Estuarine ecohydrology. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Wolanski, Eric; Elliott, M (Michael), 1952 November 3
• Contents: 1 Introduction 1.1 What is an estuary? 1.2 Humanity and estuaries 1.3 Ecohydrology as the solution 1.4 Ecohydrological science: The structure of this book 2 Estuarine water circulation 2.1 The tides at sea 2.2 The residence time of water 2.3 The age of water 2.4 Exposure time versus residence time 2.5 Stratification 2.6 Lateral stratification, trapping, and streakiness 2.7 The importance of the bathymetry on currents 2.8 The importance of coastal currents and waves for estuarine flushing 2.9 The importance of storms on the estuarine circulation 2.10 The special case of lagoons 2.11 The influence of the Earth rotation 2.12 Ship waves 3 Estuarine sediment dynamics 3.1 Geomorphological time scales 3.2 Sediment properties and dynamics 3.3 Stability of the banks 3.4 Tidal pumping 3.5 Some engineering implications 3.6 Biological implications of the export of estuarine mud to coastal waters 3.7 Net sediment budgets 3.8 The size of the mouth 3.9 Mud and human health 4 Tidal wetlands 4.1 Description 4.2 Hydrodynamics 4.3 Wave attenuation by wetland vegetation 4.4 Ecological processes within a tidal wetland 4.5 Enhancement of estuarine fisheries 4.6 Groundwater flow 4.7 Wetlands as bioengineers 5 Estuarine ecological structure and functioning 5.1 Simple food webs 5.2 The key role of detritus 5.3 The role of groundwater 5.4 Estuarine connectivity 5.5 Stressed ecosystems 5.6 Estuarine water quality barriers 5.7 The role of estuaries for fishes and their recruitment to estuaries 5.8 The role of birds in estuarine ecohydrology 5.9 The ecology of tideless estuaries, lagoons and ICOLLS 6 Ecohydrology models 6.1 Introduction: Finding a balance between simplicity, complexity, and realism 6.2 Engineering models 6.3 Ecosystem models 7 Ecohydrology solutions 7.1 Ecohydrology as a response to natural and anthropogenic problems 7.2 Freshwater supply to estuaries: Environmental flows, the essence of ecohydrology 7.3 Estuarine and coastal restoration 7.4 Managing human health threats 7.5 Habitat creation/restoration 7.6 Protection against natural hazards 7.7 Biodiversity offsetting: Ecohydrology in practice 7.8 Main lessons in ecohydrology and ecosystem engineering 7.9 What future for estuaries and coastal waters? References Index
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier Science
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 577.786; Ecohydrology; Estuarine ecology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780444634146
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