The Wetland Book

<p>Wetlands of the World</p><p>Wetland Types and Distribution</p><p>Estuaries </p><p>Estuarine Marsh: An Overview</p><p>Seagrasses</p><p>Mangroves</p><p>Major River Basins of the World</p><p>Freshwater Lakes and Reservoirs</p><p>Salt Lakes</p><p>Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, the fresh dimension of the estuary</p><p>Freshwater Marshes and Swamps</p><p>Papyrus wetlands</p><p>Tropical Freshwater Swamps (mineral soils)</p><p>Peatlands</p><p>Peat</p>Peatland (Mire Types): Based on Origin and Behaviour of Water, Peat Genesis, Landscape Position and Climate<p></p><p>Arctic Peatlands</p><p>Mires</p><p>Blanket Mire</p><p>Blanket Bogs</p><p>Lagg Fen</p><p>Karst Wetlands</p><p>Subterranean (hypogean) Habitats in Karst and Their Fauna</p><p>Groundwater Dependent Wetlands</p><p>Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers of Wetland Change</p><p>Wetland Losses and the Status of Wetland-Dependent Species</p><p>Alien Plants and Wetland Biotic Dysfunction</p><p>Ecological Conditions and Health of Arctic Wetlands Modified by Nutrient and Contaminant Inputs From Colonial Birds</p><p>Lake Chilika (India): Ecological Restoration and Adaptive Management for Conservation and Wise Use</p><p>Saemangeum Estuarine System (Republic of Korea): Before and After Reclamation</p><p>Peatlands and Windfarms: Conflicting Carbon Targets and Environmental Impacts</p><p>Kakagon (Bad River Sloughs), Wisconsin (USA)</p><p>Seagrass Dependent Artisanal Fisheries of Southeast Asia</p><p>Great Barrier Reef (Australia): A multi-ecosystem wetland with a multiple use management regime</p><p>Qa'a Azraq Oasis, Strengthening Stakeholder Representation in Restoration (Jordan)</p><p>Fish Ponds of the Czech Republic</p><p>Makgadikgadi Wetlands (Botswana): Planning for Sustainable Use and Conservation</p><p>Seagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay, Florida (USA)</p><p>Wetlands of Greenland</p>Peatlands of Continental North America<p></p><p>Boreal Wetlands of Canada and the United States of America</p><p>Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Yukon River Basin, Alaska (USA)</p><p>The Peace-Athabasca Delta: MacKenzie River Basin (Canada)</p><p>Copper River Delta, Alaska (USA)</p><p>Fraser River Delta: Southern British Columbia (Canada)</p><p>The Mississippi Alluvial Valley (USA)</p><p>Coastal Wetlands of Manitoba’s Great Lakes (Canada)</p><p>Coastal Wetlands of Lake Superior’s South Shore (USA)</p><p>The Bay of Fundy and its Wetlands (Canada)</p><p>San Francisco Bay Estuary (USA)</p>Vernal Pools of Northeastern North America<p></p><p>Pocosins (USA)</p><p>Prairie Pothole Region of North America</p><p>Playa wetlands of the Great Plains (USA)</p><p>Wetlands of California's Central Valley (USA)</p><p>The Everglades (USA)</p><p>Amazon River Basin</p><p>Mangroves of Colombia</p><p>Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta: The Largest Lagoon-Delta Ecosystem in the Colombian Caribbean</p><p>Lake Fuquene (Colombia)</p><p>The Paraná-Paraguay Fluvial Corridor (Argentina)</p><p>The Pantanal: A Brief Review of its Ecology, Biodiversity and Protection Status</p><p>The Paraná River Delta</p>Wetlands of Chile: Biodiversity, Endemism and Conservation Challenges<p></p><p>Seagrasses of Southeast Brazil</p><p>Rio de la Plata (La Plata River) and Estuary&nbsp; (Argentina and Uruguay) </p><p>Conchalí Lagoon: Coastal Wetland Restoration Project (Chile)</p><p>Bahía Lomas, Ramsar site (Chile)</p><p>Patagonian Peatlands (Argentina and Chile)</p><p>Danube River Basin</p><p>Lower Danube Green Corridor</p><p>Danube, Drava and Mura Rivers: The “Amazon” of Europe</p><p>Danube Delta: Transboundary Wetlands (Romania and Ukraine)</p><p>Rhine River Basin</p><p>Volga River Basin (Russia)</p><p>Volga River Delta (Russia)</p><p>European Tidal Saltmarshes</p><p>Tipperne Peninsula and Ringkøbing Fjord (Denmark)</p><p>Wadden Sea (Denmark)</p><p>Estuaries of Great Britain</p><p>The Wash Estuary and the North Norfolk Coast (UK)</p><p>Wetlands of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads (UK)</p><p>Blanket Mires of Caithness and Sutherland, Scotland’s Great Flow Country (UK)</p><p>Karst Wetlands in the Dinaric Karst</p><p>Turloughs (Ireland)</p><p>The Macrotidal Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel (France): the Function of Salt Marshes</p><p>The Inner Danish Waters and Their Importance to Waterbirds</p><p>The Camargue: Rhone