CONTENTS
List of contributors ix
PART I
Introduction 1
1 Introduction 3
Alan Dixon and Ian Maddock
PART II
Wetlands and the environment 9
2 Wetlands, ecology and landscapes 11
Chris Joyce
3 Wetlands: hydrological processes and impacts 26
Vania Rosolen, Lucas Moreira Furlan, and Cesar Augusto Moreira
4 Wetland ecohydrology 38
Mark D. Dixon, W. Carter Johnson, and Beth A. Middleton
5 Flooding in riverine landscapes and wetlands 54
Melissa Parsons and Martin C. Thoms
6 Wetlands and climate change 65
Rebekah Grieger, Jaiden Johnston- Bates, and Samantha J. Capon
7 Wetland Soils 79
Vanessa N.L. Wong, Luke M. Mosley, and Emily Leyden
8 Biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling in wetlands 94
Dominik Zak, Rasmus Jes Petersen, Carl Christian Hoffmann,
Joachim Audet, Mette Vodder Carstensen, Hans Estrup Andersen,
Brian Kronvang, and Hans Chr. Bruun Hansen
9 Biodiversity of wetlands and invertebrate communities 107
Christopher D. Williams
10 Carbon cycling in wetlands 122
Maria Elizabeth Hernandez and Maria L. Monge- Gonzalez
11 Paleoecology as a means of understanding wetland change 135
Peter A. Gell
12 Wetland plant zonation and succession 153
Keith R. Edwards
13 Wetlands and mammals 164
John Dutton
14 Wetlands and birds 177
Danielle Hinchcliffe and Ann Hodgson
PART III
Wetlands, people and society 191
15 Wetland change in the Anthropocene: drivers and solutions 193
Marinus L. Otte
16 Wetlands, water and ecosystem services 206
Matthew P. McCartney
17 Wetlands and culture 219
Mary Gearey and Rod Giblett
18 Wetland Archaeology: past, present and future 232
Benjamin Gearey, Aidan O’Sullivan, and Rosie Everett
19 Wetlands and gastronomy 248
Antonio Mateos Jimenez and Blanca Garcia Henche
20 Wetlands and gender: unpacking a complex relationship 262
Bryce Gallant, Sanjiv de Silva, Arunima Hakhu, and Deepa Joshi
21 Wetlands and education 274
Gema Sanchez- Emeterio and Beatriz Garcia Fernandez
22 Wetlands: a blessing and a curse for human health 288
Carmen Anthonj
23 Wetlands and agriculture 302
Thomas Marambanyika, Tatenda Musasa, Oshneck Mupepi, and Alan
Dixon
24 Wetlands, property rights, and land tenure 314
Morten Graversgaard
25 Wetlands and fisheries 328
Michael Akester and Mark Dubois
26 Wetlands and Palaeontology: a tool to promote rural development
through education 342
Irene Prieto and Jesus Marugan- Lobon
PART IV
Wetland assessment and management 357
27 Remote sensing of wetlands 359
Meghan Halabisky, Lisa- Maria Rebelo, and Mpho Sadiki
28 Wetlands, geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial modelling 374
Josie Lynch and Ian Maddock
29 Wetland ecosystem services assessment 389
Donovan C. Kotze, Mark Everard, and Robert J. McInnes
30 Economic and financial tools for identifying, assessing and capturing
wetland ecosystem values 404
Lucy Emerton
31 Assessing the contribution of wetlands to the contemporary carbon
budget and carbon markets 418
Pierre Taillardat, Jared Moore, and Sigit D. Sasmito
32 Wetlands and wastewater treatment 432
Jan Vymazal
33 Wetlands in contemporary international policy discourses 447
Ritesh Kumar
34 Wetlands, policy and the state 461
Emmah Mandishona and Tariro Kamuti
35 Wetlands and landscape approaches 472
Alan Dixon and Adrian Wood
36 Wetland restoration and rewilding 487
Carl D. Sayer, Oliver van Biervliet, Reagan Pearce, and Teddy B.
Mills
37 Wetlands and social- ecological resilience 502
Rachael Carrie
Index 516
Biography
Alan Dixon is Professor of Sustainable Development in the School of Science and the Environment at the University of Worcester, UK. He is the co-editor of Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (Routledge, 2013) and co-author of Africa: Diversity and Development (Routledge, 2023).
Ian Maddock is Honorary Professor of River Science in the School of Science and the Environment at the University of Worcester, UK. He is the co- author of Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach (2013).
