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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460154403321

Autore

Mitsch William J.

Titolo

Wetlands / / William J. Mitsch, James G. Gosselink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-119-01980-X

1-119-01979-6

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (747 p.)

Disciplina

577.68

Soggetti

Wetland ecology - United States

Wetlands - United States

Wetland management - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Wetlands: Human Use and Science; Human History and Wetlands; Literary References to Wetlands; Wetland Science and Wetland Scientists; Wetland Managers and Wetland Management; Chapter 2 Wetland Definitions; Wetlands in the Landscape; Wetland Common Terms; Formal Wetland Definitions; Legal Definitions; Choice of a Definition; Chapter 3 Wetlands of the World; The Global Extent of Wetlands; Regional Wetlands of the World; Part II The Wetland Environment; Chapter 4 Wetland Hydrology; Importance of Hydrology in Wetlands

Wetland HydroperiodWetland Water Budget; Precipitation; Surface Flow; Groundwater; Evapotranspiration; Tides; Seiches; Effects of Hydrology on Wetland Function; Techniques for Wetland Hydrology Studies; Chapter 5 Wetland Soils; Types and Definitions; Organic Wetland Soil; Mineral Wetland Soil; Reduction/Oxidation in Wetland Soil; Chapter 6 Wetland Biogeochemistry; The Nitrogen Cycle; Iron and Manganese Transformations; The Sulfur Cycle; The Carbon Cycle; The Phosphorus Cycle; Water Chemistry; Nutrient Budgets of Wetlands; Chapter 7



Wetland Vegetation and Succession

Vascular Plant Adaptations to Waterlogging and FloodingWetland Succession; Part III Wetland Ecosystems; Chapter 8 Tidal Marshes; Tidal Salt Marshes; Tidal Freshwater Wetlands; Chapter 9 Mangrove Swamps; Geographical Extent; Hydrogeomorphology; Soils and Salinity; Vegetation; Consumers; Ecosystem Function; Chapter 10 Freshwater Marshes; Hydrology; Biogeochemistry; Vegetation; Consumers; Ecosystem Function; Chapter 11 Freshwater Swamps and Riparian Ecosystems; Geographic Extent; Geomorphology and Hydrology; Biogeochemistry; Vegetation; Consumers; Ecosystem Function; Chapter 12 Peatlands

Geographic ExtentHydrology and Peatland Development; Classification of Peatlands; Vegetation; Consumers; Ecosystem Function; Part IV Traditional Wetland Management; Chapter 13 Wetland Classification; Wetland Classifications; Wetland Remote Sensing and Inventory; Chapter 14 Human Impacts and Management of Wetlands; Early History of Wetland Management; Wetland Drainage History in the United States; Wetland Alteration; Wetland Management by Objective; Chapter 15 Wetland Laws and Protection; Legal Protection of Wetlands in the United States; International Wetland Conservation

Part V Ecosystem ServicesChapter 16 Wetland Ecosystem Services; Wetland Ecosystem Services; Quantifying Ecosystem Services; Chapter 17 Wetlands and Climate Change; Climate Change; Wetlands in the Global Carbon Cycle; Effects of Climate Change on Wetlands; Chapter 18 Wetland Creation and Restoration; Mitigating Wetland Habitat Loss; Agricultural Land Restoration; Forested Wetland Restoration; Hydrologic Restoration of Wetlands; Peatland Restoration; Coastal Wetland Restoration; Wetland Creation and Restoration Techniques; Estimating Success; Summary Principles

Chapter 19 Wetlands and Water Quality

Sommario/riassunto

The single most important book on wetlands, newly expanded and updated Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. Recently updated and expanded, this latest edition contains brand new information on Wetland Ecosystem Services and an updated discussion on Wetland, Carbon, and Climate Change and Wetland Creation and Restoration. Due to popular demand, the authors have brought back five streamlined chapters on wetland ecosystems that had been removed from previous editions, and provided more ro



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910490749303321

Titolo

Data Mining : Methods, Applications and Systems / / edited by Derya Birant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2021

ISBN

1-83968-319-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages)

Disciplina

006.312

Soggetti

Data mining

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779853003321

Autore

Tordo Silvana

Titolo

Local content policies in the oil and gas sector / / Silvana Tordo, Michael Warner, Osmel E. Manzano and Yahya Anouti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2013]

ISBN

0-8213-9934-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 173 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank Study

Disciplina

337 qL811 2013

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy

Petroleum reserves - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

A number of countries have recently discovered and are developing oil and gas reserves. Policy makers in such countries are anxious to obtain the greatest benefits for their economies from the extraction of these



exhaustible resources by designing appropriate policies to achieve desired goals. One important theme of such policies is the so-called local content created by the sectorthe extent to which the output of the extractive industry sector generates further benefits to the economy beyond the direct contribution of its value-added, through its links to other sectors. While local content policies have the potential to stimulate broad-based economic development, their application in petroleum-rich countries has achieved mixed results. This paper describes the policies and practices meant to foster the development of economic linkages from the petroleum sector, as adopted by a number of petroleum-producing countries both in and outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Examples of policy objectives, implementation tools, and reporting metrics are provided to derive lessons of wider applicability. The paper presents various conclusions for policy makers about the design of local content policies.