Book Description:
Wetlands are lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface. Wetlands vary widely because of regional and local differences in soils, topography, climate, hydrology, water chemistry, vegetation, and other factors, including human disturbance. Indeed, wetlands are found from the tundra to the tropics and on every continent except Antarctica. This new book brings together the latest resarch in field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Expert Commentary

Two Alternative Modes for Diffuse Pollution Control by Wetlands;pp. 1-5
(Chen Qingfeng, Ma Junjian, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China, Shan Baoqing, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China)

Short Communication

Multiangular Imaging of Wetlands in New England;pp. 7-14
(Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux & Eden Furtak-Cole, Univ. of Vermont, Dept. of Geography, Burlington, VT)

Research and Review Studies

Wetlands: Water "Living Filters"?;pp. 15-71
(Ana Dordio, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Evora, Evora, Portugal, A.J. Palace Carvalho, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Evora, Evora, Portugal, Centro de Quimica de Evora, Univ. of Evora, Evora, Portugal, Ana Paulo Pinto, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Evora, Evora, Portugal, ICAM - Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias e Mediterraneas, Univ. of Evora, Evora, Portugal)

Remote Sensing Data for Regional Wetland Mapping in the United States: Trends and Future Prospects;pp. 73-112
(Megan W. Lang and Greg W. McCarty, USDA-ARS, Remote Sensing and Hydrology Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD)

Transforming Useless Swamps into Valuable Wetlands: Evaluating America's Policy, 1970-2008;pp. 113-132
(Andrea K. Gerlak and Jeanne N. Clarke, Univ. of Arizona, Dept. of Political Science, Tucson, Arizona)

Dynamics of Coastal Wetlands and Land Use Changes in the Watershed: Implications for the Biodiversity;pp. 133-175
(Miguel Angel Esteve, M. Francisca Carreno, Francisco Robledano, Julia Marinez-Fernandez, Jesus Minano, Dept. de Ecologia e Hidrologia, Univ. de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia, Spain)

Pathogen Removal in Constructed Wetlands;pp.177-211
(Kela P. Weber and Raymond L. Legge, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada)

The Role of Harvest and Plant Decompisition in Constructed Wetlands;pp. 213-245
(Juan A. Alvarez, Environmental Institute, Univ. of Leon, La Serna, Leon, Spain, Eloy Becares, Dept. of Ecology, Genetic and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Univ. of Leon, Leon, Spain)

Nutrition and Toxicity of Inorganic Substances from Wastewater in Constructed Wetlands;pp. 247-269
(Zhenhua Zhang, Zed Rengel, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, School of Earth and Geographic Sciences, The Univ. of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, Kathy Meney, Syrinx Environmental Pty Ltd, Perth, WA, Australia)

A Conceptual and Methodological Framework for the Study of Vegetated Fluvial Landscape Evolutionary Trajectories;pp. 271-293
(Dov Corenblit, Johannes Steiger, Univ. de Clermont-Ferrand II, GEOLAB - Laboratoire de Geographie Physique et Environnementale, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France, Eric Tabacchi, Univ. de Toulouse III, ECOLAB, Laboratoire d'ecologie fonctionnelle, Toulouse Cedex 04, France, Angela M. Gurnell, King's College London, Dept. of Geography, Strand London, UK)

Macrophyte Morphological Response to the Industrial Effluent Toxicity in A Constructed Wetland;pp. 295-323
(Haded, H.R., Quimica Analitica, Facultad de Ingeniera Quimica, Univ. Nacional del Litoral, Santiago del Estero Santa Fe, Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Mufarrege, M.M., Quimica Analitica, Facultad de Ingeniera Quimica, Univ. Nacional del Litoral, Santiago del Estero Santa Fe, Argentina, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Pinciroli, M., Quimica Analitica, Facultad de Ingeniera Quimica, Univ. Nacional del Litoral, Santiago del Estero Santa Fe, Argentina, et al.)

Phytoremediation Processes for Water and Air Pollution Control in the Aspects of Nutrient and Carbon Dioxide Removals;pp. 325-358
(Jae Seong Rhee, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hawolgok-dong, Seoul, Korea, Yong-hui Song, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China, Fa-Sheng Li, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China, Janjit Iamchaturapatr, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hawolgok-dong, Seoul, Korea)

Phytoplankton Biomass Regulation in Contrasting Environmental States of Temporary Pools;pp. 359-371
(Silvia Martin, Marta Rodriguez, David G. Angeler, Univ. of Castilla-La Mancha, Institute of Environmental Sciences (ICAM), Toledo, Spain)

Can Tern Migrants Coexist with Urban Development and Estuarine Recreational Activities?;pp. 373-389
(Ken Chan, Jill Dening, and Leena Malinen, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinah University, Guangzhou, P.R. China)

Agricultural Wetlands;pp. 391-406
(Kroger, R., Univ. of Mississippi Field Station and Center for Wave and Wetland Resources, Abbeville, MS)

Profiling Cover Cycle Dynamics for Prairie Pothole Wetland Landscapes;pp. 407-418
(Rebecca L. Phillips, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, ND, Ofer Beeri, Univ. of North Dakota, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, Grand Forks, ND)

Index pp.419-446