, problems associated with anthropogenic impacts, and methods of achieving positive changes. … The text is extremely well organized … . The wealth of information in this book comprises a valuable resource, not only for professional managers and policy makers, indeed for anyone who cares about saving these ecologically valuable land-sea interfaces. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through professionals." (R. E. Knowlton, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (9), 2008)

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  • National Coastal Consultants, UK

    J. Patrick Doody

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