TY - BOOK AU - Wong,M.H. TI - Wetlands ecosystems in Asia: function and management T2 - Developments in ecosystems SN - 9780444516916 AV - QH179 .W48 2004eb U1 - 577.68095 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Amsterdam, Oxford PB - Elsevier KW - Wetland ecology KW - Asia KW - Wetland management KW - SCIENCE KW - Environmental Science (see also Chemistry KW - Environmental) KW - bisacsh KW - NATURE KW - Ecosystems & Habitats KW - Wilderness KW - Ecology KW - Life Sciences KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A comparison of issues and management approaches in Moreton Bay, Australia and Chesapeake Bay, USA; W.C. Dennison ... [and others] --; Wetland utilization and protection in China; Q.G. Zhao and J. Song --; Ecological and environmental function of wetland landscape in the Liaohe Delta; D.N. Xiao and X.Z. Li --; The Dyke-Pond systems in South China: past, present and future; M.H. Wong ... [and others] --; Heavy metal mobility and aquatic biogeochemical processes at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong; Y. Liang and M.H. Wong --; Biogeochemistry of metals in the Rhizosphere of wetland plants -- an explanation for "innate" metal tolerance?; M.L. Otte ... [and others] --; Mycotrophy and its significance in wetland ecology and wetland management; A.G. Khan --; Assessment of risks to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site due to environmental contaminants; P.K.S. Lam and M.H.W. Lam --; Modelling contamination in an urban canal sediment: some preliminary results from a Phytoremediation Project; N.M. Dickinson ... [and others] --; Conflicts in the management of a wetland nature reserve -- case study of the Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong; L. Young --; Conservation and uses of mangroves in Hong Kong and Mainland China; N.F.Y Tam --; An integrated analysis of sustainable human-water interactions in wetland ecosystems of Taihu Lake Basin, East China; D. Hu ... [and others] --; Ecological benefits of Italian polar afforestation in Wetland areas along the Yangtze River, Fanchang County of Anhui Province; Z.J. Xi, D. Hu and R.X. Wang --; Wetland conservation and management in the Philippines: where are we now? the case of seagrass and mangrove; M.D. Fortes --; Economic valuation of mangroves for improved usage and management in Thailand; C. Tingsabadh and S. Pongkijvorasin --; Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: principles and practices; C. Polpasert --; Planting, selections and plant establishment in constructed wetlands in a tropical environment; M. Beharrell --; Nitrogen removal processes in constructed wetlands; C.C. Tanner --; Operation and maintenance for constructed wetlands; M. Beharrell --; Urban and highway runoff treatment by constructed wetlands; R.B.E. Shutes ... [and others] --; Wetland ecosystems for treatment of stormwater in an urban environment; J. Gan --; The application of constructed wetlands for water quality improvement in the Deep Bay Catchment of Hong Kong; M.W. Cha --; Use of a wetland system for treating Pb/Zn mine effluent: a case study in Southern China from 1984 to 2002; Z.H. Ye, M.H. Wong and C.Y. Lan --; Wetland creation in Hong Kong; S.S.S. Lau N2 - The material presented in this volume has been organized around four main themes: 'Natural Wetland Systems and Their Functions'; 'Wetland Biogeochemistry'; 'Wetland Management Strategies in Asia'; and 'Constructed Wetlands' UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444516916 ER -