Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,56 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Landscape assessment
ISBN :
Author : Committee on Characterization of Wetlands
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 1995-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309587220
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management. This volume explores how to define wetlands. The committee--whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental community--builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action. Wetlands also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels. This comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.
Author : Federal Interagency Committee for Wetland Delineation
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Land use
ISBN :
Author : U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 9781304110763
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Environment
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 46,77 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN :
Author : Mark S Dennison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815513339
This book is intended as a practical guide to scientific, legal, and technical issues concerning wetlands. As such, it is written in the most practical terms, with numerous helpful examples and case studies of how specific issues should best be addressed. The book is organized in a way that exposes the reader in logical succession to the full gamut of complex scientific, legal, and technical aspects of wetlands. This book recognizes that wetland science, law, and technology are interdependent disciplines. Most other works focus on one of these disciplines while perhaps providing some cursory treatment of related disciplines. This book attempts to meld several different perspectives on the subject of wetlands and to show the interrelationships between the various professions that deal with wetland issues. The book is organized as a guide through the various scientific, legal, and technical components of wetlands. Within each individual chapter, extensive cross-referencing is provided to help the reader link related aspects of the issue being discussed. Further, within the presentation of each separate chapter is a discussion of how the various scientific, legal, and technical aspects of the subject interrelate. Each chapter has been written by a known authority with specialized experience in the topic being presented.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
Publisher :
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety
Publisher :
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Ralph W. Tiner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1315357070
Understand the current concept of wetland and methods for identifying, describing, classifying, and delineating wetlands in the United States with Wetland Indicators - capturing the current state of science's role in wetland recognition and mapping. Environmental scientists and others involved with wetland regulations can strengthen their knowledge about wetlands, and the use of various indicators, to support their decisions on difficult wetland determinations. Professor Tiner primarily focuses on plants, soils, and other signs of wetland hydrology in the soil, or on the surface of wetlands in his discussion of Wetland Indicators. Practicing - and aspiring - wetland delineators alike will appreciate Wetland Indicators' critical insight into the development and significance of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and other factors. Features Color images throughout illustrate wetland indicators. Incorporates analysis and coverage of the latest Army Corps of Engineers delineation manual. Provides over 60 tables, including extensive tables of U.S. wetland plant communities and examples for determining hydrophytic vegetation.
