Impaired Wetlands in a Damaged Landscape : The Legacy of Bitumen Exploitation in Canada /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Colección: | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.