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Intro; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; List of Contributors; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Reviewers; Chapter 1. Coastal Wetlands: A Synthesis; 1. Introduction; 2. A Synthesis of Coastal Wetlands Science; 3. Human Health and Coastal Wetland Socioeconomics; 4. Coastal Wetlands Are Essential for Our Quality of Life; 5. Blue Carbon and Human Well-Being; Part I. Coastal Wetlands As Ecosystems; Chapter 2. The Morphology and Development of Coastal Wetlands in the Tropics; 1. Introduction; 2. Mangrove and Associated Wetlands.

3. Environmental Settings4. Sedimentation and the Development of Wetlands; 5. Sea Level Controls on Wetland Development; 6. Sea Level Change and the Diversification of West Indian Mangroves; 7. Sea Level Change and Mangrove Habitat Evolution in the Pacific; 8. Impact of Future Climate and Sea Level Change; 9. Summary and Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3. Temperate Coastal Wetlands: Morphology, Sediment Processes, and Plant Communities; 1. Introduction; 2. Factors Controlling Salt Marsh Development; 3. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Variation; 4. Geographic Variation.

5. Human Impacts and Climate Change6. Summary; Chapter 4. Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands: Development, Structure, and Land Use; 1. Introduction; 2. Geology/Geomorphology; 3. Oceanography; 4. Climate; 5. Structure of Arctic Coastal Wetlands; 6. Vegetation of Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands; 7. Fauna of Northern Polar Coastal Wetlands; 8. Environmental Hazards; 9. Conclusions and Research Priorities; Part II. Physical Processes; Chapter 5. Salt-Marsh Ecogeomorphological Dynamics and Hydrodynamic Circulation; 1. Introduction; 2. Intertidal Ecogeomorphological Evolution; 3. Results.

4. Discussion5. Conclusions; Chapter 6. Geomorphology of Tidal Courses and Depressions; 1. Introduction; 2. Classifications; 3. Tidal Courses; 4. Tidal Depressions; 5. Summary; Chapter 7. Methods to Estimate Heat Balance in Coastal Wetlands; 1. The Heat Balance Equation; 2. Mid Latitudes; 3. Low Latitudes; 4. High Latitudes; 5. Summary; Chapter 8. Hydrodynamics and Modeling of Water Flow in Coastal Wetlands; 1. Introduction-Importance of Understanding Hydrodynamics and Water Flows in Coastal Wetlands; 2. Types of Wetland-Flow Interactions; 3. Large-Scale Flows; 4. Small-Scale Flows.

5. Modeling Flow Over Wetlands6. Wave-Induced Flows and Interactions With Wetland Surfaces; 7. Modeling Waves Over Wetlands; 8. Tsunami Waves; 9. Scaling Challenges; Chapter 9. Mathematical Modeling of Tidal Flow Over Saltmarshes and Tidal Flats With Applications to the Venice Lagoon; 1. Introduction; 2. Wetting and Drying and the Dynamics of Very Shallow Flows; 3. Wind and Wind Waves; 4. Saltmarsh Vegetation; 5. Saltmarshes and Tidal Flats Morphodynamics; 6. Conclusions; Part III. Tidal Flats; Chapter 10. Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Tidal Flats; 1. Introduction.

Coastal wetlands : a synthesis / Charles S. Hopkinson, Eric Wolanski, Mark M. Brinson, Donald R. Cahoon, Gerardo M.E. Perillo

The morphology and development of coastal wetlands in the tropics / Colin D. Woodroffe

Temperate coastal wetlands : morphology, sediment processes, and plant communities / Paula Pratolongo, Nicoletta Leonardi, Jason R. Kirby, Andrew Plater

Northern polar coastal wetlands : development, structure, and land use / I. Peter Martini, Robert L. Jefferies, R.I. Guy Morrison, Kenneth F. Abraham, Liudmila A. Sergienko

Salt-marsh ecogeomorphological dynamics and hydrodynamic circulation / Andrea D'Alpaos, Stefano Lanzoni, Andrea Rinaldo, Marco Marani

Geomorphology of tidal courses and depressions / Gerardo M.E. Perillo

Methods to estimate heat balance in coastal wetlands / Maria Cintia Piccolo

Hydrodynamics and modeling of water flow in coastal wetlands / Iris Möller, Elizabeth Christie

Mathematical modeling of tidal flow over saltmarshes and tidal flats with applications to the Venice lagoon / L. D'Alpaos, L. Carniello, A. Defina

Geomorphology and sedimentology of tidal flats / Shu Gao

Intertidal flats : form and function / David M. Paterson, Irene Fortune, Rebecca J. Aspden, Kevin S. Black

Biogeochemical dynamics of coastal tidal flats / C.A. Schutte, S. Ahmerkamp, C.S. Wu, M. Seidel, Dirk de Beer, P.L.M. Cook, S.B. Joye

Productivity and biogeochemical cycling in seagrass ecosystems / Marianne Holmer

Tidal salt marshes : sedimentology and geomorphology / Jon French

Ecosystem structure of tidal saline marshes / Jenneke M. Visser, Stephen Midway, Donald M. Baltz, Charles E. Sasser

Salt marsh biogeochemistry

an overview / Craig Tobias, Scott C. Neubauer

The role of freshwater flows on salt marsh growth and development / Laurence A. Boorman

Tidal freshwater wetlands / Dennis F. Whigham, Andrew H. Baldwin, Aat Barendregt

Biogeochemistry of tidal freshwater wetlands / J. Patrick Megonigal, Scott C. Neubauer

Biogeomorphology of mangroves / Joanna C. Ellison

Mangrove biogeochemistry at local to global scales using ecogeomorphic approaches / Robert R. Twilley, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Andre S. Rovai, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Stephen Davis

Tidal marsh creation / Stephen W. Broome, Christopher B. Craft, Michael R. Burchell

Salt marsh restoration / Paul Adam

Methods and criteria for successful mangrove forest rehabilitation / Roy R. Lewis III, Benjamin M. Brown, Laura L. Flynn

Evaluating restored tidal freshwater wetlands / Andrew H. Baldwin, Richard S. Hammerschlag, Donald R. Cahoon

The shifting saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone in Australasia and the Americas / Neil Saintilan, Kerrylee Rogers, Karen L. McKee

The value of coastal wetland ecosystem services / Edward B. Barbier

Conservation of blue carbon ecosystems for climate change mitigation and adaptation / Oscar Serrano, Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Catherine Lovelock, Paul S. Lavery

Toward a salt marsh management plan for New York City : recommendations for strategic restoration and protection / Christopher Haight, Marit Larson, Rebecca K. Swadek, Ellen Kracauer Hartig

Living shorelines for coastal resilience / Carolyn A. Currin

Mangrove management : challenges and guidelines / Daniel O. Suman.