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Tall green grass. Subtle melodies of songbirds. Sharp whines of muskrats. Rustles of water running through the grasses. And at low tide, a pungent reminder of the treasures hidden beneath the surface.All are vital signs of the great salt marshes' natural resources. Now championed as critical habitats for plants, animals, and people because of the environmental service and protection they provide, these ecological wonders were once considered unproductive wastelands, home solely to mosquitoes and toxic waste, and mistreated for centuries by the human population. Exploring the fas
Salt marshes. --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Marshes --- Tidal flats
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A wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast--its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it "a biological factory without equal.".
Salt marsh restoration --- Salt marsh ecology --- Salt marsh conservation --- Salt marshes --- Restoration of salt marshes --- Saltmarsh restoration --- Wetland restoration --- Saltmarsh ecology --- Tidal marsh ecology --- Tide marsh ecology --- Tidemarsh ecology --- Marsh ecology --- Seashore ecology --- Conservation of salt marshes --- Saltmarsh conservation --- Marsh conservation --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Marshes --- Tidal flats --- Restoration --- Management --- Ecology --- Conservation
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Salt marsh ecology --- Mangrove ecology --- Salt marshes --- Mangrove forests --- Écologie des marais littoraux --- Écologie des mangroves --- Marais littoraux --- Mangroves --- Mangrove --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Mangrove forest ecology --- Mangrove plants --- Mangrove swamp ecology --- Mangrove swamps --- Saltmarsh ecology --- Tidal marsh ecology --- Tide marsh ecology --- Tidemarsh ecology --- Ecology --- Mangrove ecology. --- Mangrove forests. --- Salt marsh ecology. --- Salt marshes. --- Marshes --- Tidal flats --- Marsh ecology --- Seashore ecology --- Forests and forestry --- Coastal ecology --- Forest ecology --- Swamp ecology
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Sabkha Ecosystems Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries was published in 2002. It was the first comprehensive volume dealing with the subject of sabkha research, and sabkha environmental management. Valuable new information was provided for the sabkha of numerous countries on and adjacent to the Arabian Peninsula. This new volume now follows up on this important process, and provides data and information on salt desert ecosystems of numerous West and Central Asian countries, including many of which are located in the Arabian Peninsula. The information provided assists the reader to better understand sabkha geology, hydrology, geomorphology, zoology, botany, ecology, ecosystem functioning, as well as sabkha conservation, utilisation, and development. The volume is paramount literature for anyone dealing with sabkha research and development.
Halophytes --- Salt marsh ecology. --- Coastal ecology. --- Alkali lands. --- Ecology. --- Alkaline lands --- Lands, Alkali --- Lands, Alkaline --- Lands, Saline --- Patches, Saline --- Saline lands --- Saline patches --- Soils, Salts in --- Sodic soils --- Coast ecology --- Coastal zone ecology --- Coasts --- Coastal biology --- Ecology --- Sublittoral ecology --- Salt marshes --- Saltmarsh ecology --- Tidal marsh ecology --- Tide marsh ecology --- Tidemarsh ecology --- Marsh ecology --- Seashore ecology --- Halophilic organisms --- Plants --- Brackish water plants --- Succulent plants
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Salt marsh ecology. --- Coastal zone management. --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering --- Salt marshes --- Saltmarsh ecology --- Tidal marsh ecology --- Tide marsh ecology --- Tidemarsh ecology --- Marsh ecology --- Seashore ecology --- Management --- Ecology
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Sherman Bleakney examines the unusual physical and biological features of this region of the Bay of Fundy, home to the only successful pioneer society in North America to farm below sea level. Using original photographs, diagrams, and graphs, Bleakney shows how and why the Acadians were successful. Sods, Soil, and Spades examines the unique and elegant engineering principles and practices used by the Acadians and looks at how their culture influenced their success in mastering this marshland region.
Dikes (Engineering) --- Acadians --- Reclamation of land --- Salt marshes --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Marshes --- Tidal flats --- French-Canadians --- Ethnology --- Dykes (Engineering) --- Flood dams and reservoirs --- Hydraulic structures --- Levees --- Earthwork --- Land, Reclamation of --- Land melioration --- Land reclamation --- Melioration of land --- Land use --- Shore protection --- History. --- Grand Pré Region (N.S.) --- Grand Pre Region (N.S.)
