Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration

1. Wetland Functioning in Relation to Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
Roland Bobbink, Dennis F. Whigham, Boudewijn Beltman, Jos T. A. Verhoeven

Section I:. Functioning of Plants and Animals in Wetlands

2. Plant Survival in Wet Environments: Resilience and Escape Mediated by Shoot Systems
Michael B. Jackson

3. Center Stage: The Crucial Role of Macrophytes in Regulating Trophic Interactions in Shallow Lake Wetlands
Romi L. Burks, Gabi Mulderij, Elisabeth Gross, Iwan Jones, Lene Jacobsen, Erik Jeppesen, Ellen Donk

4. Biological Invasions: Concepts to Understand and Predict a Global Threat
Gerard Velde, Sanjeevi Rajagopal, Mirjam Kuyper-Kollenaar, Abraham Bij de Vaate, David W. Thieltges, Hugh J. MacIsaac

Section II:. Conservation and Management of Wetlands

5. Wetland Conservation and Management: Questions for Science and Society in Applying the Ecosystem Approach
Edward Maltby

6. Wetlands in the Tidal Freshwater Zone
A. Barendregt, D. F. Whigham, P. Meire, A. H. Baldwin, S. Damme

7. Biodiversity in European Shallow Lakes: a Multilevel-Multifactorial Field Study
L. Meester, S. Declerck, J. H. Janse, J. J. Dagevos, R. Portielje, E. Lammens, E. Jeppesen, T. Lauridsen, K. Schwenk, K. Muylaert, K. Gucht, W. Vyverman, G. Zwart, E. Hannen, P. J. T. M. Puijenbroek, J. M. Conde-Porcuna, P. Sánchez-Castillo, J. Vandekerkhove, L. Brendonck

8. River Basin Management to Conserve Wetlands and Water Resources
Jamie Pittock, Bernhard Lehner, Lifeng Li

9. Aspects of Adaptive Management of Coastal Wetlands: Case Studies of Processes, Conservation, Restoration, Impacts and Assessment
Pat E. R. Dale, Mike B. Dale, Julie Anorov, Jon Knight, Marc C. Minno, Bernie Powell, Richard C. Raynie, Jenneke M. Visser

Section III:. Wetland Restoration and Creation

10. Contrasting Approaches to the Restoration of Diverse Vegetation in Herbaceous Wetlands
Aaron M. Boers, Christin B. Frieswyk, Jos T. A. Verhoeven, Joy B. Zedler

11. Fen Management and Research Perspectives: An Overview
Beth Middleton, Ab Grootjans, Kai Jensen, Harry Olde Venterink, Katalin Margóczi

12. Social Learning in Wetland Development
Erik Slobbe, E. Dick Morris, Niels Röling, Reinder Torenbeek, Koen Broker, Hero Heering

13. Eco-Hydrological Functioning of the Biebrza Wetlands: Lessons for the Conservation and Restoration of Deteriorated Wetlands
Martin J. Wassen, Tomasz Okruszko, Ignacy Kardel, Jarek Chormanski, Dorota Swiatek, Waldemar Mioduszewski, Wladimir Bleuten, Erik P. Querner, Mohssine Kahloun, Okke Batelaan, Patrick Meire

Keywords: Life Sciences, Landscape Ecology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Nature Conservation