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Ecology of Threatened Semi-Arid Wetlands

Long-Term Research in Las Tablas de Daimiel

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo

    1. Instituto de Recursos Naturales, CSIC Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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  2. David G. Angeler

    1. Sciences (SLU), Dept. Aquatic Sciences & Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural, Uppsala, Sweden

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  • Wide ecological perspective with strong interdisciplinary and multi-scale approach
  • Written by experts in the component fields
  • Presents the findings of long-term ecological research
  • Provides guidance on measures for integrative wetland rehabilitation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management (WECM, volume 2)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introductory Chapter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Wetland, Its Catchment Settings and Socioeconomic Relevance: An Overview

      • S. Sánchez-Carrillo, D. G. Angeler, S. Cirujano, M. Álvarez-Cobelas
      Pages 3-20

  3. Abiotic Environment and Historical Reconstructions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Las Tablas de Daimiel and Its Evolution During the Quaternary Period

      • B. Ruiz-Zapata, M. J. Gil-García, I. de Bustamante
      Pages 23-43

    3. Climate and Hydrologic Trends: Climate Change Versus Hydrologic Overexploitation as Determinants of the Fluctuating Wetland Hydrology

      • S. Sánchez-Carrillo, M. Álvarez-Cobelas
      Pages 45-83

    4. The Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Wetland Loss and Habitat Quality Deterioration in the Upper Guadiana River Basin: A Long-Term Assessment (1970–2000)

      • R. Sánchez-Andrés, M. O. Viedma, S. Sánchez-Carrillo
      Pages 85-107

    5. A Story of the Wetland Water Quality Deterioration: Salinization, Pollution, Eutrophication and Siltation

      • M. Álvarez-Cobelas, S. Sánchez-Carrillo, S. Cirujano, D. G. Angeler
      Pages 109-133

  4. Ecological Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Plankton Ecology and Diversity

      • C. Rojo, M. A. Rodrigo
      Pages 137-173

    3. Macrophyte Ecology and Its Long-term Dynamics

      • S. Cirujano, M. Álvarez-Cobelas, R. Sánchez-Andrés
      Pages 175-195

    4. Fish and Avian Communities: A Testimony of Wetland Degradation

      • M. Álvarez-Cobelas
      Pages 197-212

  5. Applied Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Biomanipulation: A Useful Tool for Wetland Rehabilitation

      • D. G. Angeler
      Pages 215-228

    3. Analysis of Applied Environmental Management Strategies for Wetland Conservation During the Last 30 Years: A Local History

      • S. Cirujano, M. Álvarez-Cobelas, C. Ruíz de la Hermosa
      Pages 229-237

  6. Cultural and Societal Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. The Man and Las Tablas de Daimiel

      • M. Alvarez-Cobelas, S. Cirujano, A. Meco
      Pages 241-254

  7. Concluding Chapter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. Synthesis: The Past, Present and Future of Las Tablas de Daimiel

      • David G. Angeler, Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo
      Pages 257-277

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 279-292
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Playing a critical role in both influencing climate change and mitigating its impacts, the world’s diverse wetlands have become one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems as unsustainable land-use practices coupled with irrational use of water have already resulted in large-scale wetlands loss and degradation. To develop sound management and conservation schemes to assure wetlands sustainability in the long term requires long-term understanding of wetlands ecology. Yet until now, long-term interdisciplinary research into these systems has been limited to only a few systems from tropical or temperate climates (such as the Florida Everglades, and Czech biosphere reserve). This new book adds to the existing wetlands literature, providing a unique reference in basic and applied Mediterranean wetland ecology, based on results from long-term interdisciplinary research at the RAMSAR and UNESCO Biosphere site, of Las Tablas de Daimiel, Spain. Dating back to the early 1990s the research highlights changes in the biotic and abiotic environment in response to cumulative anthropogenic stressors, and provide guidance on applying this understand to sound management and conservation. With particular relevance to researchers dealing with semi-arid wetlands in the Mediterranean and elsewhere, as well as to resource managers, the book discusses the complexity of the interacting abiotic and biotic environment across different spatial and temporal scales and across various levels of biological hierarchy is highlighted, and reveals how management based on poor knowledge causes more damage than repair. The book will be of interest to researchers interested in freshwater ecology, hydrobotany, hydrology, geology, biogeochemistry, landscape ecology and environmental management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Instituto de Recursos Naturales, CSIC Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo

  • Sciences (SLU), Dept. Aquatic Sciences & Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural, Uppsala, Sweden

    David G. Angeler

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