Title: Wetlands : a threatened landscape /
Authors: Williams, Michael, 1935 June 24-
Publisher: B. Blackwell,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Wetlands.; Wetland ecology.; Wetlands Economic aspects; Wetland conservation.
Contents: Understanding wetlands / Michael Williams -- Wetland morphology, hydrodynamics and sedimentation / Antony R. Orme -- Soils and ecology : temperate wetlands / Peter D. Moore -- Soils and ecology : tropical wetlands / Thomas V. Armentano -- Wetland archaeology : a wealth of evidence / Bryony Coles -- Agricultural impacts in temperate wetlands / Michael Williams -- Agricultural impacts in tropical wetlands : rice paddies for mangroves in South and Southeast Asia / John F. Richards -- Port industrialization, urbanization and wetland loss / David A. Pinder and Michael E. Witherick -- Recreation and wetlands : impacts, conflict and policy issues / David C. Mercer -- Wetland losses and gains / James G. Gosselink and Edward Maltby -- Protection and retrospection / Michael Williams.