Impaired Wetlands in a Damaged Landscape : The Legacy of Bitumen Exploitation in Canada - Timoney, Kevin P.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
1. Introduction -- 2. Reclamation Policy and Scientific Context -- 3. Methods -- 4. The Vegetation -- 5. Chemical and Physical Properties of the Wetlands -- 6. Plant Species Richness and Diversity -- 7. Are Industrial Wetlands Changing Over Time -- 8. Differentiating Industrial from Natural Wetlands via Structural and Geographic Attributes -- 9. The Role of Regulations and Policy in Wetland Loss and Attempts at Reclamation -- 10. Impaired Wetlands: Further Considerations -- 11. The Future: Is Regional Environmental Degradation Inevitable? -- 12. Summary and Conclusions.
Keywords: Landscape ecology; Plant ecology; Environmental monitoring; Environmental management; Landscape Ecology; Plant Ecology; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Environmental Management