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North Atlantic Coastal Tidal Wetlands
Citation:
WIGAND, C. AND C. T. ROMAN. North Atlantic Coastal Tidal Wetlands. Chapter 2, Darold P. Batzer and Andrew H. Baldwin (ed.), Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns. University of California Press at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, , 13-28, (2012).
Impact/Purpose:
The chapter will be included in the book Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns. The chapter was written in collaboration with National Park Service, Dr. Charles Roman. The book chapter, North Atlantic Coastal Tidal Wetlands, provides college instructors, researchers, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, state and federal wetland managers, and restoration specialists information on the ecology and conservation concerns of tidal wetlands from the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to Delaware Bay. Within the chapter, the basic geology, hydrology, and biogeochemistry, as well as dominant communities of plants and animals in North Atlantic coastal tidal wetlands are described. The key ecological processes that control coastal wetlands, and some of the most current and important conservation concerns that threaten coastal wetlands and the ecosystem services that they provide are also discussed.
Description:
The book chapter provides college instructors, researchers, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and environmental consultants interested in wetlands with foundation information on the ecology and conservation concerns of North Atlantic coastal wetlands. The book chapter covers the following areas: 1) basic geology, hydrology, and biogeochemistry of North Atlantic coastal wetlands, 2) the most important features of the plant communities in North Atlantic coastal wetlands, 3) animal species or groups that dominate the ecology, 4) the key ecological processes that control coastal wetlands, and 5) addresses the most important conservation concerns that threaten the ecology of North Atlantic coastal wetlands and the ecosystem services that these wetlands provide.