Book chapter
F3.2 Constructed lacustrine wetlands
The IUCN global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: Descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups, p.123
IUCN
2020
Abstract
Shallow, open water bodies have been constructed in diverse landscapes and climates. They may be fringed by amphibious vegetation, or else bedrock or bare soil maintained by earthworks or livestock trampling. Emergents rarely extend throughout the water body, but submerged macrophytes are often present. Productivity ranges from very high in wastewater ponds to low in mining and excavation pits, depending on depth, shape, history and</p><p>management. Taxonomic and functional diversity range from levels comparable to natural lakes to much less, depending on productivity, complexity of aquatic or fringing vegetation, water quality, management and proximity to other waterbodies or vegetation.
Details
- Title
- F3.2 Constructed lacustrine wetlands
- Authors/Creators
- JL Nel (Author)Richard Kingsford (Author)Belinda J Robson (Author) - Murdoch University, Centre for Sustainable Aquatic EcosystemsM Kelly-Quinn (Author)L Jackson (Author)Richard Harper (Author) - Murdoch UniversityDavid Keith (Author)
- Contributors
- D. A. Keith (Editor)J.R. Ferrer-Paris (Editor)E. Nicholson (Editor)R.T. Kingsford (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The IUCN global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: Descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups, p.123
- Publisher
- IUCN
- Identifiers
- 991005555066407891
- Copyright
- © 2020 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems; School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
Metrics
32 File views/ downloads
98 Record Views