Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts of soil science / S.W. Sprecher -- Background and history of the concept of hydric soils / Maurice J. Mausbach and W. Blake Parker -- Hydrology of wetland and related soils / J.L. Richardson, J.L. Arndt and J.A. Montgomery -- Redox chemistry of hydric soils / M.J. Vepraskas and S.P. Faulkner -- Biology of wetland soils / Christopher B. Craft -- Organic matter accumulation and organic soils / Mary E. Collins and R.J. Kuehl -- Morphological features of seasonally reduced soils / M.J. Vepraskas -- Delineating hydric soils / G.W. Hurt and V.W. Carlisle -- Wetland soils and the hydrogeomorphic classification of wetlands / J.L. Richardson and Mark M. Brinson -- Use of soil information for hydrogeomorphic assessment / J.A. Montgomery, J.P. Tandarich and P.M. Whited -- Wetland soils of basins and depressions of glacial terrains / C.V. Evans and J.A. Freeland -- Wetland soils of basins and depressions : case studies of vernal pools / W.A. Hobson and R.A. Dahlgren -- Hydric soils and wetlands in riverine systems / David L. Lindbo and J.L. Richardson -- Soils of tidal and fringing wetlands / M.C. Rabenhorst -- Flatwoods and associated landforms of the south Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Lowlands / Frank C. Watts, V.W. Carlisle and G.W. Hurt -- Hydrologically linked Spodosol formation in the southeastern United States / Willie Harris -- Soils of northern peatlands : Histosols and Gelisols / Scott D. Bridgham [and others] -- Hydric soil indicators in Mollisol landscapes / James A. Thompson and Jay C. Bell -- Saline and wet soils of wetlands in dry climates / Janis L. Boettinger and J.L. Richardson -- Wetland soil and landscape alteration by beavers / Carol A. Johnston.