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Many coastal tidal marshes have been significantly degraded by roadways and other projects that restrict tidal flows, limiting their ability to provide vital ecosystem services including support of fish and wildlife populations, flood protection, water quality maintenance, and open space. Tidal Marsh Restoration provides the scientific foundation and practical guidance necessary for coastal zone stewards to initiate salt marsh tidal restoration programs. The book compiles, synthesizes, and interprets the current state of knowledge on the science and practice of salt marsh restoration, bringing together leaders across a range of disciplines in the sciences (hydrology, soils, vegetation, zoology), engineering (hydraulics, modeling), and public policy, with coastal managers who offer an abundance of practical insight and guidance on the development of programs. The work presents in-depth information from New England and Atlantic Canada, where the practice of restoring tidal flow to salt marshes has been ongoing for decades, and shows how that experience can inform restoration efforts around the world. Students and researchers involved in restoration science will find the technical syntheses, presentation of new concepts, and identification of research needs to be especially useful as they formulate research and monitoring questions, and interpret research findings. Tidal Marsh Restoration is an essential work for managers, planners, regulators, environmental and engineering consultants, and others engaged in planning, designing, and implementing projects or programs aimed at restoring tidal flow to tide-restricted or diked salt marshes.
Salt marsh ecology. --- Salt marsh restoration. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Salt marshes --- Saltmarsh ecology --- Tidal marsh ecology --- Tide marsh ecology --- Tidemarsh ecology --- Restoration of salt marshes --- Saltmarsh restoration --- Restoration --- Environment. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Nature conservation. --- Nature Conservation. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Marsh ecology --- Seashore ecology --- Wetland restoration --- Management --- Salt marsh ecology --- Wetlands. --- United States. --- Bogs --- Mangrove Forests --- Mangrove Swamps --- Marsh --- Marshes --- Swamps --- Bog --- Forest, Mangrove --- Forests, Mangrove --- Mangrove Forest --- Mangrove Swamp --- Swamp --- Swamp, Mangrove --- Swamps, Mangrove --- Wetland --- Avicennia --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Conservation --- Environmental monitoring. --- Ecology . --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Measurement --- Monitoring
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"Australian Saltmarsh Ecology presents the first comprehensive review of the ecology and management of Australian saltmarshes. The past 10 years in particular have seen a sustained research effort into this previously poorly understood and neglected resource. In 10 chapters contributed by experts in each discipline, the book outlines what is known of the biogeography and geomorphology of Australian saltmarshes, their fish and invertebrate ecology, the use of Australian saltmarshes by birds and insectivorous bats, and the particular challenges of management, including the control of mosquito pests, and the issue of sea-level rise. It provides a powerful argument that coastal saltmarsh is a unique and critical habitat vulnerable to the combined impacts of coastal development and sea-level rise."--Provided by publisher.
Salt marsh ecology --- Salt marshes --- Coastal zone management --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Marshes --- Tidal flats --- Saltmarsh ecology --- Tidal marsh ecology --- Tide marsh ecology --- Tidemarsh ecology --- Marsh ecology --- Seashore ecology --- Management --- Ecology
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"Driving through the Holland Marsh one is struck immediately by the black richness of its soil. This is some of the most profitable farmland in Canada. But the small agricultural preserve just north of Toronto is a canary in a coal mine. From Dismal Swamp to Smiling Farms recounts the transformation, use, and protection of the Holland Marsh, exploring how human ideas about nature shape agriculture, while agriculture in turn shapes ideas about nature. Drawing on interviews, media accounts and archival data, Michael Classens concludes that celebrations of the Marsh as the quintessential example of peri-urban food sustainability and farmland protection have been too hasty. Instead, he demonstrates how capitalism and liberalism have fashioned, and ultimately imperilled, agriculture in the area. The social and ecological crises of our industrialized food system are becoming more acute, and questions about where our food comes from and under what conditions have never been more important. At the centre of these questions--and of any efforts to re-localize food systems--is the land. This fascinating case study reveals the contradictions and deficiencies of contemporary farmland preservation paradigms, highlighting the challenges of forging a more socially just and ecologically rational food system."--
Flood dams and reservoirs. --- Salt marshes. --- Reclamation of land. --- Land, Reclamation of --- Land melioration --- Land reclamation --- Melioration of land --- Land use --- Shore protection --- Marshes, Tide --- Saltmarshes --- Tidal marshes --- Tide marshes --- Tidemarshes --- Tidewater marshes --- Marshes --- Tidal flats --- Flood control dams --- Dams --- Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering) --- Flood control --- Reservoirs --- Canada. --- History. --- Histoire. --- Fundy, Bay of, Region --- Fundy, Région de la baie de --- MMRA (Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Administration) --- Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Administration --- Fundy, Bay of --- Land use, Rural --- Agriculture --- Holland Marsh (Ont.)
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