Wetlands : characteristics and boundaries / Committee on Characterization of Wetlands, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
Introduction and background -- Ecology of wetland ecosystems -- Wetland definitions: history and scientific bases -- Wetland delineation: past and current practice -- Wetland characterization: water, substrate, and biota -- Especially controversial wetlands -- Regionalization -- Maps, images, and modeling in the assessment of wetlands -- Regulation of wetlands: administrative issues -- Functional assessment of wetlands -- Appendixes -- Soil taxonomy -- Case histories.
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