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Wetland Habitats of North America

Ecology and Conservation Concerns
by Darold P. Batzer (Editor), Andrew H. Baldwin (Editor)
Hardcover eBook
Price: $150.00 / £125.00
Publication Date: May 2012
Edition: 1st Edition
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Rights: World
Pages: 408
ISBN: 9780520271647
Trim Size: 8.5 x 11
Illustrations: 179 color illustrations, 85 line illustrations, 32 tables
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About the Book

Wetlands are prominent landscapes throughout North America. The general characteristics of wetlands are controversial, thus there has not been a systematic assessment of different types of wetlands in different parts of North America, or a compendium of the threats to their conservation. Wetland Habitats of North America adopts a geographic and habitat approach, in which experts familiar with wetlands from across North America provide analyses and syntheses of their particular region of study. Addressing a broad audience of students, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and policy makers, this book reviews recent, scientifically rigorous literature directly relevant to understanding, managing, protecting, and restoring wetland ecosystems of North America.

About the Author

Darold Batzer is Professor of Entomology at the University of Georgia. He is the co-editor of Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America (Wiley, 1999). Andrew Baldwin is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. He is the President of the Society of Wetland Scientists.

Table of Contents

1. WETLAND HABITATS OF NORTH AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION
Andrew H. Baldwin and Darold P. Batzer

I. COASTAL WETLANDS
2. NORTH ATLANTIC COASTAL TIDAL WETLANDS
Cathleen Wigand and Charles T. Roman

3. COASTAL WETLANDS OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
Andrew H. Baldwin, Patrick J. Kangas, J. Patrick Megonigal, Matthew C. Perry, and Dennis F. Whigham

4. SOUTH ATLANTIC TIDAL WETLANDS
Steven C. Pennings, Merryl Alber, Clark R. Alexander, Melissa Booth, Adrian Burd, Wei-Jun Cai, Christopher Craft, Chester B. DePratter, Daniela Di Iorio, Chuck Hopkinson, Samantha B. Joye, Christof D. Meile, Willard S. Moore, Brian Silliman, Victor Thompson, and John P. Wares

5. MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WETLANDS
Jenneke M. Visser, John W. Day, Jr., Loretta L. Battaglia, Gary P. Shaffer, and Mark W. Hester

6. WETLANDS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
Loretta L. Battaglia, Mark S. Woodrey, Mark S. Peterson, Kevin S. Dillon, and Jenneke M. Visser

7. NEOTROPICAL COASTAL WETLANDS
Karen L. McKee

8. PACIFIC COAST TIDAL WETLANDS
John C. Callaway, Amy B. Borde, Heida L. Diefenderfer, V. Thomas Parker, John M. Rybczyk, and Ron M. Thom

II. INLAND WETLANDS
9. NORTHERN PEATLANDS
Line Rochefort, Maria Strack, Monique Poulin, Jonathan S. Price, Martha Graf, André Desrochers, Claude Lavoie, and Line Lapointe

10. NORTHEASTERN SEASONAL WOODLAND POOLS
Aram J. K. Calhoun, Megan K. Gahl, and Robert F. Baldwin

11. NORTHERN RED MAPLE AND BLACK ASH SWAMPS
Joan Ehrenfeld

12. BEAVER WETLANDS
Carol A. Johnston

13. GREAT LAKES COASTAL MARSHES
Douglas A. Wilcox

14. POCOSINS: EVERGREEN SHRUB BOGS OF THE SOUTHEAST
Curtis Richardson

15. SOUTHEASTERN DEPRESSIONAL WETLANDS
L. Katherine Kirkman, Lora L. Smith, and Stephen W. Golladay

16. SOUTHEASTERN SWAMP COMPLEXES
Darold Batzer, Frank Day, and Steve Golladay

17. THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
Evelyn E. Gaiser, Joel C. Trexler and Paul R. Wetzel

18. FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN
Sammy L. King, Loretta L. Battaglia, Cliff R. Hupp, Richard F. Keim, and B. Graeme Lockaby

19. TROPICAL FRESHWATER SWAMPS AND MARSHES
Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Dulce Infante Mata, and Hugo López Rosas

20. NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS WETLANDS
Susan Galatowitsch

21. HIGH PLAINS PLAYAS
Loren M. Smith, David A. Haukos, and Scott T. McMurry

22. WESTERN MOUNTAIN WETLANDS
David J. Cooper, Rodney A. Chimner, and David M. Merritt

23. DESERT SPRING WETLANDS OF THE GREAT BASIN
Mary Jane Keleher and Don Sada

24. RIPARIAN FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS OF THE ARID AND SEMIARID SOUTHWEST
Juliet C. Stromberg, Douglas C. Andersen, and Michael L. Scott

25. WETLANDS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA AND KLAMATH BASIN
Joseph P. Fleskes

26. FRESHWATER ARCTIC TUNDRA WETLANDS
Laura Gough

Reviews

“The book provides a wealth of up-to-date information presented in an accessible and relatively concise format. . . . An essential component of the library of anyone working in the realm of freshwater ecology.”
— Freshwater Science
"Wetland Habitats of North America offers plenty of information for the variety of wetland types that are discussed, will be a valuable reference for all wetland scientists and deserves a place in their library."
— Wetlands
“Wetland Habitats of North America is essential reading for everyone who studies, manages, or visits North American wetlands. It fills an important void in the wetland literature, providing accessible and succinct descriptions of all of the continent’s major wetland types.”

Arnold van der Valk, Iowa State University

“Batzer and Baldwin have compiled the most comprehensive compendium of North American wetland habitats and their ecology that is presently available—a must for wetland scientists and managers.”

Irving A. Mendelssohn, Louisiana State University

"If you want to gain a broad understanding of the ecology of North America’s diverse wetlands, Wetland Habitats of North America is the book for you. Darold Batzer and Andrew Baldwin have assembled an impressive group of regional wetland scientists who have produced a virtual encyclopedia to the continent’s wetlands. Reading the book is like a road trip across the Americas with guided tours of major wetland types by local experts. Your first stop will be to coastal wetlands with eight chapters covering tidal wetlands along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts. Then you’ll travel inland where you can visit any or all of 18 types ranging from bottomland swamps of the Southeast to pothole marshes of the Northern Prairies to montane wetlands of the Rockies to tropical swamps of Central America and desert springs wetlands. All in one book—I’m impressed! Every wetlander should add this book to her or his swampland library.

Ralph Tiner, University of Massachusetts–Amherst