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C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The impact of alien plants on wetlands has been recognized for some time, with the displacement of native species and subsequent changes in the nutrient and energy dynamics of the wetlands. In many instances the importance of alien species was n[...]Chapitre
Despoina Vokou, Auteur ; Urania Giannakou, Auteur ; Christina Kontaxi, Auteur ; Stella Vareltzidou, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018This is a complex wetland area of northern Greece encompassing the mouths of rivers, riverbeds and lagoons, in close proximity to Thessaloniki, the second largest city and the second most important harbour in the country. It offers major ecosyst[...]Chapitre
Asim I. El Moghraby, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Bahr el Ghazal is one five sub-basins of the River Nile. It is the only one that originates in the Sudan and is one of largest tropical wetlands in the World. It is rich in biodiversity. The area, rich in ecosystem services, has been traditional[...]Chapitre
Antonio Araujo, Auteur ; Pierre Campredon, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Banc d’Arguin refers to a vast coastal wetland located between Cap Blanc (20°46′N – 17°02′W) and Cap Timiris (19°23′N – 17°02′W) in Mauritania, West Africa. The area presently supports over one million wintering Palearctic waders and other s[...]Chapitre
Ronald A. Loughland, Auteur ; Ali M. Qasem, Auteur ; Bruce Burwell, Auteur ; Perdana K. Prihartato, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The importance of coastal saline salt flats along the southern and western Arabian Gulf coast (known as sabkha) is discussed. Sabkha landforms are being rapidly converted for industrial and urban coastal expansion. In Abu Dhabi, sabkha has also [...]Chapitre
C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; Mark Everard, Auteur ; Kenneth Irvine, Auteur ; Robert J. McInnes, Auteur ; Beth A. Middleton, Auteur ; Anne A. van Dam, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur ; David Coates, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was inspired by the world’s growing commitment to sustainable development. Its objectives are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitabl[...]Chapitre
Grigore Baboianu, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Danube Delta (4,455 km2) is the second largest delta in Europe after the Volga Delta, shared by Romania (3,510 km2 (79%)) and Ukraine (945 km2 (21%)). It forms part of a large wetland region including several limans, large lakes that formed [...]Chapitre
Paul Csagoly, Auteur ; Gernant Magnin, Auteur ; Arno Mohl, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Spanning Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia, the lower courses of the Drava and Mura Rivers and related sections of the Danube are among Europe’s most ecologically important riverine areas: the so-called “Amazon of Europe”.The rivers[...]Chapitre
Paul Csagoly, Auteur ; Gernant Magnin, Auteur ; Orieta Hulea, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Danube River is 2,857 km long and it is the world’s most international river basin, including territories of 19 countries. Its source lies in the Black Forest in Germany and it flows into the northwestern part of the Black Sea, splitting int[...]Chapitre
Andy J. Green, Auteur ; Javier Bustamante, Auteur ; Guyonne F. E. Janss, Auteur ; Rocío Fernández-Zamudio, Auteur ; Carmen Díaz-Paniagua, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Doñana wetlands in SW Spain constitute what remains of the original 180,000 ha of marshland in the Guadalquivir delta. The natural wetlands are protected in the National Park and World Heritage Site (54,252 ha), and include more than 3,000 t[...]Chapitre
Carles Ibáñez, Auteur ; Nuno Caiola, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Ebro Delta is located in the Western Mediterranean (Catalonia, NE Spain), and the delta plain has an area of 320 km2. Up to 80% of the delta area has been reclaimed (250 km2), mostly for rice agriculture (210 km2), and there is only 56 km2 o[...]Chapitre
Graham R. Daborn, Auteur ; Anna M. Redden, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Estuaries are among the most productive and valuable ecosystems on the planet, offering a wide array of ecosystem services to human beings and wildlife. They are also the among the most impacted by human activities.Chapitre
Ralph W. Tiner, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Estuarine marshes commonly called “salt and brackish marshes” are tidal wetlands associated with the world’s estuaries where salinities range from well above sea strength to nearly freshwater. Subject to frequent tidal flooding, plant communitie[...]Chapitre
Nick C. Davidson, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Tidal vegetated marshes (saltmarshes) are widespread around all the coastlines of Europe, from the Mediterranean and Black Seas in the south to the Arctic Ocean in the north. Largest areas of European saltmarsh are on the Atlantic and North Sea [...]Chapitre
Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, Auteur ; Mathis Loïc Messager, Auteur ; Bernhard Lehner, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Lakes, ponds, and lacustrine environments are characterized by standing water in depressions of the landscape left by glacier scouring or impoundments along river networks. Depending on their origin and climatic conditions, lakes can be ancient [...]Chapitre
C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Freshwater swamps and marshes comprise a large variety of nontidal forested and non-forested wetlands. They have hydric soils and do not accumulate large amounts of peat (noting that the definition of peatlands comprises wetlands with at least 3[...]Chapitre
Richard Payne, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018This article provides a brief introduction to the Hula wetland: a regionally significant wetland complex in the Middle East. The article describes the physical setting of the wetland and how it has been shaped by human intervention over long tim[...]Chapitre
Serhan Cagirankaya, Auteur ; Burhan Teoman Meric, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Lake Seyfe is located in the tectonic depression of north-eastern Kırşehir Province and the centre of the Anatololian Region. Lake Seyfe is a Nature Conservation Site and Ramsar Site covering 10,700 ha. It is also recognized internationally as a[...]Chapitre
Paul Csagoly, Auteur ; Gernant Magnin, Auteur ; Orieta Hulea, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Lower Danube, flowing for more than 1,000 km through Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova, has been identified, together with the Danube Delta as one of the most outstanding biodiversity regions in the world. It is also a region of rich cu[...]Chapitre
Yasir A. Mohamed, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Machar marshes are the major wetland in the Sobat basin, in South Sudan. The Sobat is a tributary of the White Nile originating from the Ethiopian highlands. The wetland is formed by the spill from the Baro River and the inflows from the eas[...]Chapitre
Carmen Revenga, Auteur ; Tristan Tyrrell, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018River basins are the hydrological units of the planet and as such play a critical role in the natural functioning of the Earth. While there have been advances in mapping river basins to facilitate analyses and inform basin management, informatio[...]Chapitre
C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Mangroves are trees or shrubs that are generally found in intertidal environments in the tropics and subtropics. Most but not all mangroves are found in intertidal environments along deltaic coasts, lagoons, and estuarine shorelines. Under optim[...]Chapitre
Khalid Hassaballah, Auteur ; Yasir A. Mohamed, Auteur ; Stefan Uhlenbrook, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Mayas wetlands forms an important ecological zone in the arid and semiarid Sodano – Saharan region in Dinder and Rahad basins. They are the most unique feature of the Dinder National Park (DNP) and one of its three major ecosystems. “Mayas” is a[...]Chapitre
Richard Lindsay, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The term ‘mire’ is now widely accepted as the appropriate term for peatlands which still display the features associated with active peat formation. It is, however, difficult to determine whether any given site is actually accumulating peat at a[...]Chapitre
Susan M. Galatowitsch, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The hydrology of wetlands is dynamic owing to daily, seasonal, and inter-annual changes in water levels caused by tides, river flooding, and/or precipitation events. The resulting water regimes are primary determinants of many wetland ecosystem [...]Chapitre
Mohamed Reda Fishar, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Nile Delta is situated in the middle of the Egyptian Mediterranean coastline of approximately 1,000 km. The Delta shoreline consists of sandy and silty shores of greatly varying lateral configurations, depending on where the old branches of [...]Chapitre
Matthew McCartney, Auteur ; Lisa-Maria Rebelo, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018The Nile, the World’s longest river, is well endowed with wetlands, including the Sudd, one of the World’s largest. The wetlands are not only biodiversity hotspots but also vital for the livelihoods and wellbeing of people. In total there are 14[...]Chapitre
Richard Lindsay, Auteur ; Roxane Andersen, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Peat is a soil consisting of semi-decomposed plant material which accumulates in situ as a result of waterlogging. The percentage of mineral matter contained within such soils can vary from as little as 2% by weight to as much as 30%, though eve[...]Chapitre
Richard Lindsay, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Mires, or peat-forming systems, have traditionally been recognised as falling into two broad peat-forming types – minerotrophic fens fed by groundwater or collected surface water, and ombrotrophic bogs fed exclusively by direct precipitation. Di[...]Chapitre
C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | 2018Peatlands are ecosystems that are characterized by the accumulation of organic matter that is derived from decaying plant material under permanent water saturation. They have been defined to include areas of land with a naturally accumulated lay[...]