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Biodiversity in Wetlands

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Ecosystem services, spanning a diversity of benefits accruing to humanity, result from the functions of wetland ecosystems. These functions in turn are generated by the interactions of both living and nonliving components of ecosystems, including interactions with adjacent terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric ecosystems. The role of wetland biodiversity is crucial for the production of a wide range of ecosystem services and associated socio-economic benefits. In turn, wetland biodiversity is dependent on maintenance of wetlands in good biophysical condition.

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  1. University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, UK

    Mark Everard

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  1. Dept. of Ecology and Biodiversity, Charles Sturt University Inst. for Land, Water and Society, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    C. Max Finlayson

  2. Great Somerford, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    Mark Everard

  3. Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNESCO-IHE Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems, Delft, The Netherlands

    Kenneth Irvine

  4. RM Wetland & Environment Ltd. , Littleworth, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

    Robert J. McInnes

  5. USGS National Wetlands Research Center , Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

    Beth A. Middleton

  6. Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

    Anne A. van Dam

  7. Charles Sturt University , Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    Nick C. Davidson

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Everard, M. (2016). Biodiversity in Wetlands. In: Finlayson, C., et al. The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_257-2

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    Biodiversity in Wetlands
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    17 November 2016

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_257-2

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    Wetland Biodiversity: Supporting Services
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    09 September 2016

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_257-1

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