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    Ecology, Research, Management and Biodiversity of Wadden Sea Salt Marshes by Bakker, Jan; Barthold, Jesper; Esselink, Peter;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Elsevier Science
    • Date of Publication 1 September 2026

    • ISBN 9780443237829
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages500 pages
    • Size 235x191 mm
    • Weight 450 g
    • Language English
    • 700

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    Ecology, Research, Management and Biodiversity of Wadden Sea Salt Marshes assesses the transition of the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Site from agricultural land to protected nature reserve from the 1970s to present day. Bordered by Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, the Wadden Sea is home to barrier island marshes, man-made foreland salt marshes, and estuarine marshes. This book explores the important question of how to prioritize the biodiversity of man-made and natural ecosystems during such a transition and how to effectively manage it.

    Written by leading experts in coastal marsh ecology, this book collates half a century of research along the Wadden Sea. It is systematically organized for effective delivery of its major themes. The first section of the book discusses the crucial mechanisms of differing salt-marsh ecosystems. The second section examines how various management regimes, including livestock grazing, drainage, cutting, and restoration, affect these mechanisms. The third section concludes the book by summarizing the results of unintentional and deliberate management efforts to maintain salt marsh biodiversity.

    Ecology, Research, Management and Biodiversity of Wadden Sea Salt Marshes comprehensively summarizes the multi-decadal collaboration between conservation agencies and universities from the Wadden Sea's bordering countries to examine the effectiveness and utility of various marsh management regimes. This book is an indispensable resource for researchers, land managers, and policy makers tasked with maintaining natural and man-made biodiversity and effectively ushering coastal marsh communities through land use changes.

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    Table of Contents:

    Section I: Mechanisms in Functioning of Salt-Marsh Ecosystems
    1. Introduction
    2. Salt-Marsh Biodiversity
    3. Salt Marshes in the World
    4. Biodiversity
    5. Salt-Marsh Types in the Wadden Sea
    6. Diachronic Development of Salt Marshes and their Position in a Landscape Triangle
    7. Biogeomorphology of Salt Marshes
    8. Back-Barrier Salt Marshes
    9. Foreland Salt Marshes
    10. Interaction Between Sediment Input, Surface Elevation Change and Plants
    11. Zonation and Succession
    12. Dispersal of Seeds in Relation to the Established Vegetation
    13. Soil Conditions, Nutrients, and Succession
    14. Elytrigia ahterica and succession
    15. Elevation, Salinity, and Precipitation
    16. Invertebrate Animals and Succession
    17. Geese, hare and succession
    18. Foraging of geese
    19. Hare retard succession
    20. Food webs and succession

    Section II: Effects of Management on Mechanisms Functioning in Salt-Marsh Ecosystems
    21. Introduction
    22. Factors affecting accretion and surface elevation change
    23. Effects on surface-elevation change
    24. Effects on soil compaction
    25. Effects on mineralization
    26. Effects on moisture conditions
    27. Grazing intensity and structure of the vegetation
    28. Forage quality affecting structure of the vegetation
    29. Effects on intermediate-sized herbivores and food webs
    30. Grazing, mowing and plants

    Section III: Management for Biodiversity and Coastal Protection
    31. Introduction
    32. To Graze or Not to Graze? Cessation of Livestock Grazing: Effects on Plants
    33. To Graze or Not to Graze? Renewed Grazing
    34. Grazing with Different Stocking Densities: Effects on Plants
    35. What Regime Harbors Highest Plant Species Richness?
    36. Grazing Effects on Invertebrate Animals
    37. Effects of Livestock Grazing on Geese, Waders and Passerines
    38. Effects of Grazing on Vegetation and Invertebrates in Foreland Salt Marsh of Leybucht
    39. Effects of Grazing on Communities in Foreland Salt Marsh of Hamburger Hallig
    40. Effects of Grazing on Communities in Foreland Salt Marsh of Noord-Friesland Buitendijks
    41. Sea-Level Rise and Vertical Accretion
    42. Sea-Level Rise and Horizontal Accretion (Coastal Realignment) in Noord-Friesland Buitendijks
    43. Implications for Management

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