Wetlands: Environmental Gradients, Boundaries and Buffers

About this book

An understanding of environmental gradients is fundamental to the delineation of wetland boundaries. Only when boundaries are determined can an appropriate `buffer' between the wetland and its surrounding area be established, and conservation and management practices properly initiated. This book focuses on current research and techniques in the discipline.

Contents

Introduction Environmental Gradients, Boundaries, and Buffers: An Overview, V. Carter Wetlands and Environmental Gradients, M.M. Holland Vertical Gradients in Peatlands, B.G. Warner Urban Intensification and Environmental Sustainability: The Maintenance of Infiltration Gradients, E.A. McBean, G. Mulamoottil, Z. Novak, and G. Bowen Root Zone Moisture Gradients Adjacent to a Cedar Swamp in Southern Ontario, D.E. Stephenson and D.B. Hodgson Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants Occurring in Wetland Gradients, C.W.P.M. Blom, H.M. van de Steeg, and L.A.C.J. Voesenek Practical Considerations for Wetland Identification and Boundary Delineation, R.W. Tiner Toward the Integration of Wetland Functional Boundaries into Suburban Landscapes, W.G. Pearsell and G. Mulamoottil Management Goals and Functional Boundaries of Riparian Forested Wetlands, J.E. Cox The Use of Avian Fauna in Delineating Wetlands in the Baldwin Wetland Complex, Southern Ontario, P.J. Harpley and R.J. Milne Temporal Delineation of Wetlands on Gull Point, Presque Isle, Pennsylania, P.S. Botts and R. Donn A Comparison of Wetland Boundaries Delineated in the Field to Those Boundaries on Existing State and Federal Wetlands Maps in Central New York State, J.M. McMullen and P.A. Meacham Wetland Buffers and Runoff Hydrology, J.D. Phillips Effect of Buffer Strips on Controlling Soil Erosion and Nutrient Losses in Southern Finland, J. Uusi-Kamppa and T. Ylaranta Hydrogeological Criteria for Buffer Zones Between Wetlands and Aggregate Extraction Sites, J.Z. Fraser, D. Routly, A.B.F. Hinton, and K. Richardson The CREAMS Model for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Buffer Strips in Reducing Sediment Loads to Wetlands, K.J. McKague, Y.Z. Cao, and D.E. Stephenson The Use of Vegetative Buffer Strips to Protect Wetlands in Southern Ontario, A.J. Norman Summary of Final Session Index

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