Coastal Wetlands: Alteration and Remediation

Description

This book delves into human-induced and natural impacts on coastal wetlands, intended or otherwise, through a series of vignettes that elucidate the environmental insults and efforts at amelioration and remediation. The alteration, and subsequent restoration, of wetland habitats remain key issues among coastal scientists. These topics are introduced through case studies and pilot programs that are designed to better understand the best practices of trying to save what is left of these fragile ecosystems. Local approaches, as well as national and international efforts to restore the functionality of marsh systems are summarily approached and evaluated by their efficacy in producing resilient reclamations in terms of climate-smart habitat conservation. The outlook of this work is global in extent and local by intent. Included here in summarized form are professional opinions of experts in the field that investigate the crux of the matter, which proves to be human pressure on coastal wetland environments. Even though conservation and preservation of these delicate environmental systems may be coming at a later date, many multi-pronged approaches show promise through advances in education, litigation, and engineering to achieve sustainable coastal systems. The examples in this book are not only of interest to those working exclusively with coastal wetlands, but also to those working to protect the surrounding coastal areas of all types. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Florida Everglades: An Overview of Alteration and Restoration....Pages 3-45 Recent Agricultural Occupation and Environmental Regeneration of Salt Marshes in Northern Spain....Pages 47-79 Impact of Urbanization on the Evolution of Mangrove Ecosystems in the Wouri River Estuary (Douala Cameroon)....Pages 81-131 Impacts of Coastal Land Use Changes on Mangrove Wetlands at Sungai Mangsalut Basin in Brunei Darussalam....Pages 133-157 Land Use and Occupation of Coastal Tropical Wetlands: Whale Coast, Bahia, Brazil....Pages 159-186 Degraded Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Rivers Delta Region of Bangladesh....Pages 187-213 Handling High Soil Trace Elements Pollution: Case Study of the Odiel and Tinto Rivers Estuary and the Accompanying Salt Marshes (Southwest Iberian Peninsula)....Pages 215-241 El Yali National Reserve: A System of Coastal Wetlands in the Southern Hemisphere Affected by Contemporary Climate Change and Tsunamis....Pages 243-271 Front Matter....Pages 273-273 Physical and Morphological Changes to Wetlands Induced by Coastal Structures....Pages 275-315 Long Term Impacts of Jetties and Training Walls on Estuarine Hydraulics and Ecologies....Pages 317-355 Mangrove Degradation in the Sundarbans....Pages 357-392 Assessment of Anthropogenic Threats to the Biological Resources of Kaliveli Lake, India: A Coastal Wetland....Pages 393-409 Egyptian Nile Delta Coastal Lagoons: Alteration and Subsequent Restoration....Pages 411-434 Front Matter....Pages 435-435 Coastal Wetland Restoration: Concepts, Methodology, and Application Areas Along the Indian Coast....Pages 437-454 Ecological Aesthetics Perspective for Coastal Wetland Conservation....Pages 455-478 Estuarine Ecoclines and the Associated Fauna: Ecological Information as the Basis for Ecosystem Conservation....Pages 479-512 Alteration and Remediation of Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the Danube Delta: A Remote-Sensing Approach....Pages 513-553 Implementation of a Wildlife Management Unit as a Sustainable Support Measure Within the Palo Verde Estuary, Mexico: Example of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)....Pages 555-572 Mangrove Inventory, Monitoring, and Health Assessment....Pages 573-630 How Can Accurate Landing Stats Help in Designing Better Fisheries and Environmental Management for Western Atlantic Estuaries?....Pages 631-703 Front Matter....Pages 435-435 Returning the Tide to Dikelands in a Macrotidal and Ice-Influenced Environment: Challenges and Lessons Learned....Pages 705-749 Macrobenthic Assemblage in the Rupsha-Pasur River System of the Sundarbans Ecosystem (Bangladesh) for the Sustainable Management of Coastal Wetlands....Pages 751-776 Ecological Services of Intertidal Benthic Fauna and the Sustenance of Coastal Wetlands Along the Midnapore (East) Coast, West Bengal, India....Pages 777-866 Back Matter....Pages 867-874