Wetlands in dangerMitchell Beazley published in association with IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 1993 - Man - 187 pages |
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Contents
Contents | 8 |
Why We Need Wetlands | 22 |
Adapting to Life in Wetlands | 30 |
Copyright | |
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Africa agricultural animals aquatic Aral Sea areas Asia Basin Bijagos Archipelago birds bogs breeding cent Central coast coastal wetlands cover crane dams delta diversity drainage drained ecosystems estuaries extensive feed fish fisheries flood floodplain flow freshwater freshwater lakes freshwater marshes freshwater wetlands grazing groundwater habitats Harding Picture Library important increased irrigation islands IUCN lagoons land landscape largest major mangrove forest mangroves metres migratory million mud flats National Park natural Niger Delta North northern nutrients Okavango Delta Oxford Scientific Pantanal peat peatlands Planet Earth plants pollution ponds population Prairie Pothole region production programme protected Ramsar Convention Ramsar Sites region Reserve rivers Robert Harding Picture saline salt marshes season sediment shorebirds sitatunga South southern species square kilometres square miles swamp forest tidal Today Valley vegetation Wadden Sea waterbirds waterfowl wedands wetland conservation wetland habitats wetland systems wetlands wildlife Zambezi ZEFA