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local pricing and availability. New focused text introduces
readers to wetland ecosystems and systems approaches to studying
wetlands With its comprehensive coverage of wetland science,
management, and restoration, Mitsch and Gosselink's Wetlands has
been the premier reference on wetlands for more than two
decades. Now, the coverage of specific wetland ecosystem types
from earlier editions of this acclaimed work has been updated,
revised, and supplemented with additional content in order to
create this new text focusing exclusively on wetland ecosystems.
This book now complements Wetlands, Fourth Edition. Following an
introduction to ecosystems in general and wetland ecosystems in
particular, Wetland Ecosystems examines the major types of
wetlands found throughout the world: coastal wetlands,
freshwater marshes and forested swamps, and peatlands. The final
chapter reviews three fundamental systems approaches to studying
wetlands: mesocosms, full-s