The Ecology and Management of Wetlands

1. Front Matter

   Pages iii-xxv

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2. The Resource

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Global Wetlands — History, Current Status and Future

      • Edward Maltby

      Pages 3-14

   3. The Functions of a Pristine Estuarine Ecosystem

      • F. John Vernberg

      Pages 15-24

   4. Aquatic Animal Production and Wetland Relationships: Insights Gleaned Following Wetland Loss or Gain

      • R. Eugene Turner, Donald F. Boesch

      Pages 25-39

   5. River Regulation Effects on Floodplain Hydrology and Ecology

      • Charles V. Klimas

      Pages 40-49

   6. Expertise in Wetlands Research and Management: The Need and Some Priorities for North-South Transfer

      • Patrick J. Dugan

      Pages 50-56

3. Hydrologic and Water Quality Values of Wetlands

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. A Review of the Recharge-Discharge Function of Wetlands

      • D. I. Siegel

      Pages 59-67

   3. Some Comments on the Relation between Ground Water and Wetlands

      • Virginia Carter, Richard P. Novitzki

      Pages 68-86

   4. Water Quality Functions of Wetlands: Natural and Managed Systems

      • Robert K. Bastian, Jay Benforado

      Pages 87-97

   5. Analysis of Flood Peak Moderation by Depressional Wetland Sites

      • John M. Kittelson

      Pages 98-111

   6. Physical and Biological Control of Mangrove Pore Water Chemistry

      • Paul R. Carlson Jr, Laura A. Yarbro

      Pages 112-132

   7. The Value of Wetlands in Low Relief Landscapes

      • M. T. Brown, M. F. Sullivan

      Pages 133-145

   8. Wetland Evapotranspiration in Temperate and Arid Climates

      • R. H. Kadlec, R. B. Williams, R. D. Scheffe

      Pages 146-160

   9. Role of Coastal Marshes in Energy Dissipation and Shore Protection

      • Paul L. Knutson

      Pages 161-175

   10. Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interactions in Minnesota and Wisconsin Wetlands

       • R. G. Brown, J. R. Stark, G. L. Patterson

       Pages 176-180

4. Biological Values of Wetlands

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Wetlands and Their Relationship to Migrating and Winter Populations of Waterfowl

      • Frank C. Bellrose, Nannette M. Trudeau

      Pages 183-194

   3. Aquatic Habitats of Breeding Waterfowl

      • George A. Swanson

      Pages 195-202

This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B.B. Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D. D. Hook and R. M. M. Crawford, Ann Arbor Science, 1978). Several contributors to the book suggested in 1983 that a broad-scoped symposium on wetlands would be useful (a) in facilitating communication among the diverse research groups involved in wetlands research (b) in bringing researchers and managers together and (c) in presenting a com­ prehensive and balanced coverage on the status of ecology ami management of wetlands from a global perspective. With this encouragement, the senior editor organized a Plan­ ning Committee that encompassed expertise from many disciplines of wetland scientists and managers. This Committee, with input from their colleagues around the world, organized a symposium that addressed almost every aspect of wetland ecology and management.

• ecology
• environment
• wetland

• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Clemson University, Charleston, USA

  Donal D. Hook

• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, US Forest Service Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Charleston, USA

  W. H. McKee

• Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

  James Gregory

• South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, USA

  M. Richard DeVoe

• US Fish and Wildlife Service, Charleston, USA

  Stephen Gilbert, Roger Banks

• South Carolina Coastal Council, Charleston, USA

  Chris Brooks

• South Carolina Marine Resources Research Institute, Charleston, USA

  Thomas D. Matthews

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