Andrew H. Baldwin & Darold P. Batzer 
Wetland Habitats of North America 
Ecology and Conservation Concerns

Wetlands are prominent landscapes throughout North America. The general characteristics of wetlands are controversial, thus there has not been a systematic assessment of different types of wetlands in different parts of North America, or a compendium of the threats to their conservation.
Wetland Habitats of North America adopts a geographic and habitat approach, in which experts familiar with wetlands from across North America provide analyses and syntheses of their particular region of study. Addressing a broad audience of students, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and policy makers, this book reviews recent, scientifically rigorous literature directly relevant to understanding, managing, protecting, and restoring wetland ecosystems of North America.

Table of Content

1. WETLAND HABITATS OF NORTH AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION

Andrew H. Baldwin and Darold P. Batzer


I. COASTAL WETLANDS

2. NORTH ATLANTIC COASTAL TIDAL WETLANDS

Cathleen Wigand and Charles T. Roman


3. COASTAL WETLANDS OF CHESAPEAKE BAY

Andrew H. Baldwin, Patrick J. Kangas, J. Patrick Megonigal, Matthew C. Perry, and Dennis F. Whigham


4. SOUTH ATLANTIC TIDAL WETLANDS

Steven C. Pennings, Merryl Alber, Clark R. Alexander, Melissa Booth, Adrian Burd, Wei-Jun Cai, Christopher Craft, Chester B. De Pratter, Daniela Di Iorio, Chuck Hopkinson, Samantha B. Joye, Christof D. Meile, Willard S. Moore, Brian Silliman, Victor Thompson, and John P. Wares


5. MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA WETLANDS

Jenneke M. Visser, John W. Day, Jr., Loretta L. Battaglia, Gary P. Shaffer, and Mark W. Hester


6. WETLANDS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST

Loretta L. Battaglia, Mark S. Woodrey, Mark S. Peterson, Kevin S. Dillon, and Jenneke M. Visser


7. NEOTROPICAL COASTAL WETLANDS

Karen L. Mc Kee


8. PACIFIC COAST TIDAL WETLANDS

John C. Callaway, Amy B. Borde, Heida L. Diefenderfer, V. Thomas Parker, John M. Rybczyk, and Ron M. Thom


II. INLAND WETLANDS

9. NORTHERN PEATLANDS

Line Rochefort, Maria Strack, Monique Poulin, Jonathan S. Price, Martha Graf, André Desrochers, Claude Lavoie, and Line Lapointe


10. NORTHEASTERN SEASONAL WOODLAND POOLS

Aram J. K. Calhoun, Megan K. Gahl, and Robert F. Baldwin


11. NORTHERN RED MAPLE AND BLACK ASH SWAMPS

Joan Ehrenfeld


12. BEAVER WETLANDS

Carol A. Johnston


13. GREAT LAKES COASTAL MARSHES

Douglas A. Wilcox


14. POCOSINS: EVERGREEN SHRUB BOGS OF THE SOUTHEAST

Curtis Richardson


15. SOUTHEASTERN DEPRESSIONAL WETLANDS

L. Katherine Kirkman, Lora L. Smith, and Stephen W. Golladay


16. SOUTHEASTERN SWAMP COMPLEXES

Darold Batzer, Frank Day, and Steve Golladay


17. THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES

Evelyn E. Gaiser, Joel C. Trexler and Paul R. Wetzel


18. FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL PLAIN

Sammy L. King, Loretta L. Battaglia, Cliff R. Hupp, Richard F. Keim, and B. Graeme Lockaby


19. TROPICAL FRESHWATER SWAMPS AND MARSHES

Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Dulce Infante Mata, and Hugo López Rosas


20. NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS WETLANDS

Susan Galatowitsch


21. HIGH PLAINS PLAYAS

Loren M. Smith, David A. Haukos, and Scott T. Mc Murry


22. WESTERN MOUNTAIN WETLANDS

David J. Cooper, Rodney A. Chimner, and David M. Merritt


23. DESERT SPRING WETLANDS OF THE GREAT BASIN

Mary Jane Keleher and Don Sada


24. RIPARIAN FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS OF THE ARID AND SEMIARID SOUTHWEST

Juliet C. Stromberg, Douglas C. Andersen, and Michael L. Scott


25. WETLANDS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA AND KLAMATH BASIN

Joseph P. Fleskes


26. FRESHWATER ARCTIC TUNDRA WETLANDS

Laura Gough

About the author

Darold Batzer is Professor of Entomology at the University of Georgia. He is the co-editor of Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America (Wiley, 1999). Andrew Baldwin is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. He is the President of the Society of Wetland Scientists.