Impaired wetlands in a damaged landscape : the legacy of bitumen exploitation in canada /
Kevin P. Timoney.
- xi, 218 páginas : 70 ilustraciones, 54 ilustraciones en color.
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, 2191-5547 .
Springer eBooks
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.