River Delta (France)</p>Ebro Delta (Spain)<p></p><p>Doñana Wetlands (Spain)</p><p>Axios, Aliakmon and Gallicos Delta Complex (Northern Greece)</p><p>The Philippi Peatland (Greece)</p><p>Peatlands of the Mediterranean Region</p><p>The Hula Wetland (Israel)</p><p>Coastal Sabkha (Salt Flats) of the Southern and Western Arabian Gulf</p><p>Lake Seyfe (Turkey)</p><p>Congo River Basin</p><p>Zambezi River Basin</p><p>Zambezi River Delta (Mozambique)</p><p>Nile River Basin</p><p>Nile Delta (Egypt)</p>Baro-Akobo River Basin Wetlands: Livelihoods and sustainable regional land Mangement (Ethiopia)<p></p><p>Bahr el Ghazal: Nile River Basin (Sudan and South Sudan)</p><p>Machar Marshes: Nile River Basin (South Sudan)</p><p>The Mayas wetlands of the Dinder and Rahad: tributaries of the Blue Nile Basin (Sudan)</p><p>The Sudd (South Sudan)</p><p>Rugezi Marsh, a high altitude tropical peatland in Rwanda</p><p>Banc d’Arguin (Mauritania)</p><p>Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea Bissau)</p><p>Kilombero Valley Floodplain (Tanzania)</p><p>Lakes Baringo and Naivasha: endorheic freshwater lakes of the Rift Valley (Kenya)</p><p>Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake (Kenya)</p>Soda lakes of the Rift Valley (Kenya)<p></p><p>Okavango Delta, Botswana (Southern Africa)</p><p>Peatlands of Africa</p><p>Peatland Types and Tropical Swamp Forests on the Maputaland Coastal Plain (South Africa)</p><p>Lena River Basin (Russia)</p><p>Lena River Delta (Russia)</p><p>Nidjili Lake: Lena River Basin (Russia)</p><p>Taiga-Alas Landscape in the south of Central Yakutian Lowland: Lena River Basin (Russia)</p><p>The Middle Aldan River Basin: a Key Migration Corridor for the Eastern Population of the Siberian Crane Within the Lena River Basin (Russia)</p><p>Yenisei River Basin and Lake Baikal (Russia)</p>Amur-Heilong River Basin: Overview of Wetland Resources<p></p><p>Dauria Steppe Wetlands of the Amur-Heilong River Basin (Russia, China and Mongolia)</p><p>Sanjiang Plain and wetlands along the Ussuri and Amur rivers: Amur River Basin (Russia and China)</p><p>Zhalong Wetlands (China)</p><p>Highland Peatlands of Mongolia</p><p>Yangtze River Basin (China)</p><p>Poyang Lake: Yangtze River Basin (China)</p><p>Huang He (Yellow River) River Basin (China)</p><p>Current Status of Seagrass Habitat in Korea</p><p>Hokkaido Marshes (Japan)</p><p>High Altitude Wetlands of Nepal</p><p>Anzali Mordab complex&nbsp; (Islamic Republic of Iran)</p>Bujagh National Park (Islamic Republic of Iran)<p></p><p>Fereydoon Kenar, Ezbaran & Sorkh Ruds Ab-Bandans</p><p>Lake Parishan (Islamic Republic of Iran)</p><p>Lake Uromiyeh (Islamic Republic of Iran)</p><p>Shadegan wetland (Islamic Republic of Iran)</p><p>Mesopotamian Marshes of Iraq</p><p>Indus River Basin Wetlands</p><p>Wular Lake, Kashmir</p><p>Wetlands of the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin</p><p>Saline wetlands of the arid zone of western India</p><p>The Transboundary Sundarbans Mangroves (India and Bangladesh)</p><p>Wetlands of Mahanadi Delta (India)</p><p>Tropical Peatswamp Forests of South East Asia</p>Wetlands of the Mekong River Basin, an Overview<p></p><p>Tonle Sap Lake: Mekong River Basin (Cambodia)</p><p>Tram Chim: Mekong River Basin (Vietnam)</p><p>Transboundary Mekong River Delta (Cambodia and Vietnam)</p><p>U Minh Peat Swamp Forest: Mekong River Basin (Vietnam)</p><p>Sembilang National Park - Mangrove Reserves of Indonesia</p><p>Wetlands of Berbak Nature Reserve (Indonesia)</p><p>Danau Sentarum National Park (Indonesia)</p><p>Wetlands of Tasek Bera ( Peninsular Malaysia)</p><p>Intertidal Flats of East and Southeast Asia</p><p>Seagrass in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges Ahead</p><p>Murray-Darling River Basin (Australia)</p>Macquarie Marshes: Murray-Darling River Basin (Australia)<p></p><p>The Coorong: Murray-Darling River Basin (Australia)</p><p>Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre (Australia)</p><p>Myall Lakes, NSW (Australia)</p><p>Australia’s wet tropics streams, rivers, and floodplain wetlands</p><p>Wetlands of Kakadu National Park (Australia)</p><p>Groundwater dependent wetlands of the Gnangara Groundwater System (Western Australia)</p><p>Seagrass meadows of Northeastern Australia</p><p>Wetlands of New Zealand</p><p>New Zealand restiad bogs</p><p> </p><p>Atolls of the Tropical Pacific Ocean: Wetlands under threat</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>