Saltmarshes : morphodynamics, conservation, and engineering significance
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Saltmarshes : morphodynamics, conservation, and engineering significance
Cambridge University Press, 1992
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In many countries, saltmarshes represent a diminishing resource that threatens both natural changes and human activities. Suggestions that the rate of sea-level rise may accelerate, combined with a possible increase in mid-latitude storms, have raised concerns that the rate of saltmarsh loss may also accelerate, and that existing sea defences may be placed under even greater pressure. Saltmarshes are of increasing interest to a wide range of environmental scientists, engineers, conservationists, and planners concerned with coastal zone management. They are especially keen to understand the basic physical and biological processes which govern the formation and development of saltmarshes. Coastal engineers need to predict the likely effects on adjacent saltmarshes of abandoned or set-back of sea walls, and the impact of development schemes such as tidal barrages and marinas. Seven leading scientists present an overview of the most important questions including geomorphology, ecology, conservation and engineering significance.
Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1. Coastal saltmarshes: their nature and importance J. R. L. Allen and K. Pye
- 2. Recent sea-level changes M. J. Tooley
- 3. Saltmarsh geomorphology J. S. Pethick
- 4. Saltmarsh plant ecology: zonation and succession revisited A. J. Gray
- 5. The conservation of British saltmarshes J. P. Doody
- 6. Engineering significance of British saltmarshes A. H. Brampton
- 7. Tidally influenced marshes in the Severn Estuary, southwest Britain J. R. L. Allen
- 8. Saltmarshes on the barrier coastline of north Norfolk eastern England K. Pye
- Appendices
- Index.
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