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Title

Classification and inventory of the world's wetlands / edited by C. Max Finlayson and A.G. van der Valk.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Finlayson, C. M. (C. Max)
• Valk, Arnoud van der.
• International Wetlands Conference (4th : 1992 : Columbus, Ohio)

Description

192 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm.

Summary

• This volume brings together for the first time information on various wetland classification systems and wetland inventories from around the world. Regional, national and local wetland classifications developed in Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, South America and the United States are outlined. These classifications have invariably been orientated towards the conservation and management of wetlands.
• Existing national and regional classification systems have not only been useful, but they have provided an essential base for developing an international system. Classification is an essential prerequisite for wetland inventory. In fact, Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention undertake to compile an inventory as part of the process of developing and implementing a national wetland policy for the wise use of all wetlands on their territory. This volume also reviews various attempts to inventory wetlands in different parts of the world.
• Techniques used in wetland inventories range from basic field and literature surveys to highly sophisticated efforts that use serial photography and satellite imagery. Inventories have been essential for assessing wetland losses and for assigning preservation and management priorities to remaining wetlands.
• This volume will be of interest to anyone working in wetland ecology, but especially to those working on the classification, inventory, conservation, or management of wetlands at the local, national, regional, or international level.

Series Statement

Advances in vegetation science ; v. 16

Uniform Title

Advances in vegetation science ; v. 16.

Subject

Wetlands > Congresses

Note

• Proceedings of a symposium held in Columbus, Ohio, in Sept. 1992, during the IV International Wetlands Conference.
• "Reprinted from Vegetatio, volume 188."

Contents

• Classification and inventory of wetlands: A global overview / D. A. Scott and T. A. Jones -- The current status of European wetland inventories and classifications / J. M. R. Hughes -- Classification of boreal mires in Finland and Scandinavia: A review / P. Pakarinen -- Inventory and classification of wetlands in India / B. Gopal and M. Sah -- Ecological significance and classification of Chinese wetlands / J. Lu -- Developing wetland inventories in southern Africa: A review / A. R. D. Taylor, G. W. Howard and G. W. Begg -- A review of wetland inventory and classification in Australia / R. L. Pressey and P. Adam -- A geomorphic approach to global classification for inland wetlands / C. A. Semeniuk and V. Semeniuk -- An evaluation of the first inventory of South American wetlands / L. G. Naranjo -- Canadian wetlands: Environmental gradients and classification / S. C. Zoltai and D. H. Vitt --
• US Fish and Wildlife Service 1979 wetland classification: A review / L. M. Cowardin and F. C. Golet -- The US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory Project / B. O. Wilen and M. K. Bates -- EMAP-Wetlands: A sampling design with global application / R. P. Novitzki -- Wetland classification and inventory: A summary / C. M. Finlayson and A. G. van der Valk.

ISBN

079233714X (HB : acid₋b-₋sfree paper)

LCCN

95037545

OCLC

• 32970037
• ocm32970037

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries