This review summarizes data on exports of carbon from a large number of temperate and
boreal catchments in North America, Europe and New Zealand. Organic carbon losses …

Freshwater wetlands alter surface water quality in ways which benefit downstream use. This
review summarizes the mechanisms of freshwater wetland interaction with sediment and …

The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection
and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …

This book is written as a reference on organic substances in natural waters and as a
supplementary text for graduate students in water chemistry. The chapters address five …

Aldo Leopold, father of the" land ethic," once said," The time has come for science to busy
itself with the earth itself. The first step is to reconstruct a sample of what we had to begin …

Wetland ecosystems periodically flood; their plant communities are adapted to flooded
conditions. Fluctuating water levels may result from lateral inflows and/or outflows, or from …

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is important in a wide variety of chemical, physical, and
biological processes in surface waters. We examined the relationship between DOC flux …

" Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it
signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy …

Total transport of organic carbon to the world's oceans in dissolved and particulate form in
rivers is estimated as 0.37× 1015 gC yr-1 by an inventory and extrapolation of data on loss …

As coastal populations burgeon, problems of erosion, pollution and coastal change are
becoming ever more serious and necessitate scientifically informed management strategies …