Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands

Darold P. Batzer is Professor of Entomology at the University of Georgia. He is the coeditor of several volumes, including Wetland Habitats of North America (UC Press), Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America, and Bioassessment and Management of North American Freshwater Wetlands. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Wetlands, the scholarly journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists, and he has taught courses in wetland ecology and aquatic ecology. Rebecca Sharitz is Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia and coeditor of two books for the US Atomic Energy Commission. She has taught courses in wetland ecology.

• CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE 1. ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER AND ESTUARINE WETLANDS: AN INTRODUCTION 2. WETLAND SOILS, HYDROLOGY, AND GEOMORPHOLOGY 3. ABIOTIC CONSTRAINTS FOR WETLAND PLANTS AND ANIMALS 4. WETLAND MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 5. DEVELOPMENT OF WETLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES 6. WETLAND ANIMAL ECOLOGY 7. CARBON DYNAMICS AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES 8. UNITED STATES WETLAND REGULATION, POLICY, AND ASSESSMENT 9. WETLAND RESTORATION 10. CONSEQUENCES FOR WETLANDS OF A CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT LITERATURE CITED INDEX