Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Strip mining
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Atlas of Wetlands in the Principal Coal Surface Mining Region of Western Kentucky
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Strip mining
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Strip mining
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Wetlands
Author: William J. Mitsch
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118676823
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
The single most important book on wetlands, newly expanded and updated Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. Recently updated and expanded, this latest edition contains brand new information on Wetland Ecosystem Services and an updated discussion on Wetland, Carbon, and Climate Change and Wetland Creation and Restoration. Due to popular demand, the authors have brought back five streamlined chapters on wetland ecosystems that had been removed from previous editions, and provided more robust ancillary materials including an online color photo gallery, PowerPoint slides, and several video case studies. As nature's kidneys, wetland ecosystems help the environment process toxins and excess fertilizers and maintain the relative health of our aquatic ecosystems. As the understanding of their importance grows, their management and ecology have gained increased attention and have become an area of professional specialization over the past two decades. This book gives readers a solid understanding of wetlands, how they work, what they do, and why the Earth can't live without them. Understand wetlands' role in the ecosystem, from local to global scales Appreciate the fact that wetlands may be the most logical and economical way to sequester carbon from the atmosphere Discover the unique characteristics that make wetlands critically important for improving water quality, reducing storm and flood damage, and providing habitat to support biodiversity Learn how wetlands are being managed or destroyed around the globe but also how we can create and restore them Examine the ways in which climate change is affecting wetland ecosystems and wetland ecosystems affect climate change Wetlands are crucial to the health of the planet, and we've only begun to realize the magnitude of the damage that has already been done as we scramble to save them. A generation of ecologists, ecological engineers, land use planners, and water resource managers worldwide owe their knowledge of the wetlands to this book – for the next generation to follow in their footsteps, Wetlands 5th edition is the quintessential guide to these critical systems.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118676823
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
The single most important book on wetlands, newly expanded and updated Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. Recently updated and expanded, this latest edition contains brand new information on Wetland Ecosystem Services and an updated discussion on Wetland, Carbon, and Climate Change and Wetland Creation and Restoration. Due to popular demand, the authors have brought back five streamlined chapters on wetland ecosystems that had been removed from previous editions, and provided more robust ancillary materials including an online color photo gallery, PowerPoint slides, and several video case studies. As nature's kidneys, wetland ecosystems help the environment process toxins and excess fertilizers and maintain the relative health of our aquatic ecosystems. As the understanding of their importance grows, their management and ecology have gained increased attention and have become an area of professional specialization over the past two decades. This book gives readers a solid understanding of wetlands, how they work, what they do, and why the Earth can't live without them. Understand wetlands' role in the ecosystem, from local to global scales Appreciate the fact that wetlands may be the most logical and economical way to sequester carbon from the atmosphere Discover the unique characteristics that make wetlands critically important for improving water quality, reducing storm and flood damage, and providing habitat to support biodiversity Learn how wetlands are being managed or destroyed around the globe but also how we can create and restore them Examine the ways in which climate change is affecting wetland ecosystems and wetland ecosystems affect climate change Wetlands are crucial to the health of the planet, and we've only begun to realize the magnitude of the damage that has already been done as we scramble to save them. A generation of ecologists, ecological engineers, land use planners, and water resource managers worldwide owe their knowledge of the wetlands to this book – for the next generation to follow in their footsteps, Wetlands 5th edition is the quintessential guide to these critical systems.
Wetlands Identification
Author:
Publisher: Government Institutes
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher: Government Institutes
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Regional Guidebook for Assessing the Functions of Low Gradient, Riverine Wetlands in Western Kentucky
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Wetland conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach is a collection of concepts and methods for developing functional indices and subsequently using them to assess the capacity of a wetland to perform functions relative to similar wetlands in a region. The approach was initially designed to be used in the context of the Clean Water Act Section 404 Regulatory Program permit review sequence to consider alternatives, minimize impacts, assess unavoidable project impacts, determine mitigation requirements, and monitor the success of mitigation projects. However, a variety of other potential applications for the approach have been identified including: determining minimal effects under the Food Security Act, designing mitigation projects, and managing wetlands. This report uses the HGM Approach to develop a Regional Guidebook for assessing the functions of low gradient, riverine wetlands in western Kentucky. The report begins with a characterization of low gradient, riverine wetlands in the western Kentucky, then discusses (a) the rationale used to select functions, (b)the rationale used to select model variables and metrics, (c) the rational used to develop assessment models, and (d) the data from reference wetlands used to calibrate model variables and assessment models. Finally, it outlines an assessment protocol for using the model variables and functional indices to assess low gradient, riverine wetlands in western Kentucky.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wetland conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach is a collection of concepts and methods for developing functional indices and subsequently using them to assess the capacity of a wetland to perform functions relative to similar wetlands in a region. The approach was initially designed to be used in the context of the Clean Water Act Section 404 Regulatory Program permit review sequence to consider alternatives, minimize impacts, assess unavoidable project impacts, determine mitigation requirements, and monitor the success of mitigation projects. However, a variety of other potential applications for the approach have been identified including: determining minimal effects under the Food Security Act, designing mitigation projects, and managing wetlands. This report uses the HGM Approach to develop a Regional Guidebook for assessing the functions of low gradient, riverine wetlands in western Kentucky. The report begins with a characterization of low gradient, riverine wetlands in the western Kentucky, then discusses (a) the rationale used to select functions, (b)the rationale used to select model variables and metrics, (c) the rational used to develop assessment models, and (d) the data from reference wetlands used to calibrate model variables and assessment models. Finally, it outlines an assessment protocol for using the model variables and functional indices to assess low gradient, riverine wetlands in western Kentucky.
Nominations of Frederic J. Hansen, Paul L. Hill, Devra Lee Davis, Gerald V. Poje, Anne J. Udall, Ronald K. Burton, and David M. Rappoport
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Wetlands and Water Management on Mined Lands
Author: Robert P. Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Nominations Considered During the First Session of the 106th Congress
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
106-1 Hearings: Nominations Considered During The First Session of The 106th Congress, S. Hrg. 106-268, April 28, 1999
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Spruce Mine No.1, Logan County
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands
Author: United States. Federal Interagency Committee for Wetland Delineation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description