Multifunctional Wetlands

Multifunctional Wetlands

Author: Nidhi Nagabhatla

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 3319674161

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This book describes how natural or constructed wetlands can be used to reduce pollution of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, while still preserving their biodiversity and ecological functions. Through a series of case histories described in 10 chapters in the monograph, the readers will gain an understanding of the opportunities, as well as the challenges associated with reducing point and non-point source pollution using natural, restored or constructed wetlands. The target audience will be water practitioners involved in projects utilizing integrated watershed management approaches to pollution abatement, as well as researchers who are designing projects focused on this topic.


Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather

Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather

Author: Shirley Laska

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 3030272052

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book takes an in-depth look at Louisiana as a state which is ahead of the curve in terms of extreme weather events, both in frequency and magnitude, and in its responses to these challenges including recovery and enhancement of resiliency. Louisiana faced a major tropical catastrophe in the 21st century, and experiences the fastest rising sea level. Weather specialists, including those concentrating on sea level rise acknowledge that what the state of Louisiana experiences is likely to happen to many more, and not necessarily restricted to coastal states. This book asks and attempts to answer what Louisiana public officials, scientists/engineers, and those from outside of the state who have been called in to help, have done to achieve resilient recovery. How well have these efforts fared to achieve their goals? What might these efforts offer as lessons for those states that will be likely to experience enhanced extreme weather? Can the challenges of inequality be truly addressed in recovery and resilience? How can the study of the Louisiana response as a case be blended with findings from later disasters such as New York/New Jersey (Hurricane Sandy) and more recent ones to improve understanding as well as best adaptation applications – federal, state and local?


Guidance Manual on Value Transfer Methods for Ecosystem Services

Guidance Manual on Value Transfer Methods for Ecosystem Services

Author: Luke Brander

Publisher: UN

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this guidance manual is to show how the value of ecosystem services can be estimated and incorporated into decision making. Specifically, it is designed to help a broad audience of conservation managers, government officials, private sector managers, NGOs, and statisticians to understand the available information on the values of ecosystem services and how this information can be transferred to inform the decisions that they make. It explains why you would undertake a study, who should be involved, how to implement the study and how to use the results. The development of this guidance manual was funded by the United Nations Environment Programme.


Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and Research Needs

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and Research Needs

Author: H. Kenneth Hudnell

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-03-13

Total Pages: 955

ISBN-13: 0387758658

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With the ever-increasing incidence of harmful cyanobacterial algal blooms, this monograph has added urgency and will be essential reading for all sorts of researchers, from neuroscientists to cancer research specialists. The volume contains the proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms, and has been edited by H. Kenneth Hudnell, of the US Environmental Protection Agency. It contains much of the most recent research into the subject.


A Framework for Community Ecology

A Framework for Community Ecology

Author: Paul A. Keddy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-12-09

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1316512606

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Offers a unifying framework for community ecology by addressing how communities are assembled from species pools.