Restoration of Lakes, Streams, Floodplains, and Bogs in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Criteria for Sustainable Restoration of the Landscape

   • Wilhelm Ripl, Martina Eiseltová

   Pages 1-24

3. The Evolution of Lakes and Wetlands

   • Sven Björk

   Pages 25-35

4. Development of Aquatic Macrophytes in Shallow Lakes and Ponds

   • Jan Pokorný, Sven Björk

   Pages 37-43

5. Food Web and Trophic Interaction and Development

   • Jaroslav Hrbáček

   Pages 45-70

6. Principles, Planning and Accomplishment of Lake Restoration Projects

   • Sven Björk

   Pages 71-75

7. Restoration of Eutrophic Lakes by Sediment Treatment

   • Wilhelm Ripl

   Pages 77-84

8. Restoration of Eutrophic Lakes by Phosphorus Precipitation, with a Case Study on Lake Gross-Glienicker

   • Klaus-Dieter Wolter

   Pages 85-99

9. Restoration of Lakes Through Sediment Removal, with Case Studies from Lakes Trummen, Sweden and Vajgar, Czech Republic

   • Sven Björk, Jan Pokorný, Václav Hauser

   Pages 101-122

10. Treatment of Overgrown Shallow Lakes Through Macrophyte Control: The Case Study of Lake Hornborga, Sweden

    • Sven Björk

    Pages 123-144

11. The Stream and Beyond: Reinstating Natural Functions in Streams and Their Floodplains

    • Bent Lauge Madsen

    Pages 145-183

12. Floodplain Restoration of Large European Rivers, with Examples from the Rhine and the Danube

    • Erika Schneider

    Pages 185-223

13. Restoration of Streams in the Agricultural Landscape

    • Lena B.-M. Vought, Jean O. Lacoursière

    Pages 225-242

14. Effects of Drain Blocking on the Acrotelm of Two Raised Bogs in the Irish Midlands: A Quantitative Assessment

    • S. van der Schaaf, M. J. van der Ploeg, S. H. Vuurens, M. M. J. ten Heggeler

    Pages 243-263

15. Self-Recovery of Cut-over Bogs: Summary from Case Studies

    • Elve Lode, Lars Lundin, Mati Ilomets

    Pages 265-283

16. Restoration of Raised Bogs: Mechanisms and Case Studies from the Netherlands

    • Hilde B. M. Tomassen, Alfons J. P. Smolders, Sake van der Schaaf, Leon P. M. Lamers, Jan G. M. Roelofs

    Pages 285-330

17. Restoration of Drained Mires in the Šumava National Park, Czech Republic

    • Ivana Bufková, František Stíbal, Eva Mikulášková

    Pages 331-354

18. Local and Global Impacts of Mire Drainage: An Impetus for Hydrology Restoration: Yelnia Mire, Belarus

    • Alexander Kozulin, Sergey Zuyonok, Viacheslav Rakovich

    Pages 355-366

19. Back Matter

    Pages 367-374

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Despite our growing awareness of the vital role they play in the global environment, wetlands remain among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth and are still being destroyed and degraded at an alarming rate. This much-needed publication, which includes contributions from leading researchers and practitioners, presents a holistic perspective on the restoration of wetland ecosystems such as shallow lakes, streams, floodplains and bogs. Through the use of carefully chosen case studies, the authors examine European wetland restoration projects from Scandinavia to Bulgaria and from Ireland to Belarus, focusing on the lessons they can teach to a new generation of conservationists. As well as reviewing the sum of current knowledge on the subject, the text is a store of practical know-how, covering a wide range of conservation approaches and techniques. It analyzes the major problems in the field and identifies key principles for achieving sustainability in wetland restoration. The topics covered include: • the role of wetlands in landscape functioning • human interference with natural processes such as water and matter cycles and energy dissipation • the impact of land use on global problems such as climate change, floods and droughts • the role played by diversity in wetland functioning The work shows that without sustainable land use over the totality of their catchment areas, and without cohesive inter-agency cooperation, individual restoration projects will have a short life span. The balance between scientific background and practical restoration makes this book a valuable resource for scientists as well as wetland managers, decision makers and land use planners, as well as students of ecology, nature conservation and environmental protection.

• Danube
• Phosphor
• bog
• development
• ecosystem
• environment
• environmental protection
• hydrology
• mire
• wetland

• Crop Research Institute, Praha 6, Czech Republic

  Martina Eiseltová

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