{"product_id":"wetlands-national-research-council-9780309103640","title":"Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wetlands\" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume explores how to define wetlands. The committee--whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental community--builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWetlands\u003c\/i\u003e also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences Environment an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309103649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309103640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"National Research Council","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064834044159,"sku":"9780309103640","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c8e7a23-c184-4ae6-ac3b-ac5c73899f44.jpg?v=1768671341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wetlands-national-research-council-9780309103640","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}